Vale Rod Milgate
Rodney Milgate Poem 1970. Artist, poet, playwright, academic and teacher Rodney Milgate died last Friday age 80. I meet Rod in 1989 when I got a job in the Student Administration Office at City Art...
View ArticleAdding it all up: Mark Roberts considers ‘Eight + One’ at The Shop Gallery
Eight + One. Featuring work by Lynne Barwick, Edwin Easydorchik, Nola Farman, Barbara, Halnan, Sahar Hosseinabadi, Kate Mackay, Bette Mifsud, Cecilia White, and Elke Wohlfarht. Curated by Dr Willian...
View ArticleBig, Bold and Glorious: Dr Janine Burke launches Kate Just’s ‘The Furies’
Dr Janine Burke launched Kate Just’s The Furies St Kilda at the Town Hall Gallery, 99a Carlisle Street St Kilda on International Women’s Day 2015 (8 March). The Furies runs until 25 March (interior...
View ArticleCecilia White: ‘the grass is greener’
‘the grass is greener’ The saying ‘the other man’s grass is always greener’ raises awareness of desire, dissatisfaction and the location of the self in relation to others. It also raises issues of...
View ArticleConnections: Sara Khamkoed reviews ‘Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue...
Interchange: A Printmaking Dialogue between Australia and Thailand at the Mosman Art Gallery (Sydney) until 12 July 2015 I recently made a twelve hour journey all the way from my rural village of...
View ArticleForever the Same & Never the Same: Maureen Gordon Opens ‘Floribunda’ an...
Maureen Gordon opened Floribunda – Drawings by Judy Morris and Texts by Ian Gibbins at the Hahndorf Academy Gallery, 68 Main Street Hahndorf South Australia on 14 June 2015. The exhibition runs until...
View ArticleStephen Hall: Featured Artist Issue 16 – Curated by James Aksman-Glosz
Stephen Hall, Merry-Andrew Through Water, Through Storm, 2014, mixed media on paper. Picture: courtesy of the artist There are common traits that are identifiable in artists who push past the boundary...
View ArticleRich, Rewarding & Complex : Mark Roberts Reviews Aleks Danko ‘My Fellow...
Aleks Danko My Fellow Aus-Tra-Aliens at the Museum of Contemporary Art until 18th October and the Heide Museum of Modern Art Melbourne 17th November 2015 to 21st February 2016. Curated by Glenn Barkley...
View ArticleTwo of a Kind: Mishko Desovski Reviews One & One, exhibition of artworks by...
One & One, an exhibition of artworks by Denis Mizzi and Irene Schell 7-11 October 2015, The Shop Gallery, 112 Glebe Point Road Glebe. Denis Mizzi at the Shop Gallery, Glebe The Shop Gallery in...
View ArticleA New Milestone in Artistic Freedom: James Aksman-Glosz reviews Matthys...
Matthys Gerber 2015 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney from 22 September to 6 December 2015. Matthys Gerber, Matthys Gerber, 2015, installation view. Picture: courtesy of Liam Kesteven...
View Articlewithout / within – a self portrait of the world: Lisa Sharp reviews “Alone...
Alone and Together by Jo Meisner (was onsite at 1 Margaret Street, Sydney 8-9 March) On a busy city corner at One Margaret Street Sydney art in a glass-walled corporate foyer reflects, barely contains...
View ArticleMechanical Symphonies and The Overview Effect: James Aksman-Glosz reviews...
Pointing Devices by Sophie Clague is at the Graduate School Gallery, Sydney College of the Arts, until 30 April 2016 Sophie Clague, Corrupt Diptych, acrylic paint on wall, 2016. (Photograph: courtesy...
View ArticleA Magic Picture Coming into Focus: Libby Barratt Reviews ‘Recent Paintings &...
Recent Paintings and Glassworks by Jeff Manning at The Shop Gallery, 112 Glebe Point Road, Glebe until 14th April 2016 A packed rush hour bus churns up Glebe Point Road and all eyes turn in unison to...
View ArticlePlastic is the Colour: Lisa Sharp Reviews ‘Fantastik Plastik’ by Anya Pesce...
Fantastik Plastik, an Exhibition by Anya Pesce at Factory 49 (Marrickville NSW) – ran from 31 March until 9th April Fantastik Plastik, as the title suggests is an accented, heady celebration of the...
View ArticleFeatured Artist: Georgina Pollard Biographical Note
As energy, the paint does not restrict itself to my process, and our dialogue has turned to the form of a shared ecology—Georgina Pollard (Artist Statement, A-M Gallery) Georgina Pollard, Mistint...
View ArticlePunctuated Into an Exclamation Mark: Lisa Sharp reviews ‘Play’, an exhibition...
Michelle Le Dain – PLAY at Factory 49 , 49 Shepherd St, Marrickville. until 3rd December 2016 “Play becomes joy, joy becomes work, work becomes play.” ………………………………………………………..Johannes Itten Michelle Le...
View ArticleFeatured artist Zalehah Turner: Biographical note
‘The light between’ (2013), photograph. Zalehah Turner. Zalehah Turner is a Sydney based poet, photographer, cultural journalist, and Associate Editor of Rochford Street Review (RSR). Zalehah is...
View ArticleFeatured Artist Lisa Sharp: Biographical Note and Artist Statement
Lisa Sharp. photograph by Rowan Fotheringham (2017) Lisa Sharp is a Malaysian-born Australian artist, writer, curator and co-gallery manager. Currently based in Sydney, her painting practice sets out...
View ArticleThe Psychological Landscape of the Artist – Linda Adair reviews ‘Arthur Boyd:...
Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul Curated by Barry Pearce. National Art School, 10 January – 9 March 2019. Rochford Street Review caught Barry Pearce’s curatorial introduction to the premier showing...
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