Artist Interviews
Juz Kitson – ‘Australian Art Collector’
Juz Kitson Sydney Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes Juz Kitson interview by arts writer Victoria Hynes
Richard Lewer – Artist Interview
New Directions RICHARD LEWER 2016 has been a bumper year for Melbourne artist Richard Lewer. Not only was he awarded the prestigious $100,000 Basil Sellers Art Prize (for The Theatre of Sports, his heartwrenching portraits of a dozen national sporting ‘failures’), but...
Glen Hayward – ‘Australian Art Collector’
GLEN HAYWARD – What Now? Your sculptures resemble ‘trompe l‘oeil’ installations; they tease the viewer with an element of visual trickery and surprise. By recreating inconspicuous functional objects such as furnishings and fixings, the spectator may not even be aware...
Tim Maslen and Jennifer Mehra – ‘Australian Art Review’
TWO UP Tim Maslen and Jennifer Mehra London based duo, Tim Maslen and Jennifer Mehra, are artistic globe trotters, travelling the world from Australia to Athens, California, Korea, and Cologne, creating striking, mixed media installations that are attracting...
Vernon Ah Kee – ‘Asian Art News’
Finding The Warrior Self Vernon Ah Kee’s art and voice are vital to understanding the reality of life for Aboriginal people in Australia now. His recent survey show entitled Not an Animal or a Plant shows something of the diversity of Aboriginal culture, encouraging...
Neil Frazer – ‘Australian Art Collector’
What Now? NEIL FRAZER You have travelled extensively to remote places such as Antarctica, the Southern Alps in New Zealand and the deserts of inland Australia. Can you describe some of these journeys? It’s true I love a good road trip. That goes for boats and small...
Wend Lear – ‘Australian Art Review’
Through A Lens Darkly Wend Lear now goes by the name of Cash Buck and is referred to as they/them. Wend Lear’s photographic essays of street life, whether here or overseas, are compassionate studies of the human condition. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Tracking down...
Robyn Stacey – ‘Australian Art Review’
A Cultural Excavator ROBYN STACEY A large, full watermelon, shiny and ripe, is stabbed open with a nineteenth-century silver knife, as a dripping slice sits waiting to be consumed. A fecund display of fruit and flowers is draped across an antique table,...
Alistair Trung – ‘Australian Art Review’
The ‘Wabi Sabi' Couturier Australian designer Alistair Trung could be described as the Zen monk of the local fashion industry. His approach to art and clothing is more akin to that of a Buddhist ‘roshi’ than a fashionista. This philosophically minded artist/designer...
Joshua Yeldham – ‘Artist Profile’
Joshua Yeldham SydneY Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes Joshua Yeldham interview by arts writer Victoria Hynes
Peter & Roy Churcher – ‘Australian Art Review’
TWO UP Peter and Roy Churcher Working in diametrically opposite styles, father and son Roy and Peter Churcher nevertheless share a lifelong passion for painting. Peter Churcher grew up in art ‘royalty’. His mother Betty is the former director of the National Gallery...
Lyndell Brown & Charles Green – ‘Australian Art Review’
TWO UP Lyndell Brown and Charles Green Lyndell Brown (44) and Charles Green (52) are Melbourne based photo artists and painters. Partners in life, they also work as a collaborative artist team, having held 21 solo exhibitions since 1989. Their haunting and dreamlike...
Juz Kitson – ‘Australian Art Collector’
Juz Kitson Sydney Art writer and editor, Victoria Hynes Juz Kitson interview by arts writer Victoria Hynes
Richard Lewer – Artist Interview
New Directions RICHARD LEWER 2016 has been a bumper year for Melbourne artist Richard Lewer. Not only was he awarded the prestigious $100,000 Basil Sellers Art Prize (for The Theatre of Sports, his heartwrenching portraits of a dozen national sporting ‘failures’), but...
Glen Hayward – ‘Australian Art Collector’
GLEN HAYWARD – What Now? Your sculptures resemble ‘trompe l‘oeil’ installations; they tease the viewer with an element of visual trickery and surprise. By recreating inconspicuous functional objects such as furnishings and fixings, the spectator may not even be aware...
Tim Maslen and Jennifer Mehra – ‘Australian Art Review’
TWO UP Tim Maslen and Jennifer Mehra London based duo, Tim Maslen and Jennifer Mehra, are artistic globe trotters, travelling the world from Australia to Athens, California, Korea, and Cologne, creating striking, mixed media installations that are attracting...
Vernon Ah Kee – ‘Asian Art News’
Finding The Warrior Self Vernon Ah Kee’s art and voice are vital to understanding the reality of life for Aboriginal people in Australia now. His recent survey show entitled Not an Animal or a Plant shows something of the diversity of Aboriginal culture, encouraging...
Neil Frazer – ‘Australian Art Collector’
What Now? NEIL FRAZER You have travelled extensively to remote places such as Antarctica, the Southern Alps in New Zealand and the deserts of inland Australia. Can you describe some of these journeys? It’s true I love a good road trip. That goes for boats and small...