Considering an artist in residenceRead More

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  • Date: 20th June 2012
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I thought I’d step away from wandering around galleries for a moment and have a brief look at what some artists are achieving outside an exhibition space.  Imagine inviting an artist into your home, school or office, solely to create something unique and relevant. Not necessarily a partnership or a painting project-by-committee, rather one which […]

Musings on a colonial pastRead More

  • Categories: Blog
  • Date: 11th June 2012
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The temperature has dropped so I thought I might as well make the most of it and head south. I set off with friend and overcoat and escaped to Canberra. Our mission was to tackle Von Guerard: Nature Revealed and unDisclosed, the 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial at the National Gallery of Australia; lunch with my parents and a visit to […]

Making connections, part IIRead More

  • Categories: Blog
  • Date: 3rd June 2012
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Part II  Here is my segue from Not the way home to a couple of exhibitions at The Rocks. Bear with me ….. it is more a reminder than a straightforward connection.  Fowlers Gap the site of exhibition/ residency/project Not the way home, is a scientific research base of UNSW which has been shared with artists for many years. Here, […]

Making connections, part IRead More

  • Categories: Blog
  • Date: 3rd June 2012
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Last week it was hard to find connections. This week, it is all about connections and lots of them. Possibly at times a little tenuous, but connections nonetheless, which run from way out west to here in the east and from remote regions to the Sydney CBD. I went to The Rocks a few times […]