Flowing lines and powerful energy
JOHN Mawurndjul is a traditional bark painter who renewed interest in this ancient art form when the art world had eyes only for dot painting.
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The hungry mile
ANYONE who has wondered why a grandmother saves old bits of soap or hates to see food wasted should see Skint! Making Do in the Great Depression.
‘Skint’ exhibition that doesn’t skimp
ANYONE who has ever wondered why a grandmother saves old bits of soap or hates to see food wasted should see Skint! Making Do in the Great Depression.
Metaphors of ephemeral beauty
BILL Henson’s new exhibition in Sydney is discreet and evocative, eluding moral indignation without sacrificing conviction.
The big picture
THE overwhelming power of figure and narrative painting in Rome can make us forget that this was also an important centre of landscape.
Artists and models
This is really an excuse to display a selection of prints and drawings with some other material, under a theme that is appealing and, as it turns out, timely.
Ambushed judges have right to reconsider award
SAM Leach should have acknowledged the work that inspired his Wynne prize-winning landscape, says Christopher Allen.
Crossroads
IN 1971, two photographers, Rennie Ellis and Wesley Stacey, held an exhibition at the then new Yellow House in Potts Point, Sydney.
Obituary: Artist James Gleeson
JAMES Gleeson, who died in 2008 a month before his 93rd birthday, was one of Australia’s most important and respected artists and our leading exponent of surrealism.
Eyes wide shut
WILDERNESS, the new contemporary painting exhibition sponsored by the Balnaves Foundation at the Art Gallery of NSW, has a promising subject.
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