Loaded, Shaun O'Connell
Next time you boil the kettle, stop and think about your relationship with it. Why? Because jewellery designer Shaun O'Connell says so.
When his grandmother's Kambrook stopped working after more than a decade of faithfully boiling water three times a day, Shaun was determined to fix it. This he did, and to grandma's delight, also replaced the switch with gold.
Flare: An exhibition celebrating the life and work of Jennie Tate
When local set and costume designer Jennie Tate died of cancer at the end of last year, she was in her prime. She'd finished a number of production designs, had received funding for a film and several other projects; and was about to finish her thesis on Japanese design and mythology.
A collection of her costume sketches from the 1960s up to her final days is currently up at Sydney Theatre's Warf Gallery.
The Fruiting Body, Nathan Gray
Explosive, celebratory and flamboyant, there's also an eeriness to Melbourne artist Nathan Gray's strange creations - the latest of which can be seen in his solo show, opening at Black & Blue this Thursday.
Showcasing his brightly coloured impromptu assemblages that incorporate sculpture, screen-printing and drawing, THE FRUITING BODY pays tribute to the handmade, fleeting, improvised and accidental.
Police at Blender
Way back when, before Sting got naff, The Police were one of the biggest bands going around. Telecaster-wielding Andy Summers was both band guitarist and photographer, documenting life on the road.
On stage, Summers eschewed guitar pyrotechnics for a complex, structured sound, which is perhaps a hint as to the creative inclinations behind his photography as well: a keen sense of composition is evident throughout his work.
Mountains and Streams
Pleasant, cute and edifying are not words used to describe the work of Adam Cullen. Garish, puerile and grotesque are closer to the mark. So it's no surprise that this attention-seeking bad boy has been enraging the art establishment with his dribbling, bogan-inspired canvasses and Archibald success.
Kamon
Kurayumi stood silently on the battlefield. Like a thousand bloody blossoms, the faces of fallen samurai lay twisted and mangled on the ground in front of her. Opposite Hiromasa, shogun of the attacking army, unsheathed his katana and set his one good eye on her with a cruel glower.
Fighting off overwhelming fatigue and fear, Kurayumi looked beyond the arrogant warlord to the ochre flag depicting her family's Kamon shivering slightly in the breeze.
Karl Wiebke
How great is it to discover amazing work by an artist that you have never heard of before?
Showing as part of the CROSS CURRENTS show at the MCA are three paintings by German-born but Australian-based artist, Karl Wiebke, which are an incredible exploration of colour and technique.
These pieces have developed an almost sculptural element, created by numerous layers of paint applied over a number of years.
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