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Issue 35
jan - mar 2006
FEATURE50 of Australia’s Most Collectable ArtistsFor the eighth consecutive year, Australian Art Collector has surveyed leading market experts, critics and consultants to present to you a list of artists whose work you should be looking at now:
Vernon Ah Kee, Rick Amor, Narelle Autio, Sambo Barra Barra, Del Kathryn Barton, Paddy Bedford, Annette Bezor, Peter Booth, GW Bot, Pat Brassington, Butcher Cherel Janangoo, Daniel Crooks, Adam Cullen, Richard Dunn, Max Dupain, Matthys Gerber, Richard Grayson, David Griggs, Petrina Hicks, Madeleine Kelly, Lilly Kelly Napangardi, Rosemary Laing, Richard Larter, Rhys Lee, Bruno Leti, Nick Mangan, John Marwurndjul, Rob McHaffie, Noel McKenna, Clement Meadmore, Makinti Napanangka, Michael Parekowhai, Charles Robb, David Rosetzky, Sally Ross, Sangeeta Sandrasegar, Jan Senbergs, Garry Shead, Tim Silver, Matthew Sleeth, Sally Smart, Jeffrey Smart, Darren Sylvester, Tjumpo Tjapanangka, Daniel von Strummer, Pedro Wonaeamirri, Michael Zavros, The Kingpins, TV Moore, Yirrawala
PROFILESArtist: John Mawurndjul: Modern masterJohn Mawurndjul is one of Australia's 50 most collectable artists. Jennifer Isaacs tracks the remarkable exhibiting career of this leading Arnhem Land bark painter.Cover artist: Pat BrassingtonHobart-based photo-media artist Pat Brassington is one of Australia’s 50 most collectable artists. Her unforgettable imagery is simultaneously seductive and disturbing, abject and sublime. She unsettles Ashley Crawford. Photography by Geoff Parr.Gallerist: Conny Dietzschold: Not a typical galleristAlongside running her Dank Street gallery in Sydney and a thriving art business in Cologne, Conny Dietzschold has just launched a calendar of Melbourne exhibitions for 2006. She stood still long enough to talk to Carmel Dwyer about the last 16 years of her art business. Photography by Mark Mawson.
Collectors: Michael Jan and Peter Lovell: Deep impactThese modern day aesthetes meticulously designed their South Yarra residence to allow each artwork maximum impact. Ashley Crawford surveys the result. Photography by Viva Partos.EVERY ISSUEPrintmaker: Susanna CastledenSasha Grishin profiles Perth artist Susanna Castleden