Inspiring autumnal visit to Red House, south London where the conservators are still finding beautiful Pre-Raphaelite images painted on walls, behind wardrobes. A rewarding visit for anyone interested in Arts & Crafts, gardens, architecture.
Country
Fiona Foley, Megan Cope and Michael Cook discussing notions of Country on the occasion of the My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art. Panel chair is Hetti Perkins curator. Michael Cook says he uses his work to teach himself about his ancestry and…
Planning
Must visit Tacita Dean at Frith Street Gallery on Golden Square until 26 October Idris Khan Beyond the Black at Victoria Miro until 9 November Upcoming Sarah Lucas at the Whitechapel 2 October – 15 December Julie Gough The Lost World (Part 2) at the Andrews Gallery exhibiting 23 October- 20 November. The Possessed Past Symposium on 23 October at the…
Australia at The Royal Academy
Billed as the biggest survey of Australian art seen in the UK, Australia at London’s Royal Academy, exhibits 200 years of Australian art under the organising theme of land and landscape. Works have been brought to the Royal Academy from the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and from various state collections. This link goes to the NGA website showing thumbnails of works included…
Vernon Ah Kee: about & with
About: Bruce McLean speaking of Vernon Ah Kee‘s work in exhibition in Brisbane now at Qagoma (Sept 2013). With: In Conversation Link to video of Vernon Ah Kee in conversation with Daniel Browning courtesy of the State Library of Queensland. ‘I think Australia is largely a culture of denial.’ Artlink vol 33 no.2 (2013)
Lossiemouth
A visit to the Fisheries & Community museum at Lossiemouth harbour, north east Scotland was a revelation – due to the content and the concept. A genuine community museum, free from national institutional demands, run entirely by volunteers, one of whom walked by my side from room to room to ensure I didn’t miss the…
Jo Darbyshire Ireland
A chance to see Jo’s recent work inspired by a residency in the West of Ireland in Melbourne from 17 September.
Building
Now working on a new website for special friends and clients who work with digital media/ moving image. I’m working with the team of design and developers at Archive in nearby Perserverance Works. We’re using BaseCamp and working through the first stages in June 2013.
Transnational Turn
Considering the Transnational Turn in San Domenica, the foothills of Fiesole with new friends from the University of Copenhagen, University College Dublin, the European University (EUI) and King’s College London.
Living the Archive
An experiment with archived video recording. How do you access archival footage? Why do you? What does it bring? Do you watch it alone in a library? On your desktop/ smartphone/tablet – in vimeo or youtube? Do you integrate it into your present? How? What’s it for? With Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw we conceived…