Noreen Parker, Maralinga, 2022, Acrylic on canvas 76 x 56 cm. Image courtesy of Minyma Kutjara Arts Project A painting that uses both dot techniques and figurative depictions of trees. Familiar colours with just a few surprises
Reviews

Familiar colours with just a few surprises

27 March 2023

Bringing the vibrancy and variety of First Nations art from the remote Ngaanyatjarra Lands to Perth, Really One Story is bound to be a crowd pleaser says Zali Morgan. But she’d like to see more work that challenges our expectations of Aboriginal art.

Reading time • 7 minutesVisual Art
Andrew Nicholls and Jingdezhen artisans, Untitled (Cobalt Skull #1), hand-painted cobalt on porcelain, dimensions variable. Cobalt painting by Yu Xuan, 2016. Photography by Bewley Shaylor A white porcelain skull and cross bones decorated with traditional-style chinoiserie A series of uncomfortable events
Reviews

A series of uncomfortable events

31 August 2022

‘A Gentle Misinterpretation’ interrogates the problematic history of chinoiserie but Belinda Hermawan still feels uneasy.

Reading time • 7 minutesVisual Art
Reading time • 6 minutesVisual Art
Alison Kennedy (VIC)
ICU, 2019
240 x 300cm
white ink screenprint
on 30 high impact
polystyrene panel
1/1 Meshing old traditions with new technologies
Reviews

Meshing old traditions with new technologies

10 June 2021

With a broad definition of what constitutes “print”, the Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award’s openness to boundary-pushing work is one of its greatest strengths, says Miranda Johnson.

Reading time • 6 minutesVisual Art
Colin Smith, Bloodletting, 2020, painted false walls (MDF, timber), oil paintings (oil on ply board), air-dry clay, enamel paint, gold foil alphabet stickers, gold foil contact sheeting, hip chair, muslin, metal curtain rods, fake tree, chairs, water cooling dispenser, clock, scrap paper bin, installation dimensions vary. Photograph: Bo Wong.  A 20 year wait for a queer take
Reviews

A 20 year wait for a queer take

21 October 2020

Focusing on the perspectives of queer West Australian artists, this year’s ‘HERE&NOW’ exhibition at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery is both stylish and thought-provoking says Jenny Scott.

Reading time • 5 minutesVisual Art
A man drawing at a desk, with a cat on his shoulder Tainted love
Opinion

Tainted love

25 May 2020

In this instalment of ‘A day in the life’ we hear from visual artist Andrew Nicholls who finds much to love in his intensely productive COVID-enforced lockdown.

Reading time • 9 minutesVisual Art
Reading time • 1 minute
Reading time • 5 minutesVisual Art
Reading time • 2 minutes

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio