Monthly Archives: February 2010

Sweet mortality

A resurrection in contemporary Australian art of an obsession with the afterlife reveals more than a fascination for morbidity. PRUE GIBSON takes a walk on the dark side. The gentlefolk of the 19th century were obsessed with the afterlife. In … Continue reading

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Euan Macleod – Inside Going Outside

Orange Regional Gallery is showing until February 20 a fabulous exhibition of modernist paintings from the Chroma Paint Collection with others from the Orange collection. Artists include Macleod, Kingwarre, Hickey, Pople, Watkins, Walker, Cuthbert.

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Artists at the Adelaide Film Festival blur cinema and art

Where and what is the border between film and visual art? Is it true that we see art but watch films? Such issues have been under discussion since Andy Warhol first played with film, though these days the words ‘moving … Continue reading

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An exhibition with a vast following

KEN SCARLETT travelled to Cottesloe to see how a west coast version of Sculpture by the Sea would fare. He reports on its success. Sculpture by the Sea began in 1997 at Sydney’s Bondi Beach as a one-day wonder, with … Continue reading

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Linton Meagher – The Kiss 31

Artist: Linton Meagher Born in Sydney in 1975 and studied art at the Julian Ashton School and at the University of Sydney, completing a Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) in 1996. Collections include the World Health Organisation (Paris), Xenos and … Continue reading

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