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Madness of Art: Candy in the Corner
March 1, 2015 | troublemag
SEASON 4, Episode 4: Candy in the Corner
Jim has a live one on the line with 2-3 million to invest in contemporary art. But is it art – or just a pile of candy in the corner?
SURFACE by Søren Solkær
March 1, 2015 | troublemagSURFACE is a brilliant photographic anthology of some of the greatest living street artists in the world today. Renowned Danish rock and counter culture photographer Søren Solkær has spent three years connecting and documenting an impressive collection of the most … Read More
C.W. Stoneking: Jungle Blues
March 1, 2015 | troublemaginterview by Stevie Poor
You know that terrific scene in Kubrick’s The Shining, where Jack Nicholson is sitting at a bar talking to the smartly dressed ghost of a bartender? C.W. Stoneking’s Aria award winner, Jungle Blues, has that … Read More
Richard Bell: Lessons on Etiquette and Manners – interview
February 19, 2015 | troublemagPublished on 18 Mar 2013
Richard Bell Interviewed at the opening of his Lessons on Etiquette and Manners at Monash University Museum of Art, Clayton (5 February 2013) – Featuring the amazing Gary Foley. Thanks to Media Strikes Back … Read More
SALON: February 2015
February 9, 2015 | troublemag
Venue links
– /thesubstation.org.au – twma.com.au – netsvictoria.org.au – bendigoartgallery.com.au – geelonggallery.org.au – brettlethbridge.com
TOTEM : Cirque du Soleil
February 9, 2015 | troublemag
Cirque du Soleil, TOTEM, a fascinating journey into the evolution of mankind, costume design by Kym Barrett. Images courtesy OSA Images, 2010 Cirque du Soleil. MELBOURNE, Flemington Racecourse (VIC), until 29 March … Read More
The Day Everyone Told the Truth
February 3, 2015 | troublemagFICTION
David Thrussell
I’m not a scientist or anything. I have no explanations for what happened. You could be tempted to call it the start of another average day. Sun rises. Birds chirp. Various people wake and prepare to … Read More
Greetings from Beyond the Pale: A Death in the Family
February 3, 2015 | troublemagBen Laycock
I am still at Nyiripi, way out in the Western Desert. Paul and Clair are the ‘gudia’ (whitefellas) that run the place. The Walpiri reckon gudia are like Toyotas. They go really well to start with, but … Read More
Glen Clarke : A History of Violence
February 3, 2015 | troublemagCATALOGUE ESSAY
Rajesh Punj
There is an impressive complexity of paper and pattern that constitutes the work of Australian artist Glen Clarke. A heady cocktail of politics, economics and aesthetics are neatly folded into each of the origami styled … Read More
Madness of Art: Tenth Avenue and the Hudson
February 3, 2015 | troublemag
SEASON 4, Episode 2: Tenth Avenue and the Hudson
Jim reassures Dru about the impending hurricane.
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ACTease April 2014
April 2, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What is your favourite children’s book? No matter how hard I try, I can’t choose one. Now that my eldest daughter is nearly two, I have to confess that I’m enjoying rediscovering my old favourite … Read More
ACTease March 2014
March 3, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
The things that inspire artists constantly amaze and excite me. It could be a word, a feeling, their home or local environment and surroundings that trigger the greatest creative sparks. The beauty of these humble … Read More
ADEloud February 2014
February 8, 2014 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Well, Santa may have come and gone and I didn’t get what I wanted, but the silly season is still rife in Adelaide, with a giant cockroach recently being erected in Rundle Mall. Must the … Read More
ACTease February 2014
February 4, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
“I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God … I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. … Read More
Conversations with the Black Square
December 16, 2013 | troublemag
Revisiting the art and theory of Kazimir Malevich through the sculpture of Gill Gatfield
by Jennifer Choat
“I HAVE fished myself out of the rubbishy slough of academic art,” Kazimir Malevich announced in 1915. The Russian artist … Read More
AdeLOUD Dec2013 / Jan2014
December 15, 2013 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Do you still believe in Santa? I used to. In fact, I used to visit the big man with the long, white beard every year since I turned 21, inform him of my good behaviour … Read More
ACTease December 2013 / January 2014
December 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What are the best art exhibitions and shows you’ve seen this year? The last year has been a very special one for Canberra, with 2013 marking the centenary of this extraordinary city. Whilst I’ve enjoyed … Read More
ACTease November 2013
November 1, 2013 | troublemag
Courtney Symes
One of my favourite excursions on a sunny weekend in Canberra is a stroll around Lake Burley Griffin, followed by a wander through the NGA and National Portrait Gallery (and a sneaky coffee stop at one … Read More
ACTease October 2013
October 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
I’m not a camper, So I can empathise with the shock that Belconnen artists Carolyn Fitzpatrick and Carole Osmotherly would have experienced as they reluctantly left the comfort of their Canberra homes to venture on … Read More
ACTease September 2013
September 3, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
September is one of my favourite months in Canberra. The show-stopper event of the month is Floriade (think one million flowers in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park attracting more than 400,000 visitors), which starts on 14 September, then … Read More
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Dressing the Movies Part One by Inga Walton
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