Tag Archive for: Artist Profile

James R Ford: Work, Rest and Play

Martin Patrick takes a look at the work of conceptual artist James R Ford. There are jokes, sure, but there are telling glitches that point to deeper concerns. Not all play is lighthearted after all.

James Cousins: The Structure of Existence

James Cousins is a painter fascinated by structure: the structure of a good painting and the structure of truths. Louise Martin-Chew takes a look at the work of the New Zealand artist ahead of an exhibition of his new work in Brisbane.

Kate Tucker: Shifting Ground

The immediate visual appeal of Kate Tucker’s paintings belie their complexity. As Phip Murray discovers, they are built on chaos and turbulence.

Todd McMillan: The Wanderer

Todd McMillan's endurance works have involved standing on a cliff top for 12 hours and attempting to swim the English Channel. Carrie Miller discovered it’s less about the suffering than it is about futility.

David Serisier: Absolute Objectivity

There are few painters with David Serisier’s precision and exactitude writes Tracey Clement. He explores his interest in light and colour like a scientist searching for an empirical and objective truth.

Yvonne Audette: Oblique Angles

Yvonne Audette’s remarkable six-decade career is part of the history of abstraction in Australia. Recognition may have come slowly but was ultimately undeniable. There is an ever present power in her work, a power grounded in oblique hints at what lies beneath, gone beyond recall.

Richard Lewer: Boxing with the Biblical

Richard Lewer’s work ruminates upon monumental themes. He tells Art Collector he is drawn to extremes with his regular themes of sport, crime and religion.

Marti Friedlander: Camera Confidence

Marti Friedlander is one of New Zealand’s most highly acclaimed photographers.

Willi Siber: Free Association

Willi Siber emerged from an art history of abstraction where signifiers of story were abhorred. His practice today remains staunchly non narratorial.

Lorraine Connelly-Northey: Cross-Cultural Constructs

Lorraine Connelly-Northey’s Aboriginal and Irish heritage are both woven into her work. Timothy Morrell writes about how this distinctive cultural inheritance informs her practice.