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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
Eikōn – The Windows of Heaven
December 2, 2014 | troublemagEikōn:Icons of the Orthodox Christian World Art Gallery of Ballarat
Inga Walton
The honour paid to the image passes on to the prototype. Now what in the example the image is by reason of imitation, in the divine case … Read More
SALON December 2014 / January 2015
December 2, 2014 | troublemagBIG Trouble Salon Special The 2014 Bowness Photography Prize Monash Gallery of Art
Established in 2006 to promote excellence in photography, the annual non-acquisitive William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize is an initiative of … Read More
Undue Noise: Expanded Cinema Moments
December 1, 2014 | troublemagKlare Lanson
Central Victoria is known as a location for experimentation with sound, film and its blurred genre art practice. Undue Noise (UN) is a non-profit collective of multi-disciplinary artists with a focus on experimental sound and film practice, … Read More
Mella Jaarsma: Give Me Shelter
December 1, 2014 | troublemagINTERVIEW Naima Morelli
It’s not easy to introduce Mella Jaarsma because she’s so many things at the same time. Let’s limit ourselves to the basic coordinates to begin with. Mella is an artist who is widely known for her body-covering … Read More
ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS A TICKET TO MOFO
December 1, 2014 | troublemagAND SOME OTHER RANDOM STUFF FROM OUR FRIENDS
SALON November 2014
November 4, 2014 | troublemagSPECIAL SALON FEATURE
new passports, new photography, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 15 November 2014 – 8 February 2015
new passports, new photography, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth (WA), 15 November 2014 … Read More
Heri Dono: Making Fun …
November 4, 2014 | troublemagHERI DONO: MAKING FUN OF THE KING, THE GODS & THE PEOPLE
interview by Naima Morelli
Heri Dono was standing in front of his studio window looking typically casual and comfortable. He wore his hair in a pigtail, a … Read More
Curating the Table
November 4, 2014 | troublemagArt of the Table, NGV International
Inga Walton
As the year wanes, and thoughts turn to preparations for the Festive Season, an exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (International) provides both insight, and possibly some inspiration, as to … Read More
We can make another future
October 1, 2014 | troublemag
We can make another future: Japanese art after 1989, surveys the art of Heisei, the current era in the Japanese imperial calendar, through the presentation of around 100 works by over 40 contemporary Japanese artists, drawn from the Queensland … 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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