Angela Tiatia Responds to Henri Matisse
Reflecting on the differences between her Sāmoan and Western gaze, Angela Tiatia employs reverse-ethnography to seek out thematic representation in her new work.
Kaylene Whiskey Brings the Indulkana Community Spirit to Tarnanthi 2021 | Insight
Located in the remote north-west of South Australia on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, Iwantja Arts is home to a creative community of contemporary artists.
Richard Bell Calls for a Reckoning
Challenging the discourse of art and art history written by white men, Richard Bell 's works are acts of protest in which the rules are rewritten using the same language of oppression.
Tony Albert's Reverse Ethnography of Aboriginalia
In his exhibition at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Conversations with Margaret Preston (18 March–10 April 2021), Tony Albert hacks into 20th-century Australian artist Margaret Preston's iconography with a reverse ethnography, using his personal collection of Aboriginalia.
Redressing Gender Imbalances at National Gallery of Australia
The Know My Name initiative at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) wants to reframe the story of Australian art by adding to this history the voices of brilliant and creative women, too long unrecognised, and who continue to be under-represented across public and private collections.
Karla Dickens: ‘the more you know the rules, the more fun it is to break them’
Karla Dickens is an artist with Wiradjuri heritage, who combines fine art drawing and painting with rustic, abandoned materials imbued with history and contextual meaning, layered into mixed-media installations and sculptural collages on boards.
Jess Johnson: Worlds Within Worlds
Geometric patterns, anthropomorphic characters, architectural spatial environments, and relics of the ancient world appear throughout Jess Johnson's artworks. Read more over at Ocula.
Pixy Liao: Learning to Live Together | Ocula
Currently exhibiting photographs from 'Experimental Relationship' (2007–ongoing) and 'For Your Eyes Only' (2012–ongoing) at Les Rencontres d'Arles (1 July–22 September 2019), Pixy Liao discusses the influence of Memphis on her practice, and upending conservative notions of gender in her photography.
Cheong Soo Pieng | Artworks, Exhibitions, Profile & Content
Profile on Chinese-Singaporean artist Cheong Soo Pieng
Emma Coulter | Artworks, Exhibitions, Profile & Content
Profile on Melbourne artist, Emma Coulter
