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Salon JUNE 2016
June 1, 2016 | troublemagCHEN Man, Miss Wan Studies Hard 2011, archival ink-jet print, 50.0 x 74.0 cm, reproduction courtesy of the artist. China: grain to pixel, Monash Gallery of Art (MGA), 860 Ferntree Gully Road Wheelers Hill (VIC), 5 June – 28 … Read More
Daniel Moynihan: A Rare Beast
May 16, 2016 | troublemagDaniel Moynihan takes us through the process for printing one of his etchings. Moynihan’s unique and deeply informed process of printmaking has evolved through 50 years of practice. He talks of his formative years in Melbourne, Udo Sellback and the … Read More
Spitball Constellation: Forest Keegel
May 15, 2016 | troublemagA little bit disgusting, a little bit real.
Klare Lanson
As part of the annual Arts Open event here in Jaara Country, Castlemaine, artist Forest Keegel transforms dirty paper towels from local washroom bins into an illuminating performance driven … Read More
A Moment with Marilyn – Part 1
May 3, 2016 | troublemagby Inga Walton
“In private life she was not in the least what her calumniators would have wished her to be. She was very quiet, had great natural dignity (I cannot imagine anyone who knew her trying to take … Read More
Splendours of the Mediaeval World
May 3, 2016 | troublemagby Inga Walton
The recent and extensive exhibition Medieval Power: Symbols & Splendour (11 December, 2015-10 April, 2016) was curated specifically for Queensland Museum by Naomi Speakman (Curator of Late Medieval Europe), and her colleague Dr. Michael Lewis (Head … Read More
Occasionally
May 2, 2016 | troublemag
I just want to be with someone new
in a train
on a wet night
where the inside light reflects me
in a stranger’s eyes from across the isle
whose waiting aches back
from nowhere to … Read More
Salon May 2016
May 1, 2016 | troublemag
COVER: Ecosexual Bathhouse, photo by Matt Sav, courtesy of Pony Express. Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne (VIC), 6 – 14 May 2016. Part of the Next Wave Festival – nextwave.org.au
Magic Object: 2016 Adelaide Biennial
April 2, 2016 | troublemagArt Gallery of South Australia | Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art | JamFactory | Carrick Hill | The Santos Museum of Economic Botany in the Adelaide Botanic Garden Curated by Lisa Slade
Until 15 May 2016
Guy Maestri: Roadtrips & Roadkill
April 2, 2016 | troublemaginterview by Steve Proposch photos by Kyle Ford
“Working in the field makes you focus,” says Guy Maestri. “You’ve got elements that you’re working against. You’ve got time and light.”
Like many painters who work en plein air, … Read More
Teaspoon Full
April 2, 2016 | troublemag
It’s been passed down
not like a WW2 sibling’s shrunken jumper
to make ends meet in this then innocent country
but a curio of words that squeezed
between the searchlights under the wires
holding its breath … Read More
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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