Below you'll find a list of all posts from November, 2014
REBECCA HASTINGS The Other Mother 25 November – 19 December 2014 Flinders Lane Gallery Essay by Marguerite Brown, MAArtCur Transgressing the traditional image of mother and child, Hastings charts the complexities and contradictions of motherhood, where emotions see-saw between ambivalence, affection and aggression. Hastings was a finalist in this year’s prestigious Archibald Prize, as well as being a finalist in …
By Celeste Hawkins With a decade in the art business, CEO of Menzies Art brands Justin Turner is excited about his new venture in the art dealing world; joining with Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria (A &OV) for an auction with a difference. I had a quick chat with Justin to gain a bit more of an insight into the auction …
Babes at Sea- Meg Cowell Essay by Laura Skerlj “A being dedicated to water is a being in flux.” Gaston Bachelard, Water and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Matter Shakespeare’s infamous Ophelia—broken-hearted, grieving the death of her father—drowns slowly in a river in Denmark. In a state of spiritual collapse, she has fallen from the bough of a tree …
By Celeste Hawkins MoreART public art Show is in its fifth year. I recently had the chance to chat with Dan Mitchell, Moreland Council’s Public Art aficionado (the creator and producer of the project) ; to get some insight on the projects evolvement over the past five years and to guage how these varied styles of artworks are received …