Art Guide Australia

Art Guide Australia is a print and online magazine exploring contemporary Australian art. Our editors and our team of writers and contributors know the local art scene and keep you informed through engaging and thoughtful articles. We speak with artists, curators and gallerists to learn more about their ideas and share them with an audience who want to know more about Australian art and what to see. We’re here to support a vibrant and diverse arts community and our aim is to provide independent, considered editorial coverage alongside a comprehensive picture of what’s happening in the visual arts across Australia.

Art Guide Australia • May/June 2022

Issue 137 Contributors

A Note From the Editor

Hobart

Sydney

Brisbane

Canberra

Melbourne

Orange

Adelaide

Melbourne

Brisbane

Perth

Stage Art • Ballarat-born now London-based artist David Noonan has a major new Australian exhibition, inspired by defining moments of mise-en-scéne

Crisis Situation • Although Karla Dickens’s home was spared in the recent Lismore floods, she’s attentively focused on the collective community of the town—and she’s also creating new art.

Interview Sally Smart • Cutting and reconstructing: for over three decades Sally Smart has gifted us her astounding assemblages, known particularly for her large-scale installations that simultaneously deliver an image that is clear yet fragmented, defying any easy narrative. It’s the visual core of not only image construction, but constructions of identity and gender. Smart talks about the inherent violence and restoration of her work, why structural change is needed for gender equity in the arts, and how her latest solo at Geelong Gallery is inspired by the Ballets Russes.

An Embracing Tussle

Studio David Sequeira • An artist, curator and academic, David Sequeira’s multidisciplinary practice, including painting, textiles and installation, has spanned over three decades, with colour as its driving force. From his home studio in West Melbourne—where he creates across his house—he discusses his all-encompassing approach to art making, as well as his bold exhibition, All the things I should have said that I never said, and its relationship to his Indian background.

20 Questions with Elizabeth Willing

Structures of Colour • Nuha Saad’s kaleidoscopically colourful art is a tandem exploration of the ornamental and decorative, while also delicately drawing upon her Lebanese and Australian heritage.

Screen Generations • From the suburbs of Brisbane to living in New York as the managing editor at Artforum, the art of Jeff Gibson is a humourous, seductive look at our obsessions with screens—from television to online shopping to Instagram.

Everyone’s a Critic • An adult thinks their child could paint that, then a child comments their dog could draw that—and the cycle of criticism goes around.

Ends of Art • Lovers for seven years, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg are said to have changed 20th century art. The National Gallery of Australia is considering their work in tandem, but what was the revolution they started?

Tracking the Pilbara • Bringing together 70 artists across the Pilbara, Tracks We Share shows the manifold stories and art of the region.

A–Z Exhibitions Victoria

A–Z Exhibitions New South Wales

A–Z Exhibitions Queensland

A–Z Exhibitions Australian Capital Territory

A–Z Exhibitions Tasmania

A–Z Exhibitions South Australia

A–Z Exhibitions Western Australia

A–Z Exhibitions Northern Territory