Art Talk

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Conversations with leading Australasian and international artists & curators.

Episodios

  • ABSTRACT EARTH: The Photography of Richard Woldendorp

    28/06/2008 Duración: 40min

    Talking with Richard Woldendorp, a highly respected photographer acknowledged as Australia’s eminent practitioner of aerial photography. For almost 50 years, Woldendorp has documented the country's unique landscape from the sky. His images of the environment, taken from the air, have established a fresh visual vocabulary for the Australian landscape. Now at age 81, Richard Woldendorp has a major exhibition of his work in Sydney, presented by the National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery 20 June - 03 August 2008. Richard WoldendorpThe exhibition acknowledges Woldendorp’s important contribution to Australian landscape photography and has been selected by art critic John McDonald and photographer R. Ian Lloyd. Abstract Earth: A view from above - a new publication of Woldendorp’s work, will accompany this exhibition. Richard Woldendorp captures the vastness of the Australian outback, our distinctive coastlines and our man made landscapes in a way that combines both realism and precision with the power of large-sc

  • John R Walker: JOURNEY THROUGH LANDSCAPE

    09/05/2008 Duración: 36min

    Talking with Australian painter John R Walker. John's ten year survey, Journey Through Landscape, is showing at Sydney's SH Ervin Gallery until June 15. John's evocative descriptions of his creative process, makes for one of the most fascinating interviews I've ever recorded on the subject of painting. From the catalogue: "John R Walker has immersed himself in the Australian landscape since childhood and is now considered one of the leading practitioners in the genre. Although Walker is a five time Archibald finalist for portraiture, landscape remains his first love. Since moving from inner west Sydney to the NSW town of Braidwood in 2002, Walker has become deeply engaged with the diverse landscape surrounding the historic town. John's passion for bushwalking and intense study of the environment allows him to collect a uniquely personal experience on his daily walks and painting trips in the region. John has also been inspired by Bedervale (1836) an historic grazing property in the Braidwood district, and one

  • Ted Harvey: PHOTOGRAPHING LED ZEPPELIN, 1972

    19/01/2008 Duración: 40min

    The Led Zeppelin World Tour is an exhibition of documentary photographs and contemporary artworks. Rarely-seen images by freelance photographer Ted Harvey documenting Led Zeppelin's legendary 1972 Sydney concert feature in this exhibition. I spoke with Ted on site at Sydney's SH Ervin Gallery, where the exhibition is running from 19 Jan-2 March 2008. In this 35 minute interview, Ted speaks in-depth of his experience photographing Led Zeppelin in concert, meeting the guys in Sydney's infamous Sebel Town House Hotel, and strolling around Kings Cross with Robert Plant. Ted also speaks eloquently of the Australia of the early 1970s - a more conservative time, but in some ways a much freer society than today. Led Zeppelin played the Sydney Showground in an extraordinary three-hour concert, their only-ever Sydney gig. Notoriously camera shy the band were almost inaccessible to the media and few photographs of their live performance exist. Robert Plant has said that Ted Harvey's images are the best ever taken of Led

  • Jonathan Jones and Ruark Lewis: HOMELAND ILLUMINATIONS

    11/10/2007 Duración: 29min

    Drawing on the rich cultural history of the CarriageWorks building, the surrounding suburb of Redfern and his grandfather's heritage as a labourer, Jonathan Jones collaborates with Ruark Lewis to create a striking installation piece from raw materials, mounted lighting, and reconfigured text. Ruark: "We have designed this work as a lightly installed architectural installation. It is a floor work almost 7m long. Each of the 40 coloured planks are inscribed with descriptions of the wool industry in New South Wales. We have been working with Jonathan’s grandfather recording his oral history which tells of the 85 year old’s early life as a wool classer. Beneath each plank we are planning to install rows of fluorescent lights. The lights will form a sequence of patterns by tilting the planks recto & verso. We have constructed something like a hovering mid-twentieth century night harvester." Jonathan and Ruark have also recently exhibited in Singapore.

  • Amanda Penrose Hart : NEW PAINTINGS

    15/09/2007 Duración: 23min

    Talking with artist Amanda Penrose Hart about her exhibition, New Painitngs, at the King Street Gallery in Sydney's Darlinghurst. Travelling in her portable studio, a classic Aussie ute, Amanda discovers and paints exquisite landscapes in oil, depiciting the parched brown hills and valleys of the central west in New South Wales. In 2006, Amanda was an artist-in-residence at Haefliger's Cottage in the historic mining town of Hill End. Like many Australian artists before her, including Russell Drysdale, Donald Friend, Brett Whiteley, and John Olsen, Amanda is drawn to the eroded and raw landscape of this rural area, but she brings her own unique vision. Amanda is particularly attracted to the ubiquitous holiday caravans that sit dotted about in empty paddocks, frying in the midday heat. Although people are absent in these paintings, their presence is felt. A fascinating conversation with a rapidly rising contemporary Australian painter. Amanda's exhibition was sold out. Enjoy. To check out Amanda's work while l

  • Pia Larsen: SINE WAVES

    22/08/2007 Duración: 26min

    Talking to Pia Larsen on site at the Damien Minton Gallery in Redfern, Sydney. In her exhibition, 'Sine Waves', we discover that Pia is pushing the envelope of 'printmaking' right into the realm of sculpture, and scultpure into the realm of the wearable. From the artist's statement: The work in the exhibition, ‘Sine Waves,’ consists of wearable objects in metal, shaped prints in colour, and corporeal ‘LP’s’ ‘playing’ on customized turntables. Apertures and swirling lines appear within the metal and paper forms, reminiscent of bodies and the organs within them. The old technology of the LP record has morphed into parts of the body such as the female breast and hair whorl, each spinning new grooves. To view Pia's works while listening to the interview, first hit the play button, then hit this link: http://www.damienmintongallery.com.au/artists/pia-larsen/

  • Guy Benfield: MAXIMUM COMMUNE

    23/07/2007 Duración: 21min

    Maximum Commune (Ugly Business... on the basis of disbelief.) Talking with Australian New York based artist Guy Benfield, about his performance installation work Maximum Commune, part of the Aftermath: Performance Installation series curated by Blair French at Sydney's ART SPACE gallery, right next to the harbour. With the USS Kitty Hawk moored across the street, Guy walked and talked us through his unique work and world. "Maximum Commune... utilises the cultural model of the 'pavilion' juxtaposed with tropes of modernist architecture, examples of hand-built alternative Zome housing originating from Southern California in the 1960s and collectives such as Drop City. Within these structures, Guy Benfield performs a series of actions, 'droppings' or situational episodes that re-animate tropes that were once declared obsolete obsolete, such as ritual, live action painting in the genre of george mathieu, the 'Art informal' movement in France, and the Japanese actionist painting movement - Gutai group. In these

  • Roderick Hietbrink: VIVARIUM

    10/07/2007 Duración: 24min

    "Roderick Hietbrink is a Rotterdam-based artist working with sound and video installation. His work is grounded in the study of urban architecture, resulting in experiential, transformative environments developed in response to specific urban landscapes. Vivarium is a new work produced in the period of Hietbrink’s three-month Artspace Studio Residency in Sydney, and features landscapes near and around Sydney. As in previous works, Vivarium continues to explore issues around nature and the built environment, providing a subtle commentary on the processes of negotiation and navigation that underlie the human condition." To View Roderick's work while listening to the interview, first click the play button. then go to: http://www.roderickhietbrink.nl/

  • Ms and Mr : HEAVY SENTIMENTAL

    25/06/2007 Duración: 23min

    Love Cats! Chatting with the first couple of Australian contemporary art, the very personable Ms and Mr. Between films at the Sydney Film Fest I slipped into the Kaliman Gallery in Paddington to check out the exhibition HEAVY SENTIMENTAL, and to ruminate on the nature of love, childhood, and the eternal goth spirit of the Cure's Robert Smith, inhabiting the souls of both 11 yr old Ms, and 29 yr old Mr. "Ms & Mr is the team of Richard and Stephanie Nova Milne, an exploration of both art practice and marriage. The departure point for their practice comes from a willing confusion between their romance and collaborative relationship as artists. This much-anticipated exhibition follows their residency in New York as the recipients of the 2005 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship. Heavy Sentimental showcases a series of four video works and a suite of pencil drawings that reflect on childhood footage of the artists that has been digitally manipulated to incorporate images of their present partner in the sce

  • Anselm Keifer: APERIATUR TERRA

    09/06/2007 Duración: 22min

    Tony Bond, Head of International Art at the Art Gallery of NSW, discusses the epic exhibition, Anslem Keifer: APERIATUR TERRA. Tony & I wander through the 5 spaces within the AGNSW housing the exhibition, talking about the great German artist, the themes he explores, the construction of the works themselves, and the challenging logistical issues surrounding the presentation of Keifer's huge but delicate works. A remarkable insight into this artist. From the AGNSW site: "Anselm Kiefer is regarded as one of the most important and influential artists working today. This exhibition reveals some of the themes that Anselm Kiefer is currently exploring in his studio in France. One of these themes appears as a room dedicated to Palm Sunday, with painting and sculpture, using mixed media such as date palms, thorns, clay and red oxide." To view the works go to: http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/current/kiefer

  • Ian Bettinson and Dr. John Bennett: LAND

    24/05/2007 Duración: 24min

    Two English gentlemen of the desert. Recorded on site at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery in Sutherland, Sydney. On a perfect Autumn afternoon, I spoke with artist Ian Bettinson & poet Dr. John Bennett about Ian’s current exhibition LAND, and about desert ecology & history in general. Ian is twice winner of Australia’s most prestigious landscape award, the Wynne Prize, as well as the inaugural Country Energy Art Prize. John is a highly regarded poet, academic, and eco-philosopher.

  • Lynne Roberts-Goodwin: RANDOM ACTS

    24/05/2007 Duración: 25min

    Recorded on location at Sherman Galleries Paddington, during the run of Lynne’s recent exhibition RANDOM ACTS. From the Sherman Gallery web site: Lynne Roberts-Goodwin’s work is grounded in a deep concern for nature & humanity. Her strategic partnerships with industrial and scientific communities underpin photographic artworks relating to endangered species and their environments that transcend geographical representation...’Roberts-Goodwin is constantly investigating the possibilities whereby images, even for an instant, can cross the borders of language’. (Adam Geczy)

  • John Wolseley

    27/03/2007 Duración: 28min

    A 30 minute conversation with renowned artist John Wolseley, discussing his life and work in Australia. John arrived from England in 1976, & was immediately struck by the environment of this ancient continent. As an artist, the Australian landscape gave John exactly what he was looking for. For thirty years John has travelled extensively throughout Australia & the Asia-Pacific region creating his detailed art works. I spoke with John at the Art Gallery of NSW, during the recent exhibition "A Bird in the Hand". Enjoy.

  • Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa

    13/01/2007 Duración: 48min

    A 40 minute conversation with artist, musician, renaissance man Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa. Chris is perhaps best known for his vibrant design work for surf street wear label Mambo, and for his Mental as Anything alter ego Reg Mombassa. However, Chris has been painting his own unique vision of the Australasian landscape since the early 1970s. The interview takes place at Sydney's SH Ervin Gallery, where Chris takes us on a personal tour of his 30 year retrospective. By turns funny, absurd, & serious.

  • The Everlasting World of Martin Sharp

    16/12/2006 Duración: 45min

    A 40 minute conversation with Australia's leading Pop Artist Martin Sharp. Martin discusses his life & career, from comics & Oz Magazine in mid 60s Sydney, to hanging out with Cream in swinging London, muse Tiny Tim, the tradgedy of Luna Park, friendship with Gulpilil, commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, & faith. A remarkable life, a remarkable man & artist.

  • Ben Bohane, photographer: Spirit & War in Melanesia

    22/10/2006 Duración: 30min

    A 30 minute conversation with Ben Bohane, an Australian photojournalist working in Melanesia, covering skirmishes and the spirit world in the region.