Semi-detached: Writing, Representation and Criticism in Architecture

One of my images is being for the front cover of this book! I am very excited to have this exposure as it seems like a great book.

 

This book is about the role of words and images in architecture. A documentation of the conventions of architectural representation, it is also an exploration of the many ways in which those conventions can be productively challenged, subverted, or ignored to broaden the conversation about architecture and what it means. The book assembles a series of essays and interviews from practicing architects on the role of representation in their work, alongside contributions from some of Australia’s most highly regarded contemporary architectural photographers.

Contributors include John Macarthur, Naomi Stead, Marcus Trimble, Justine Clark, Gavin Hipkins, Katja Grillner, Philip Goad, Brett Boardman, Peter Bennetts, Jan van Schaik and Elizabeth Watson-Brown, amongst many others.

To see the interior of the book see here.

Representation at Castell Photography Gallery in Asheville, NC!

Wow! Fantastic news! I am now officially represented by Castell Photography Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina!

What a great team Brie Castell has put together. Heidi Gruner and the interns at Castell are professional, timely and on the ball!

Here's a plug about Brie and the gallery in Sophie magazine

 

Also, a link the Gallery's website here.

Thanks to Brie and Heidi for making this all possible!

Jeanette Winterson...is art a luxury?

Is art a luxury? Jeanette Winterson says not. listen here. Thank you Jeanette. I've been reading you for years and you are so right!

"Through art we recognize lifes intrinsic quality...that everything is connected."

Illusion and Chemistry Exhibition at Keirnan Gallery, VA

My work is included in the online part of the exhibition "Illusion and Chemistry" at Keirnan Gallery in Virginia. Christopher James was the juror for the show and my friends Diana Bloomfield and Aspen Hochhalter made the Gallery exhibition. Congratulations Diana and Aspen! It was good that Christopher James got to see my work and very happy he included me in this exhibition! Jame's book on Alternative Silver processes is the standard for any Alt Process class...he's a genius!

A screen shot of the work. This work, a diptych, is new, 2011 and was made  in response to pulling my own work out of the rubbish bin after 3 days, and pairing it with a found work. When placed together it speaks to the mistreatment of slaves on plantations (part A) before Reconstruction and my feelings of sadness and outrage around this (part B). I feel this might be another new direction in my work, which is exciting!

New Romantics: Darkness and Light in Australian Art by Simon Gregg

The new publication New Romantics: Darkness and Light in Australian Art by Simon Gregg has just been released to the public in which my work is featured along with many other wonderful Australian Artists. Published by Australian Scholarly Publishing, the book was launched in September 2011.

From the ASP website:

"Something is happening in Australian art today. We are witnessing the resurgence of ideas that took root centuries ago – a return to passion in art, and a return to atmosphere and awe.Historians called it Romanticism; a disposition for melancholic yearning, for communion with nature, for the sublime. Australian artists, in countless numbers, are engaging with these themes again today. 

Set against the dazzling backdrop of the Australian sublime, New Romantics charts the dynasties of Romantic art. From its nascent beginnings in European philosophy to a cause championed by Australian colonialists, this compelling survey seeks to understand how it has landed in the hands of a new generation of Australian artists. 

Through the work of 36 contemporary Australian artists who have reinvigorated this movement, New Romantics traces the influences that led them to this unlikely path. This is the first book that seeks to understand a paradigm shift that is shaping the future course of Australian art. 

Lavishly illustrated, New Romantics is a book for lovers of art, atmosphere, and awe. A compendium for the twenty-first century, New Romantics is a defining work on the return to beauty in Australian art. 

Artists include: Rob Bartolo, Hannah Bertram, Magdalena Bors, William Breen, Sheridan Brown, Jane Burton, Jason Cordero, Peter Daverington, Iris Fischer, Dale Frank, Briele Hansen, Louise Hearman, Bill Henson, Petrina Hicks, Annie Hogan, Mark Kimber, Chris Langlois, Richard Lipp, Joanna Logue, Tony Lloyd, Susan Milne, John Morris, Saffron Newey, Sarah Nguyen, Izabela Pluta, Robbie Rowlands, Kathryn Ryan, Natalie Ryan, Sam Shmith, Sophia Szilagyi, Camilla Tadich, Juha Tolonen, Stephen Wickham, Philip Wolfhagen, Greg Wood, and Joel Zika. 

SIMON GREGG has held professional posts at Heide Museum of Modern Art and City Museum at Old Treasury. Simon Gregg has curated over fifty exhibitions at a variety of venues, and has published widely on Australian art. He is currently curator of the Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. New Romantics is his first full-length book. "

ISBN: 9781921509919