Selected Writing on Art and Artists and Other Stuff

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On Bernhard Sachs - “Heart of Darkness/Sounds of Silence” - Bernhard Sachs Recent Works, Sachs Gallery, VCA, Melbourne


On Impressionism - “Making an Impression: An Introduction to French Impressionism”, French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Winter Masterpieces Exhibition, Public Education Program, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2021


On Impressionism - “Techniques of the French Impressionists”, French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Winter Masterpieces Exhibition, Public Education Program, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2021


On Sam Leach “Fully Automatic Dreams”, Sullivan & Strumpf Magazine, ISSUU publishing, Sydney, August 2020 


On Anna Madeleine “Last Call, Please, catalogue One Last Call, Kathleen Syme Library/ Carlton Connect/ClimArt, Melbourne 2017


On Art and Science - “Art and Science”, Curator’s Essay, Synthesis, VCA and School of Chemistry, Uni of Melbourne 2016


On Laura Woodward - “Drawing on Movement”, Catalogue for Writhe, Ararat Regional Art Gallery, 18 July – 30 August, 2015


On Kate Shaw - “Kate Shaw: Amping up the Magic Hour”, Artlink, Vol 31 no4, December 2011 


On Peter Macdonald - “Codecs”, Catalogue essay for  Codecs, Sims Reed Gallery, London, UK Oct-Nov 2010


On David Thomas - Chapter 19 “Amid Time and Light”, Show, eds. J. Gillam, E. Hanson, Enzyme Publishing, Auckland NZ 2009 


On Larissa Hjorth - “Larisa Hjorth CU”, Review of CU, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Photofile, December, 2009


On Artistic Research - “Another Reflection”, Bureau, DAW, K and McInnes, V (eds), VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery/ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2008


On Darren Wardle - “Flow Slow”, Catalogue essay for Modular Liberties, Sullivan and Strumpf, Sydney December, 2008


On Photography - “Double Exposure: Post-Photographic Practice”, Photofile, No 84, Australian Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Summer 2008


On Sam Leach - “Through a glass, brightly”, Catalogue Essay, Holotypes, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, 2008


On Dale Hickey - “Deep Flat: The Paintings of Dale Hickey”, Catalogue essay, Dale Hickey: Life in a Box, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne 2008


On David Harley - “David Harley: Moving Pictures”, Catalogue Essay, David Harley/Painting Works, NKV Gallery, NKV/Herausgever, Weisbaden, Germany 2008


On Being Impressed - “Being Impressed”, Aya Hamamoto, The VCA in Eight Artworks, https://library.unimelb.edu.au/southbank-library/collections/special-collections/special-coll-folder/art150/about2/articles/the-vca-in-eight-artworks


On Craig Easton - “Unfinished & Uncontained”, Catalogue Essay,  Container and Finish, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane and Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne 2007


On Jon Cattapan - “Drawing to a Beginning: The Drawings of Jon Cattapan”, Journal Forms and Carbon Groups, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW 2006


On Jan Murray - “Constellations”, Catalogue Essay,  Constellations, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne 2006


On Heide School - “An Interview with Percy Parr-Ire”, Catalogue Essay for In Modern Memory, Blindside Gallery Melbourne, September 2006


On the Futility of Resistance - “Starship Potemkin”, artist pages, Catalogue for Resistance is Futile exhibition, Margaret Lawrence VCA Gallery, Melbourne, 2006


On Dena Kahan - “A reflection, on glass.”, Catalogue Essay, Looking through Glass, 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne, 2006


On Lorraine Connelly-Northey - “The Gatherer”, Catalogue essay,: Gathering, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, September, Melbourne, 2005


On Penelope Davis - “Tissued”, Catalogue Essay, Tissue Issue, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, 2005 


On Gordon Bennett and Peter Robinson - review of Three Colours, at Heide Museum of Art Art Monthly, October issue, No 174, Melbourne, 2004


On Bernhard Sachs - “The Polish Game Boy”, review of exhibition, The Polish Game, Ocular Lab, Un Magazine, Vol 2, September issue, 2004 


On David Harley - “Cyberlyric”, catalogue Essay for Fill, VCA Academy Gallery, Gulag Publishing, June, 2004


On Tokyo - “Tokyo Shopping Mix”, Artlink, Vol 24 #2, June 2004


On David Thomas - “Duration of Light”, Catalogue Essay, Duration of Light, Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne, 2004


On Penelope Davis - “Transparent Things”, Catalogue Essay Heavy Light, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, 2003


On David Thomas - “Painting and Paintings” Catalogue essay Wonder Works,  Connie Dietzhold Gallery, Sydney, NSW & Cologne, Germany, 2003


On Darren Wardle - “Lo-Cal Locale”, Catalogue Essay,  Lo-cal, Michael Carr Gallery, Sydney, 2003


On ACCA - Article, “The New ACCA”, Artlink, Vol 22 No 4, Summer Issue, December, 2002


On Humour in Art - “Noxious Laughing Gas”, Catalogue Essay, Noxious Laughing Gas, VCA Gallery, 26 June – 6 July, 2002


On ARCO Madrid - “ARCO Art Fair, Madrid”, VCA News: Issue 1, 2002, VCA


On Exhibiting Art - “The Idea of Exhibiting Art”, Places of Risk and Rupture, The Public Galleries Association of Victoria Annual Conference 2001, October 4 –5 , The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, 2001. Public Galleries Association of Victoria, Melbourne, Vol2, Issue 4, December 2001 


On Tokyo - “Tokyo Awaits” Craft Council Bulletin, Vol.9 no #2  September 2001


On John Dunkley-Smith - review “Structures of Possibility: The Art of John Dunkley-Smith”, Survey Exhibition Some Star to Steer By,  Like Art Magazine, Feature Article, Summer 2001


On Painting’s Return - Review of 3 exhibitions, “Over Painting, Like Art Magazine, Winter, 2001


On Graduation - Catalogue Essay, “Fast Lane Exit”, Graduating Year Exhibition Catalogue, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University, December 2000


On Graduation - catalogue essay, “RE: Search”, Search: Selected Works, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Nov. 1999


On Tokyo - Extracts “An E-Mail from Tokyo” Dialogue: Civic, No.12, December, 1999 Westspace Gallery, Melbourne


On Failure - “Failure”, Dialogue: Failure, No. 10, December 1998 Westspace Gallery, Melbourne


On Jon Campbell - catalogue essay, “Here, The Word, Hear the Word”, exhibition, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney 1998


On Text in Art - “Painting Words”, Dialogue: Words for Type, No. 5, July 1997 Westspace Gallery, Melbourne


On Merrin Eirth - catalogue essay, “Letting the Cat Out of the Bag”, exhibition Ironic Absence and the Feline Self, La Trobe Street Gallery, July 1997


On Bitching - “Bee.Eye.Tea.See.Aitch.”, Current Document, Issue Five, Bitch, p.3, October, 1997


On Andres Serrano - Catalogue Essay “Splinters”,  for Christ I’m Pissed Off, Stop 22/Fringe Arts, Melbourne, Nov.1997


On Spot - catalogue essay, “See Spot Run”, for Exhibition See Spot Run at Temple Studios, Next Wave Festival Visual Arts Catalogue, p. 38, May 1996


On Public Art - essay “Public Art”, Dialogue: Negotiating Public Space, No.4, December, 1996




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