Art Guide Australia

Art Guide Australia is a print and online magazine exploring contemporary Australian art. Our editors and our team of writers and contributors know the local art scene and keep you informed through engaging and thoughtful articles. We speak with artists, curators and gallerists to learn more about their ideas and share them with an audience who want to know more about Australian art and what to see. We’re here to support a vibrant and diverse arts community and our aim is to provide independent, considered editorial coverage alongside a comprehensive picture of what’s happening in the visual arts across Australia.

Art Guide Australia • EDITOR ISSUE #131

Issue 131 Contributors

A Note From the Editor

Darwin

Melbourne

Perth

Albury

Adelaide

Brisbane

Sydney

Hobart

Geelong

Canberra

Secret Communion • Science, geometry, seances: the extraordinary spirit world of once-forgotten artist Hilma af Klint.

Building a Collective Memory • Constantly returning to the architecture of her childhood, Catherine O’Donnell’s remarkable drawings celebrate the everyday of suburbia.

Bringing the Outside In • Australian artists with an intellectual disability have for decades been creating important, rigorous and playful art. Historically these artists have been pushed to the periphery—but not any longer.

eX de Medici • Before she became one of Australia’s most respected artists, eX de Medici was both a punk and a tattooist. The iconoclastic energy of the former, and the technical precision of the latter, can still be seen in the Canberra-based artist’s watercolour paintings, which combine delicate detail with bold social critique.

Colouring the World • Melding motifs from Chinese culture with Biblical imagery and her own experiences, Louise Zhang’s alluring work reaches far beyond the gallery.

On History and High-Vis

Vipoo Srivilasa • Ceramicist Vipoo Srivilasa has a penchant for intricate and layered decoration that, he explains, is influenced by the ornate Buddhist temples he encountered growing up in Thailand. With an aesthetic he cheerfully describes as “more is more,” Srivilasa’s distinctive work also draws on European historical figurines and “a healthy dose of contemporary culture”. We chatted over cups of sencha tea in Srivilasa’s clean, bright warehouse studio in the suburb of Cheltenham, in Melbourne’s south-east.

Artists United • In an industry built on gratitude, is a labour union the missing foundation?

Awakening the Voice of the Drum • A Bronze Age drum sets the beat for two artists intent on immersing audiences in Vietnamese culture.

Looking Good in Two Worlds • How a remote arts organisation uses hairstyling and selfies to keep young people connected to Country.

Beyond the Beaches • Fibreglass, neon, and solid gold: a new home for art on the Gold Coast.

A–Z Exhibitions Victoria • James Street, McClelland Drive, Flinders Lane, Gertrude Street, Sturt Street, Federation Square, Dodds Street, Punt Road, Rokeby Street, Lyttleton Street, Dunns Road, Nicholson Street, Willis Street, Abbotsford Street, Little Malop Street, Tinning Street, Cureton Avenue, Alma Road, Langford Street, Lydiard Street North, Albert Street, Horseshoe Bend, Bourke Street, Whitehorse Road, Vere Street, Barkers Road, Roberts Avenue, Templestowe Road, Church Street

A–Z Exhibitions New South Wales • Albermarle Street, Soudan Lane, McLachlan Avenue, Blackfriars Street, Flood Street, Darling Street, Oxford Street, Art Gallery Road, Powerhouse Road, Crown Street, Elizabeth Street, Clarence Street, Glebe Point Road, Darley Street, Circular Quay West, Hickson Road, First Street, Dean Street, Jersey Road, Watson Road, Goodhope Street, Gosbell Street, Observatory Hill,...