‘The Sixth’, West Space Gallery Stephen Giblett, Christina Hayes, Grant Nimmo, Amanda Marburg, Fiona McMonagle, Tim McMonagle, Shannon Smiley and Kirsten Turner. Two landscapes stare each other down across the room. A third stands as referee between two competing teams of portraits. They’re all playing to different rules and while there’s pandemonium on the field … Continue reading
I met someone today who described themselves as a critic. I’ve always found that term an odd one to grapple with – wondering who are these people confident enough to criticise the work of others and then publish it. But the notion of critic is not about criticising really, it’s not describing the flaws in … Continue reading
Neil Malone, there/now/here/then Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton; 9 February – 3 March 2013 The secret door, the hidden room, the entrance to the villain’s lair. Remember those movies where someone felt along the wall, looking for the right block of stone to push in? The stone that would depress and open up a whole new space … Continue reading
Laura Woodward, ‘Introverted’ Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne; 31 January to 9 February, 2013 Nothing exists in isolation. Information flows, synaptic nerves fire and selfish genes hitch rides inside soft machines of their own invention. The fractal rhythms of life loop in echoed reflections. Laura Woodward engineers systems, balancing technical material precision with conceptual counterweights. Motion … Continue reading
the subMachine 