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Scoundrels, wayfarers and deviates: Cultural Relativism in the art of Brock Q Piper
A snapshot review of Caravel, New Paintings by Brock Q Piper at Level 1, 575 Church Street, Richmond Brock Q Piper’s artistic adaptation...
Andrew McIlroy
Jul 22, 20212 min read


'Everyone is an artist', but not everyone can make art: Artists in a post-Covid world
Joseph Beuys' famous line 'Everyone is an artist' is often misunderstood. For Beuys “artist” was the word to describe the essence of...
Andrew McIlroy
Oct 27, 20203 min read


"It's like fighting God": Depicting bushfire in contemporary Australian art
Bushfires as a factual or historical subject may still and forever hold a place in Australian art, but to avoid derisive clichés and to rema
Andrew McIlroy
Oct 5, 20205 min read


This too shall pass: Reflections on mortality, vanity and the transience of life ... in Hobart Town
Here on display are one of the remainders of the colonial period, an extraordinary collection of portraits, faces each lined with history
Andrew McIlroy
Jul 6, 20204 min read


From Paris to Woolloomooloo: Artists integral place as 'exhibition objects'
A review of the art of Craig Handley and Min Woo Bang
Andrew McIlroy
Jun 23, 20208 min read


'A happy childhood is hardly worth your while': My messy life as an artist
We can separate our artistic pain, the experience of feeling deeply, from leading a painful life, whatever its origins.
Andrew McIlroy
May 14, 20206 min read


'Buy clothes or buy pictures': Gertrude Stein's timeless advice on collecting ‘accrochable' art
“It’s good”, she said. “That’s not the question at all. But it is inaccrochable.
Andrew McIlroy
May 4, 20206 min read


Re-imaginings: Nostalgia and cultural memory in the paintings of Dani McKenzie and McLean Edwards
Attachment to nostalgia traverses generations, it finds ever-changing expression – through music; through photography; through ar
Andrew McIlroy
Apr 28, 20206 min read


'Put to good use': Sculptor Bruce Armstrong puts his back into painting
As a sculptor and painter, Bruce Armstrong has inordinate ability and range.
Andrew McIlroy
Apr 16, 20203 min read


From Hibbing to Hobart: The timely new releases from music legends Bob Dylan and Ian Paulin
Two long awaited albums were released this past week, one by the legendary Bob Dylan and the other by Australian songwriter Ian Paulin
Andrew McIlroy
Apr 9, 20205 min read


'Yes We Can': The absence of 'cultural leadership’ in a time of crisis & the future of the Arts
Throughout the world today, there is still much to be concerned about and much to overcome. This is a time when we justly expect to witness
Andrew McIlroy
Apr 2, 20203 min read


'A fairly indeterminate space': The art of Graeme Drendel
Artist Graeme Drendel has been a constant presence in Australian Art since his days as a student in the 1970’s
Andrew McIlroy
Mar 14, 20204 min read


At every juncture: The art of Patrick Grieve
Grieve’s innovative work consists of undifferentiated fields of flat colour interrupted by sometimes narrow, sometimes broader horizons
Andrew McIlroy
Mar 13, 20203 min read


Nick Cave's rediscovery: How the 'imagination propels itself beyond the personal’
Nick Cave speaks of rebuilding his relationship with song writing, which had been damaged while enduring the death of his son. “I found wit
Andrew McIlroy
Dec 9, 20194 min read


Ghosts of the past: The art of Julian Meagher, Sophie Cape, Chris Langlois and Alan Jones
The old Eveleigh Railway Workshops are a monument to conflicting ideas, times and values. Its austere aged buildings peculiarly today stan
Andrew McIlroy
Oct 2, 20199 min read


When old ideas lead nowhere and new ones elude them, artists find inspiration in other artists
Euan Macleod, Reg Mombassa, Luke Sciberras, and Elisabeth Cummings share an intimate friendship, while each forging highly respected careers
Andrew McIlroy
Jul 9, 20193 min read


Where nature begins: The art of Neil Taylor
The Greater Blue Mountains cast a shadow across a swathe of New South Wales, yet remain in no small part untouched. Much of the land is una
Andrew McIlroy
Jul 2, 20196 min read


Wynne Prize 2019: Abdul Abdullah's protest painting gets it wrong
My thesis here is that artists in presenting a work of this type have an obligation to accuracy when purporting to base their proposition on
Andrew McIlroy
Jun 26, 20195 min read


Beauty, Divinity and Universality: The art of Laura Jones
Sydney art dealer Tim Olsen describes artist Laura Jones as “the real deal”. In an era where so many artists are caught in an existential c
Andrew McIlroy
Jun 4, 20193 min read


The road less travelled: The tough choices behind the art of Brock Q. Piper
Sydney’s often riven art world has seen it all before. An artist’s exhibition opening night sullied by a rival’s unwelcome emissaries, cast
Andrew McIlroy
Feb 27, 20195 min read
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