The tension between traditional portraits and works that sit at the limits of what most people consider a portrait is the friction that fires up the whole engine of the prize.
Tag: Reviews
Vernon Ah Kee: This Is Not History
It would be a mistake to consider the work of Vernon Ah Kee as purely political in motivation.
John Olsen: Grand Old Man
The saying goes that the only difference between a radical and a conservative is 10 years.
Archibald 2016: Typically Debatable
One of the lessons of the Archibald prize is that it’s impervious to criticism.
Head Shots
Cindy Sherman’s work isn’t as orthodox in its theory or approach as its historical categorisation might suggest – it’s far more organically alive, exploring the grotesque and the uncanny, the monstrously feminine, and the comedic worlds of haute couture.
The Sci-Fi Present
Sci-fi and contemporary art share a history…
Olde English Art
With Perry’s art his point of view is so much part of the work that if you don’t agree with it or think it’s particularly funny, there’s not much else there.
Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds might be a series of clues to a much bigger mystery – and that the answer was already apparent if we could just work it out.
West of the Divide
Too much was never quite enough…
A Rum Go
There is something of this will to greatness underlying TV Moore’s Rum Jungle at Campbelltown Arts Centre.