OK. It’s official. I’ve been in denial for a while now, but since the MCA failed to invite me to their grand re-opening, which was surely the art scene event of the year, I’ve been forced to admit it. I’m off the A-list. It’s hardly a surprise. I haven’t written for the SMH for a… [Read more…]
March 4, 2012
Ah, the annual art drought. So little to see and even less to say. But it’s March already. Time to get back to work even if it is a little post the event…. post even for The Post Post. Ironically, or perhaps completely appropriately given the fact that it was January and Sydney-siders one and… [Read more…]
October 15, 2011
Not all good ideas make good art works. Michael Landy’s Acts of Kindness, the latest Kaldor Public Art Project, is a case in point. Highlighting unexpected moments of generosity and compassion between strangers is a nice idea; what’s not to love? In a culture driven by the mantra, “Me, me, me” Landy has managed to… [Read more…]
August 12, 2011
I finally made it down to Hobart to visit the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). Even though it only opened in January, to hear people talk, it seems just about everyone in Sydney has already made the trek south: this private museum appears to be single-handedly re-invigorating Hobart as a tourist destination. And… [Read more…]
July 12, 2011
I went to an exhibition opening last week, without knowing the name of either the show or the artist. I’d been intrigued by the image on the invite, a floppy, knitted skeleton splayed in disarray. And the work did not disappoint. Curious enough to wonder what the titles were, I asked the artist (Michele Beevors… [Read more…]
June 22, 2011
What is new media? In Unguided Tours: Anne Landa Award for Video and New Media Arts 2011, the term seems to embrace digital animation, digitally composited photos, motorised sculpture and little videos surrounded by lots of bits of stuff. None of this seems terribly new, which poses the other obvious question: when does new… [Read more…]
May 22, 2011
“It takes one to know one!” is a classic schoolyard retaliatory tactic. It’s a defensive response to a variety of taunts, used to best effect when flung back immediately with vitriolic sass. But it can also be an accurate observation. When I say Kurt Schranzer is a perfectionist, you can believe it. After all, it… [Read more…]
March 24, 2011
I haven’t been posting very regularly of late. I know. There I go again, stating the obvious. However, I thought you all deserved an explanation. I’ve been busy getting ready for my own solo show, 1+1=1. I won’t go on about it since The Post Post motto is, “No previews, promos or propaganda.” But don’t… [Read more…]
February 27, 2011
Lucas Grogan’s Black + Blue paintings have been billed as “dangerous”. Don’t believe the hype. Initially they do seem provocative. At first glance, Grogan seems to have appropriated painting styles usually reserved for Indigenous artists in Arnhem Land. But on closer inspection, his blue and white ovals have as much in common with Willow Pattern… [Read more…]
February 11, 2011
As an artist, Rew Hanks is too bloody talented for his own good. The technical prowess of his printmaking skills is more than impressive. It is dazzling, numbing, paralysing. Faced with his picture perfect lino cuts, even seasoned art-world professionals become stunned mullets and start uttering inane things like, Wow, how long did that… [Read more…]
April 17, 2012
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