Song Dong and Waste Not: the artist and his work
Dec 29th
A few weeks ago, Chinese artist Song Dong arrived in Sydney prior to installing his Waste Not project in Carriageworks, Eveleigh, as part of the Sydney Festival 2013. He was also preparing for his wider exhibition at the 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney. I met the artist shortly after he arrived at ...
Sculpture by the Sea 2012: a Bondi experience
Oct 23rd
This fabulous artwork by Dave Mercer (left) is one of the stand-outs at this year's Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi. "It often seems that even the most basic of human experiences need to be branded in order to seem important and valid," the artist writes in the SxS catalogue. The work, in powder coated stainless steel ...
Bernard Ollis: an artist’s insight
Sep 11th
Bernard Ollis's latest exhibition, Paris Considered, was recently on show at NG Art Gallery in Chippendale. I had the pleasure of opening the exhibition. I thought the time was ripe to post a transcript of my first ever interview with Bernard. There have been many since then, and Bernard and I have become firm friends. But ...
Double Take: new exhibition at White Rabbit Gallery
Aug 31st
I took these pictures at the installation of White Rabbit Gallery's new exhibition, Double Take, which opens tonight. I was lucky enough to interview the Taiwanese artist Tu Wei-cheng about his work Happy Valentine's Day, which is pictured below. My story on this artist appeared in the Daily Telegraph. Some of the pictures are of Dust, an ...
Adam Cullen, 1965-2012
Aug 11th
I’d like to report on Adam Cullen’s funeral, as well as the last time I saw him alive, before the memories start to fade inevitably from my mind. The funeral was held at 2pm on Friday August 3, 2012, at a modest suburban church call St Rose, in Collaroy Plateau on Sydney’s northern beaches. Right opposite ...
