THE FIRMSTONE made SQUARE
Art

THE FIRMSTONE made SQUARE

Circling the ‘SQUARED’ exhibition at Yuill Crowley Gallery, it’s the works not confined to a square that prove to be the showstoppers. ‘Rotation’ in particular is the sort of work you want to take home to gaze at every day, allowing the rich orange and grey to appear in new ways across each hour, as … Continue reading

BEGUILING BORREMANS
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BEGUILING BORREMANS

  One enters the dim-lit exhibition space where ‘Space Vessel’ is placed. It’s bullet-like bronze form is intimate in scale and placed elevated on a plinth, in an untouchable realm beneath a clear case. Not until you are at arm’s length do you realise it is two “fallen churches” joined at the base to create … Continue reading

ARC is a TRIUMPH  by Bernar Venet
Art

ARC is a TRIUMPH by Bernar Venet

‘Radical’ is a word often used to describe Conceptual artist Bernar Venet’s works. Yet so many pieces carry enduring appeal, perhaps due to the timeless visual language underpinned by themes of mathematics, science, music and philosophy. Internationally renowned, this enigmatic appeal has rewarded him with numerous enviable opportunities to showcase work, even under the Eiffel … Continue reading

GETTING ON THE MAP at ARTSPACE
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GETTING ON THE MAP at ARTSPACE

A beautiful textile map glows from a far wall of Artspace and invites you to step closer into a meditative maze of stitches. But be prepared that when you do look closer, it’s not a travel dreamscape. Rather, Tiffany Chung’s large embroidered map of the world is exploring global displacement and migration emerging from conflict. … Continue reading

How to HOTDESK…. #LIKEABOSS
Art / Design

How to HOTDESK…. #LIKEABOSS

Prepare to work #LIKEABOSS HOTDESKING seriously got a whole new meaning. Woolloomooloo is one of Sydney’s ultimate spots for hot property. If you dream of an office with million dollar views to Woolloomooloo’s Finger Wharf, amongst glamorous people and glistening yachts, perhaps you are the anonymous chair donor who transformed James McCallum’s sculpture ‘The Library’ … Continue reading

SCULPTUUR by RIET WIJNEN
Art

SCULPTUUR by RIET WIJNEN

Do your daily encounters already deliver a dose of about Sixteen Conversations in Abstraction? If Yes: Then Riet Wijnen’s artworks may be too complex. …… or exactly how your mind is wired. At first sight, Wijnen’s Sculptuur Sixteen Conversations on Abstraction is constructed with elegant simplicity that recalls Modernist architecture, and is quite meditative to … Continue reading

CONVERSATIONS in ABSTRACTION
Art

CONVERSATIONS in ABSTRACTION

Lost in the layered, labyrinthine story behind Riet Wijnen’s Sculptuur Sixteen Conversations on Abstraction? Let’s attempt to uncode it’s connected concept: a conversation. The conversation’s script is imagined. Fiction. But it’s existence is very real. You’d have discovered this by attending a related event, a Performative Reading at the Art Gallery of NSW. The Performative … Continue reading