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ARTIST PROFILE ISSUE 66 IS HERE! 🎨
Artist Profile’s readers accompany writers, curators, and scholars into the studios of leading Australian and international artists.
Terence Maloon’s cover story on Ann Thomson, accompanied by Anna Kučera’s exclusive portraits, refutes shallow interpretations of abstract painting through his careful observations of Thomson’s “painterly modes.” 2024 is a year of purpose and resolution for Thomson, with solo exhibitions locally and in the UK with a rare touring survey beginning at the S.H Ervin Gallery and ending at Orange Regional Gallery.
Throughout this issue find profiles on Georgia Lucy, Telly Tuita, Nadine Christensen, Danae Stratou, Chris Dyson, Henry Jock Walker, Zac Langdon-Pole and Leah Fraser.
Inside find essays on Lincoln Austin, Mike Parr, Roslyn Oxley, and Ivan Sen, along with a tribute to Emily Kam Kngwarray by director of Utopia Art Sydney, Christopher Hodges. Bhupen Thakker shares his poem ‘Heaven (Jaise Swarg)’, and Stephanie Berlangieri conducts an interview with Hoda Afshar. Readers will also find reviews and previews on exhibitions around Australia.
We hope you enjoy this issue of Artist Profile, thank you for your support 🌟
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ARTIST PROFILE ISSUE 65 IS HERE! 💥
Artist Profile’s readers accompany writers, curators and scholars into the studios of leading Australian and international artists.
Farid Farid’s cover story on Khaled Sabsabi, accompanied by Anna Kučera’s exclusive portraits, delves into Sabsabi’s Sufi beliefs and how this faith translates into his work. In September of this year Sabsabi was awarded the inaugural Creative Australia Award for Visual Arts.
Throughout this issue find profiles on Kirtika Kain, Telly Tu’u, Matthew Collings & Emma Biggs, Marie Hagerty, John R Walker, Jacky Redgate, Dagmar Cyrulla and Meagan Streader.
Lydia Miller reflects on the Voice referendum and Sundari Carmody and Armando Chant provide us with insights into their artistic process. Genevieve Carroll shares her poem ‘The Awkward Conversation’ with us, and Justine Muller discusses her time with artist James “Chip” Thomas Jr. in the US. Brad Buckley, former chair of Artspace, reflects on its 40 year history and Kim Guthrie paid a visit to Byron School of Art for their 10 year anniversary. Courtney Kidd examines Patrick Hall’s work and John Kirkman pays tribute to Michael Butler. Elli Walsh visited newly opened Sydney gallery, Cassandra Bird. Inside readers will also find multiple previews and reviews on exhibitions around Australia.
We hope you enjoy issue 65 of Artist Profile. Subscriptions are available via the link in our bio and you can find the list of our stocks on our website 💥
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For twenty years Jasper Knight has been known for his bold, hard-edged abstractions of industrial landscapes. Now, he is pushing his boundaries as an artist, painting soft romantic botanical works on linen. His new series, ‘The Coral Coast’, featuring twelve palm trees, has been curated by 3:33 Art Projects at Sydney Contemporary 2023 for the Artist Profile booth.
Read more about ‘The Coral Coast’ in issue 64 of Artist Profile, or online - via the link in bio.
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⚡️ARTIST PROFILE ISSUE 64 IS HERE!⚡️
Artist Profile’s readers accompany writers, curators, and scholars into the studios of leading Australian and international artists.
Peter Hill’s cover story on Brent Harris provides readers with an opportunity to gain insight into the artist’s work and life. Accompanied by Mia Mala McDonald’s exclusive portraits of Harris in his Collingwood studio, Hill writes on Harris’s influences, both artistic and lived. “I have always been drawn to the theme of the dream for as long as I can remember.” says Harris.
Brent Harris expands our experience of painting and art history.
Throughout the issue we take you into the studios of Sarah Birns, Michael Schlitz, Lyndal Jones, Renee So, Trevor Vickers, John Meade, Michelle Cawthorn, and Erin Mison. Karla Marchesi and Owen Leong provide us with an exclusive insight into their artistic processes, and Richard Tipping shares his poem ‘Writing Class’. In our second iteration of ‘Artist on Artist’ Emma Walker explores the ‘dreamy depth’ of Kat Shapiro Wood’s work ‘Untitled (and make big shadows I can move in)’, 2023. John Kirkman remembers photographer David Porter, and Peter Hill pays a visit to James Makin Gallery for their 20-year anniversary. Check out previews of upcoming shows with works by Savanhdary Vongpoothorn, Jasper Knight, and Steve Lopes. Issue 64 also features the most reviews in Artist Profile’s history! Throughout the issue find ten reviews on exhibitions from all over the country, and on films and books. Mimi Kelly writes on Markela Panegyres in a discovery article, and Gabrielle Gwyther discusses Australia’s 2023 Cultural Policy.
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To celebrate NAIDOC week Artist Profile is offering 3 back issues for $45 (inclu. postage) – featuring cover artists Bronwyn Bancroft, Megan Cope, and Gordon Hookey.
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ARTIST PROFILE ISSUE 63 IS HERE!🌟
Artist Profile’s readers accompany writers, curators, and scholars into the studios of leading Australian and international artists. Together, they explore what it means to work as an artist in the 21st Century.
Elli Walsh’s cover story on Clara Adolphs is an insight to Clara’s “natural game”, a fictitious world hatched by the artist, a place to escape and explore. As Walsh writes, “Clara is a purist, forever searching for the essence of her referents, equipping herself with tools and techniques that quarry the past”. Anna Kučera captures the artist in her Southern Highlands studio, surrounded by her work, nature and family.
Through the issue we take you into the studios of Hossei, Emma Coulter, Mika Utzon Popov, Naomi Hobson, Jess MacNeil, Jenny Bell and Fiona Somerville. Josh Foley and Jenna Lee share insights into their own practice, and Martin Stuart Fox remembers Tim Page. Erin Shiel shares a poem and Leonard Brown contemplates Chris Gaynors new ink work. Our reviews cover Melbourne Now, Daniel Boyd’s RAINBOW SERPENT (VERSION) at Gropius Bau in Berlin, The National 4, Flight, Working the Waters, Suzanne Archer, and Floating Lands. Check out our reviews of film: You Can Go Now and book: Credo. Joe Frost pays a visit to Utopia Art Sydney for their 35 year anniversary, Anne Loxley explores perceptions around community art in her essay ‘Breathtaking Possibilities’, and Ian Milliss’s issue: ‘The Great Unwrapping’.
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Djon Mundine's cover story on Adam Hill – a.k.a. Blak Douglas – dives deep into the life and the art-historical context of one of this country's foremost painters. Accompanied by Chrissie Hall's exuberant portraits of the artist in his studio, Mundine's essay explores Douglas's iconic graphic style, his peer group of First Nations artists living and working in Sydney through the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, and the next challenges after his Archibald Prize win in 2022. "The colonist’s vision of Aboriginal men," writes Mundine, "is one of disgust, disdain, and revulsion, so to see an Aboriginal man displaying their 'deadliness' is a sight to behold. 'Adam’s an activist,' says Adam’s father; 'I’m a Koori,' Adam announces."
Throughout the issue, find profiles on Olafur Eliasson, Peter Tyndall, Lucy Guerin, Laurence Edwards, Mel Douglas, Claudia Kogachi, Nasim Nasr, Caroline Rothwell, and Aaron Fell-Fracasso. Sancintya Monihi Simpson shares a poem, and Elyss McCleary and David Booth write about their own practices. Anna Johnson appraises the past and present practice of art vandalism, Beau Lai looks ahead to the 24th Biennale of Sydney, and Macushla Robinson visits Irene Barberis at Sol LeWitt's studio.
AUGUST BOOK DEAL | COLIN LANCELEY: EARTHLY DELIGHTS
Celebrating Colin Lanceley's significant survey exhibition at NAS Galleries, we're offering two new or renewed Artist Profile subscribers throughout August a copy of Colin Lanceley: Earthly Delights.
With contributions from Sioux Garside and Kay Lanceley, amongst others, the volume is a beautiful, expansive reflection on a beloved artist from our peers at the National Art School. Simply subscribe – or renew your subscription – at the 🔗 link in bio before midnight on 31 August for your change to win a copy.
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Until this Sunday, 31 July, new or renewed subscribers to Artist Profile enter the running for our July book prize – Daniel Boyd: Treasure Island, edited by Erin Vink and Isobel Parker Philip.
The companion text to Boyd’s survey show of the same name at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, this volume offers extended critical insight into our current moment, where ideas of community, connectivity, and cultural repatriation carry particular urgency. Subscribe now to win – and you can even begin your subscription with our current issue, where you’ll find a profile on Boyd with exclusive studio portraits 👀
Have you seen Daniel Boyd’s profile in our current issue? Celebrating Boyd's significant survey exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Michael Young’s essay examines Boyd’s work from art school through to his major public commissions today, his original painting techniques which partially obscure his images, and the importance of political and personal histories in his work. Accompanied by Chrissie Hall’s exclusive studio portraits, this is a profile not to miss!
You can have our current issue delivered as part of subscription packages, available at the 🔗 link in bio.
And, for the month of July only, all new and renewed subscribers enter the draw to win one of two copies of the survey’s accompanying book, “Daniel Boyd: Treasure Island,” edited by Erin Vink and Isobel Parker Philip. With new reflections on Boyd’s work commissioned from First Nations authors, this book offers extended critical insight into our current moment, where ideas of community, connectivity, and cultural repatriation carry particular urgency.
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Poet Omar Sakr, whose work was featured in Artist Profile 47, has published his debut novel “Son of Sin” to widespread acclaim.
Courtesy of our friends at Affirm Press, we have three copies of the novel to give to new and renewed subscribers throughout the month of June. Simply head to the 🔗 link in bio and take out a print or digital subscription before the end of the month to enter the running. While you’re there, you can also read Omar’s poem, which we’ve brought in front of the subscription paywall to celebrate the book.
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✨ Artist Profile 59 is here! ✨
Painter Jo Bertini strides through the desert at Abiquiú, a large-scale painting carried on her shoulder, on the cover of this issue. For this story, our International Writer Pippa Mott visited Bertini's New Mexico studio, and explored the landscape around it, as the artist's solo exhibition at the University of Colorado was being prepared for installation.
Elsewhere in the issue, Peter Hill recalls his decades-long friendship with Callum Innes. After a visit to his home and studio, Judith Pugh writes about Ian Milliss's "art without consumption.” Our Principal Writer Elli Walsh profiles multi-disciplinary artist Kate Mitchell, tracing her articulate sense of connectivity and investment in magical thinking through developments in her life as an artist and mother. Nathan Hawkes's poetic reflections on Seth Birchall's work are followed by Nikita Holcombe's analysis of Adrienne Gaha's "language of painting," Michael Young pays a visit to Daniel Boyd as he prepares for his mid-career survey at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Courtney Kidd explores Nuha Saad's "archaeology of the suburbs," Đỗ Tường Linh profiles Mai Nguyễn-Long ahead of her exhibition at the Berlin Biennale, and Kirsty Baker speaks with Yuki Kihara about her work of resistance and her participation at the Venice Biennale.
In our Insight section, find a poem by Areez Katki, artists Mark Merrikin and Katya Grokhovsky on their own work, and essays, previews, and reviews by Jennifer Isaacs, Dan Kyle, and Nick Croggon, Chari Larsson, H.R. Hyatt-Johnston, Anne Ryan, Nur Shkembi, Brad Buckley, Andrew Harper, Bridget Macleod, Andrew Gaynor, Victoria Hynes, Paul McGillick, Brooke Boland, and Erin McFadyen.
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There are two days left to enter our subscription draw for a copy of the Steve Lopes Encountered catalogue. A richly illustrated and comprehensive volume, this is one not to be missed!
With thanks to our friends at Sternberg Press, we're delighted to offer two copies of Art Writing in Crisis, to new or renewed subscribers throughout the month of April 💫
Edited by Megan Patty and Brad Haylock, and with contributions from established and emerging writers including Maria Fusco, Dan Fox, Sarah Gory, Justin Clemens, Ben Eltham, Maddee Clark, Fayen D’Evie & Lizzie Boon, and more, this is an essential volume for those interested in art writing – why we do it, how, where, and to what effect.
Head to the 🔗 link in bio to commence or renew a subscription to Artist Profile to enter the running for this eloquent, enriching prize.
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💫 AP 58 💫
Our new issue is now in newsagents, bookstores, art supply stores and gallery shops – and is available for delivery as part of subscription packages, at the 🔗 link in bio.
Inside every print issue, find a complimentary liftout poster, with double sides offering two richly-illustrated paintings by our cover artist, Salvatore Zofrea: Morning Light, 2014, and Midday Light, 2021. These panoramic, devotional paintings make up part of Zofrea’s Day Cycle, to which he has been committed for the past eight years of his practice. In our cover article on Zofrea, Kon Gouriotis writes that Zofrea “Uses recurring motifs by applying short and long brush strokes that are like thousands of rhythmic musical notes to harmonise his Day Cycle. The layers-upon-layers of brush strokes create overwhelming dimensions in time and space. In his composition of the Day Cycle Zofrea has embodied the symphony score Le Poème de l’extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), 1905–08, by Scriabin.”
Enjoy Zofrea’s profile along with reviews, previews, essays, poetry, artists in the first person, and profiles on Sally Ross, Lee Bethel, Fahy Bottrell, Andrew Cranston, D Harding, George Tillianakis, Elizabeth Pulie, Gareth Sansom, and Chiharu Shiota.
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💫Welcome to Artist Profile 57!💫
Professor Brad Buckley's cover essay on Bundjalung woman Bronwyn Bancroft opens an issue in which we consider the possibility that "there is an activist in every artist's expression." A founding member of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-Operative in the 1980s, and visionary artist across so many disciplinary lines, Bancroft has inspired generations of makers and audiences across and beyond this country. As Buckley writes, "'Roll up your shirtsleeves' activism runs through Bancroft's life and work, drawing on her journey as a woman, mother, artist, and custodian of her family's stories."
Elsewhere in the issue, find essays on Brett Graham, Marlene Gilson, Jumaadi, Jonathan Jones, Christopher Zanko, Dean Bowen, Giles Alexander, Isaac Julien, and Genevieve Felix Reynolds, along with reviews of Australian art here and overseas, a poem by John Mateer, essays, previews, and artists in the first person.
Welcome to Artist Profile 57!
Professor Brad Buckley's cover essay on Bundjalung woman Bronwyn Bancroft opens an issue in which we consider the possibility that "there is an activist in every artist's expression." A founding member of Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-Operative in the 1980s, and visionary artist across so many disciplinary lines, Bancroft has inspired generations of makers and audiences across and beyond this country. As Buckley writes, "'Roll up your shirtsleeves' activism runs through Bancroft's life and work, drawing on her journey as a woman, mother, artist, and custodian of her family's stories."
Elsewhere in the issue, find essays on Brett Graham, Marlene Gilson, Jumaadi, Jonathan Jones, Christopher Zanko, Dean Bowen, Giles Alexander, Isaac Julien, and Genevieve Felix Reynolds, along with reviews of Australian art here and overseas, a poem by John Mateer, essays, previews, and artists in the first person.
