Places That Don’t Exist
Thom Buchanan is living in a dream world. No, really, Buchanan constructs beautiful, haunting paintings of deserted cities that don’t exist. There is something of the disquiet of a dystopian horror film in his work. Not to mention, Buchanan is a hyperactive exhibitor, so you are bound to find his work at show around Adelaide, or even in Darwi...
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Kind of Magical
It’s gonna be a sad day when film goes the way of the dodo. You had to be careful when you were shooting film, and had to (sorta, kinda) know what you were doing. Véra Ada doesn’t always shoot film, but even her digital shots have that enchanting, timeless, filmy feeling. The golden rule of film: every shot is precious. Vé...
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Tiny Little Worlds
Have you ever wanted to escape into a tiny dream world? Well, Amy Joy Watson creates them. Amy’s sculpture and painting harks back to those days when people had practical skills, you know, beyond being able to customise their MySpace profile to the max. Immaculately crafted of balsa, glue and glow-in-the-dark thread, Amy’s miniature uni...
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Art For Life
OWEN LINDSAY Has a chat with local arty type Humna Mustafa. Humna Mustafa recently became an Australian citizen, and let me tell you: we won on that one. An intricate visual arteest who you’ve probably seen somewhere around the traps laying down henna, Humna came here from Pakistan five years ago without even knowing where Australia was ...
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Art from Jeremy Piert
If you missed Jeremy Piert's opening night last Wednesday at Peter Walker Fine Art Gallery then, by the good graciousness of the artist himself, we are able to give you a fair whack of what's on the walls. Of course this is Nothing compared to seeing them in real life so get your keister on over to 101 Walkerville Terrace promptly.
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Arthouse Tree-o
Joel VDK, Matt Stuckey and Stewart Cook have been blazing their own (impeccably well-designed) artistic trails for a while now. Now we hear that they’ve combined superpowers and established their own top-secret headquarters, goodness only knows what sort of crazed creative mischief is in store for this fair city. They come from the Treehouse&...
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A Word with James Dodd
You tend to remember a James Dodd exhibition: all fluoro sunsets and endearingly indecent illicit etchings, skulls and seagulls, silhouetted palms and paddy wagons, barramundi and bus shelters. While the rest of us are off collecting stamps and Barbie dolls, Dodd makes his way around Australia collecting regional graffiti (by way of photograph), wh...
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