Back issues
Issue 48
Apr - Jun 2009
Upfront
New Blood
Liverpool
Street Gallery has added five more painters to its illustrious Sydney
stable. Director James Erskine talks to Amanda Woodard about the new
talent.
The upside of the downturn
Art
sales are slower but wiser this quarter and the nation’s gallerists
report that the shift might not be such a bad thing for artists or
collectors reports Terry Ingram.
Mossgreen expansion
Melbourne’s
Mossgreen Gallery has picked up a large number of leading artists
following the closure of Christine Abrahams Gallery at the end of 2008
reports Simone Noakes.
Fair weather ahead?
The
health of the contemporary art fair has always been a good measure of
the vitality of the industry as a whole. Simon Noakes checks its pulse.
ACGA launches new gallery space
A
new contemporary art gallery at Federation Square will give Melbourne
collectors an opportunity to regularly view the work of leading
contemporary artists from all over Australia reports Simone Noakes.
Faces in the room
Some
will stay and some have already gone and there will be some new ones
too. Terry Ingram takes stock of the changing faces in Australian
salesrooms as the fallout of the downturn in the global economy hits
the art market.
Global art market report
The
flight to quality which has typified past corrections in the art market
was everywhere apparent in the most recent round of auctions worldwide
writes Terry Ingram.
Agenda
Oh no, I’ve collected an unethically sourced artwork!
Do
you own an Aboriginal artwork that may have been unethically sourced?
Carrie Miller finds out what a collector in that predicament might do.
On the couch
A new way of seeing
An
eminent art historian is reframing our thinking anbout contemporary
art. Eleanor Heartney talks to Carrie Miller about why we can no longer
talk about art as a series of “isms”.
Behind the scenes
The end of the liquid lunch
Brisbane dealer Josh Milani and artist Vernon Ah Kee have grown up
together; one learning how to run a gallery while the other climbed the
art world ladder. Close in age, the two share a low-key approach to
life, meaning fewer empty wine bottles on the table at the end of lunch
writes Timothy Morrell.
Is painting a superior art form?
Carrie Miller poses the question to painter Tim Storrier and arts writer and broadcaster Andrew Frost.
The new pluralism
Virtuoso accomplishment in a particular medium is of decreasing
importance these days as artists hoose instead to work through whatever
creative means available to express their ideas. Carrie Miller asks ho
this shift has been changing the nature of Australia's private
collections and commercial galleries.
On public display
Could unethically sourced Aboriginal artworks be hanging in our
nation's major state galleries? Ashley Crawford takes a look at the
buying policies of our public institutions.
Money sullies art: Elizabeth Ann Macgregor
Carrie Miller talks to Museum of Contemporary Art director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor about blockbuster shows.
FEATURES
Exhibition: Sichuan Hot
Unlike
the generation of artists who created the Chinese art boom, the artists
showing in Sichuan Hot make no references to Mao or the cultural
revolution. Instead, they turn to mass communication, the internet, pop
culture, urban clutter and the explosion of China’s urban landscape for
inspiration, writes Mark Mordue.
What Now?
In
this new feature, Australian Art Collector presents the most recent
work from Lindy Lee, Samantha Everton, Linde Ivimey, Karlee Rawkins,
Deborah Halpern and Peter Boggs.
Artists
Sam Leach: The Primacy of Progress by Carrie Miller.
James Dodd: Text Heavy by Edward Colless.
Lisa Adams: Outside In by Ingrid Periz.
Todd Hunter: Nailing the Gesture by Ashley Crawford.
Nyarrapyi Giles and her Ideographic Thrills by Susan McCulloch
Undiscovered
For
the eleventh year running, we’ve sent our leading art writers and
critics on a mission to uncover artists who, while currently
unrepresented, are ready to shine. This year’s pick includes: Anika
Wilkins, Gian Manik, Brigita Ozolins, Rob Scott-Mitchell, Jake Walker,
Owen Lewis and Peter McKay.
Critic’s Choice
Art
critic Natalie King presents a highly personal selection of five
artists: Rennie Ellis; Anastasia Klose; Destiny Deacon; A Constructed
World; and Tony Albert.
Award Winners
Courtney Kidd rounds up eight of the best art prize winners of the last quarter.
Art Philanthropy
We
profile Gene & Brian Sherman’s philanthropic endeavours, including
the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, and report on the resiliency
of art philanthropy in the face of the global financial crisis.
Collector: Like a heroin addiction
For
40 years Pierre Marecaux and Ken Thompson obsessively collected works
from remote desert communities. Their colourful, contemporary
collection now includes some of the best examples of work from the
finest artists this country has produced writes Courtney Kidd.
Dealer: The Internationalist
Sydney
gallerist Dominik Mersch is accustomed to vaulting the hurdles of
distance. With half a stable based in Europe, long distance phone calls
and hefty international freight bills are par for the course reports
Prue Gibson.
Art centre: Warlukurlangu Artists, Yuendemu
According
to Sasha Grishin, Paris and Manhattan are stagnant backwaters of art
production compared to Australia’s Western Desert Region, which is
producing some of the finest contemporary art anywhere in the world.
Gallery Snapshot: Eva Breuer Art Dealer
Five artists from Sydney’s Eva Breuer Art Dealer, compiled by Prue Gibson.
If I could have…
Alexie Glass chooses 10 works from stockrooms across Australia that she would buy tomorrow if she could.
Travel: Recession Chic, the 53rd International Venice Biennale
The
Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest, most-venerated annual contemporary
art event will be held this year in the shadow of the global financial
crisis as the international art market, a luxury market, is reminded
that collecting art is mostly discretionary, reports Michael Hutak.
What’s on this quarter
What’s on across the nation, plus state wrap reports covering the latest news and upcoming events from each region.
Inside the covers: New Beginnings
Collector
and philanthropist Patrick Corrigan talks to Carrie Miller about his
Indigenous art collection, recently showcased in the impressive
publication New Beginnings: Classic Paintings from the Corrigan
Collection.