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Brett Bailey Interview - by Laurence Fuller
Bret Bailey is an artist that has been influential to my life since I was 14, when I became consumed by the serenity and at times the incredable force of nature that reveals itself through his lucid manipulation of paint. His forsight to focus on Eastern cultures, their ideals and ways of looking at nature is today becoming increasingly relevant to contemporary society... Read More
State Of Patronage - by Peter Fuller
The recent history of art has posed – or perhaps has seemed to pose – a new set of problems for those concerned with aesthetic evaluation. Considerable prominence has been given to ‘Works of Art’ of a kind which has not previously been seen: that is, works which apparently embody no imaginative (or indeed physical) transformation of materials; no sense of belonging to any of the particular arts – like painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving, or whatever; no sense of tradition, nor of skill. Such works possess no identifiable aesthetic qualities, and offer no aesthetic experience... Read More
Turner to Monet; the Triumph of Landscape - by Robin Wallace-Crabbe
The exhibition Turner to Monet, subtitled the triumph of landscape painting, ought to be an attendance success in conservative/materialist Australia where landscape is close to being all of art, even for the cognoscenti. Mums and dads, visiting the nation’s capital, might not find a lot to do there... Read More
Nevermind: Twitchable - by Phil Day
A friend of mine, lets call her K, is an ornithologist. She described to me the behaviour of a ‘twitcher’. A twitcher is somebody who travels around trying to witness as many different birds in their natural habitat as possible. Twitchers are not interested in studying the birds; they are not interested in their behaviour, their evolution, or their nests – none of it... Read More
Nature and Art: Gallé and Fuller - by Tim Newark
In 1989, I corresponded with Peter Fuller about a book I was writing on Emile Gallé, the art nouveau designer of glass and furniture. I had just finished reading Peter’s ‘Theoria’ in which he called for a return to an art inspired by natural form. I noted that Emile Gallé had a similarly ecstatic approach to nature and art and forwarded several pertinent quotes to Peter. He was fascinated and wanted to review my book for Modern Painters, but sadly died before it was published... Read More
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POSSESSION - by Trilby Beresford, Jim Lounsbury & Laurence Fuller
Possession is a unique art film, because it has a narrative that looks at the art world and the mind set of a devoted collector from within. The art world’s presence is strong throughout the film, from art dealer Rex Irwin lending his gallery for a climactic scene, the surrealist collector Ray Wilson appearing in a cameo role, Peter Booth lending the copyright to his painting, the actor/sculptor Max Cullen in a leading role and UK editor of Art Influence Laurence Fuller as the lead actor... Read More
Seeing Moore; The case of two critics - Herbert Read and Peter Fuller - by David Cohen
I am offering a comparison here of two critics who at first might be thought to represent irreconcilable extremes of the British critical response to Modernism. Herbert Read (1893-1968)founder and president of the Institute of Contemporary Art, and the prospective director of London's (aborted) Museum of Modern Art, was a tireless evangelist for the new... Read More
Art & Ego - Marcus Reichert in conversation with Edward Rozzo
MR: Before we move on to the subject of pornography per se, I’m curious to know if you think there might be some correlation between the anger I often feel when viewing images of warfare, and especially the so-called collateral damage inflicted on innocent people, and the anger that might very well be at the root of violent aggression on the societal or national level. My response to my own anger can be to make an extremely violent painting or take an almost grotesquely bleak photograph. Do you have any thoughts on this?.. Read More
Cecil Collins - by Peter Fuller
I have been haunted by Cecil Collins’s painting, Wounded Angel, ever since I first saw it in an exhibition of his work in Plymouth in 1983. The picture is included in the artist’s retrospective at the Tate Gallery. The foreground is filled with the figure of an angel lying like an injured dragon-fly in front of a sumptuous purple mountain, which reaches up towards an orange sky. On the horizon, a burning sun slowly rises. As always with Collins, the quality of the painting itself is impeccable... Read More
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Artistic Intergration - by Laurence Fuller
Ian Betinson's pink elephant was the stand out float at the Sydney Mardi Gras. Here at Art Influence we're interested in art that inspires and influences all sects of society in whatever format, providing it is effective. The history of artists crossing mediums and professions has proven to be a highly successful use of creative talents, such as David Hockney's art direction of The Magic Flute... Read More
A Tribute to Lex Dickson - by Jeff Doyle
On 25th February 2008, the Australian Art world lost one of its finest young ceramic artists when Lex Dickson died suddenly from the unforeseen side-effects of the cancer therapy he had so recently and seemingly come through with success. Lex was born in New Zealand where he still has family (parents), and friends, and had travelled widely before settling in the northern regions of Sydney in the early seventies, first at Terry Hills and then at Clareville, where he and his wife Sharon built a studio, kiln and house overlooking Pittwater... Read More
The New McCulloch's Encyclopaedia of Australian Art - Book Review by Stephanie Burns
This completely revised and updated edition of the McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art includes over 8,000 entries on Australian artists, galleries, art communities, organisations, curators, writers, prizes and awards. There is an extensive section on Australia's Aboriginal art with detailed information on artists, community art centres, language groups and regions and more than 1,500 new entries on contemporary artists and art styles. This was obviously a massive undertaking for this three-generation family... Read More
