From Bauhaus to bullshit: Does real art make money anymore?
An informal discussion by two artists By Dorian Winter and Holly Carter-Turner This piece first appeared as a featured article in volume 95, issue five of Pelican. You can view…
Cubism vs. Chiaroscuro: How Ripley uses art as symbolism
If you haven’t heard of The Talented Mr Ripley before, it’s essentially Saltburn’s predecessor. Written by Patricia Highsmith in 1955, the psychological thriller is a classic ‘eat-the-rich’ narrative, focusing on…
Art in the algorithmic age: Navigating creativity amidst hyper-categorization
We’ve all heard of the creation of a ‘persona’ in the world of visual art – think back to the moustache of Salvador Dali, the unibrow of Frida Kahlo, and…
Modern sculpture: Seventy-five years since the Leps hoax
Seventy-five years ago today, the staff and students of UWA were treated to a lecture by the esteemed Monsieur Jean Leps. Leps was an up-and-coming Alsatian-American avant-garde modernist sculptor who…
Arty Facts Review
"The premise of Arty Facts is compelling... the execution of this entertaining idea is, however, lacklustre."
Guild Candidate Birthing Charts
Hello friends, Today I bring to you the most important part of the Guild Coverage you are going to read. We all know that policy and debates are a great…
Interview with Geordie Crawley – Writer and Director of Hive Mind
The audience is smarter than you think, and everyone wants you to succeed. So just get on with it. You’re gonna be fine.
Claremont Quarter Tirade
In the consumer culture of the modern society, revolutionary works of art are subsumed into mass-consumerism, and TM Residential’s subjugation of Kahlo’s works is a perfect example of this phenomenon…
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