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The use of animals in art – mixed responses to Bennett Miller’s Dachshund UN
Last Saturday I attended Perth based artist Bennett Miller’s installation/performance Dachshund UN which is part of this month’s Next Wave Festival. Dachshund UN is exactly that – a scaled replica of the UN office in Geneva, only this time each 47 countries are represented by dachshunds. The architectural display is on for another week at [...]
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Melbourne’s best figure drawing workshops
Finding the city’s best figure drawing class is like playing lottery. Finding the class that’s right for your taste and skill level can be an adventurous journey full of surprises, but there can be some disappointments along the way. Every workshop is different – some provide elaborate services such as talented lecturers, expensive materials and [...]
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Ilia Farah Rosli – Everything and nothing at the same time
I’m standing in Ilia Farah Rosli’s kitchen, slouching over the kitchen bench as she makes me a cup of tea. I glance at the gigantic fruit bowl near the window, which supplies every common fruit imaginable. “We’re a fruit house”, she proclaims, “we eat a lot of fruit!”. Recent works in Ilia’s exhibition at Y3K have [...]
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Moving to higher ground
‘The Slumps’ is moving up in the world. No more smelly rodent infested back alley, smoker packed balcony or sweaty arm-pit art-gazing. This might be a drastic change for the Slumps, but don’t worry —the art is staying — it’s just going to be a bit classier. Melissa Loughnan, the young curator turned gallery owner [...]
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The uncertain future facing artist-run galleries
Our unique, artist-run galleries are under threat. Rising rents, fewer interested artists, and the effects of the current economic climate mean galleries already struggling may be forced to close their doors. One such gallery is the small, independently-run Palomar Mountain Gallery and Studios in Preston. Opened in 2008, the gallery is an informal space open [...]
