ARTIFACTS Dec12 - Mar 13

December 2012 – March 2013 Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia

Photography Talks, Tours and DiscussionsADFAS – develop an interest

What’s On at AGWA and beyond

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PICTURING NEW YORK: Photographs from

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Event Guide

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ContentsArtifacts is published three times a year by the Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia Inc. (the ‘Friends’) PO Box 48Northbridge WA 6865Tel: +61 (0)8 9492 [email protected]

© 2012: the artists, authors and the Art Gallery of Western AustraliaCopyright for all images and works is owned by the artists or their representatives. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without written permission from the Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia.The Friends and the Art Gallery of Western Australia do not necessarily endorse statements and opinions expressed within.

President’s Message .............................. 4

Membership Update ............................. 4

Special Membership Offers ................ 5

Rewards of the Volunteer ................... 5

Preview .................................................... 6

New York in photographs ................... 9

Tours, Talks & Debate ........................11

Women in Photography .................... 12

A Luminous World ............................. 13

NEW! Monthly Tours .........................14

Made to Remember ............................ 15

On your bike! ....................................... 16

World Cinema captivates Perth ...... 18

A New York Point of View ................ 20

Friendship ............................................. 22

What’s on at the Gallery ................... 23

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CoverMichael Spano. American, born 1949New York Sights, 2005gelatin silver print, 27 3/4 x 34 7/8” (70.5 x 88.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Lois and Bruce Zenkel Fund. © 2012 Michael Spano

CONTRIBUTORS

Carola Akindele-Obe, Lin Arias, Christina Backus, Madeline Bates, Clotilde Bullen, Robert Buratti, Christina Chau, Gwen Gaff, Lucy Harper, Louise Jones, Colin Mildon, Louise Morrison, Tanya Sticca

DuRING PicASSo to WArhol, A SMALL DeSK has been located in the foyer of the Gallery. The ‘Friends Desk’, as it is known, is operated by an enthusiastic group

of Friends of AGWA volunteers. A small team of 12 operate the desk on a rostered basis for up to four hours daily and longer when the exhibition is open for extended hours. At the time of writing this, the team has contributed a total of 700 voluntary hours. These volunteers promote the work of the ‘Friends’, membership and events, welcome visitors to the Gallery and help to make sure that their visit to AGWA is a happy and memorable occasion.

The volunteers work very hard and their efforts have resulted in substantial new interest in Friends and the Gallery. In particular, the marked growth in memberships and event participation has been remarkable. Well done team and congratulations!

The rewards for volunteers are varied; we gain knowledge and personal satisfaction, and we all agree that there is huge pleasure in seeing the glad faces of visitors we have assisted. The Perth Cultural Centre and the Gallery are very much alive and being part of this atmosphere is truly stimulating, especially when you know that your support upholds the principles of the Friends of AGWA.

The Friends Desk will close temporarily when Picasso to Warhol concludes on 3 December but will reappear with the opening of Picturing New York: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art, on 26 January, Australia Day 2013.

We invite you to join our team of volunteers and to enjoy the benefits of ‘Friendship’ at AGWA. Volunteering can be as little as a few hours a month, whatever you can spare and I can assure you, you will have no regrets.

thANK YoU to the following volunteers for their dedicated assistance: tina Yaqoubi, Doug tweed, Jenni ross, colin Mildon, christina McDonald, Sue Marshall, Fiona Johnson, Kevin Jackson, liz harrison, Allan Green, Marilyn Fowler, Kay campbell and robert Buratti.

Rewards of the VolunteerColin Mildon, Volunteer Coordinator, Friends Desk

President’s MessageRobert Buratti

Membership UpdateGwen Gaff, Executive Officer

LeftRobert Buratti, Gwen Gaff, Dr Stefano Carboni (Director), Trevor eastwood (Friends Patron)

OppositeLiz Harrison, Banou Jabbour and Judy Smallman working the Friends’ Desk.

AS We DRAW TO THe CLOSe of the first MoMA exhibition, the Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen

Modern Masters, the Friends are busy preparing for what will be a fantastic event program for the highly anticipated follow-up, Picturing New York. Readers will notice this edition is particularly focused on the art of photography. MoMA was one of the early supporters of the medium, and began collecting modern photography in 1930, later establishing a dedicated department in 1940.

The Museum’s holdings of more than 25,000 works constitute one of the most important collections of modern and contemporary photography in the world, a selection of which will be showcased in Perth from January 2013. MoMA’s support of the photographic arts strengthened both the market position and public perception of the media and it’s a thrill to have such a quality exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. The 2013 Friends event program provides opportunities to become further engaged with the exhibition and the Gallery as a whole.

I’d like to thank Colin Mildon and Gwen Gaff who have done a fantastic job in organising our team of Friends volunteers to greet visitors to the Gallery. It’s our aim to make visitors feel as comfortable and welcome as possible, and Colin shares the Council’s feeling that this is one of the most important services Friends can provide.

This month the Friends are offering a special membership promotion for new and existing members. For past members who have lost touch with the Gallery, we’d like to offer a ‘welcome back’ offer of $45 for a single annual membership, and for existing members, we’d like to offer a discounted renewal fee when you refer a colleague or friend to join at the introductory rate of $45. This also extends to Gift memberships, so remember that Christmas is only weeks away, and there’s no better gift than the love of art! For further details, phone the Friends office.

As this is my last column in Artifacts as President, I’d be remiss to thank my exceptional Council who have stood by me over my past three years in the Chair. We’ve been through a shaky economy, changes to staffing, a new executive council, and a renewed focus for the Friends. While the past few years have been a huge amount of work, we can be satisfied with guiding the Friends organisation through one of its more testing periods, and as a result have done our own little bit to strengthen and enhance the cultural life of Perth.

It’s been a pleasure working with you all, and a pleasure to be involved with one of Western Australia’s leading institutions.

The AGM is approaching and Members are encouraged to consider nominating for council. reminders will be sent out by email; otherwise contact Gwen Gaff, Executive officer: [email protected].

IN 2012 FRIeNDS eNJOYeD a breadth of events in support of the Gallery’s exhibitions, including the

popular Picasso to Warhol: Film Festival, and tours of the Fourteen Modern Masters exhibition. At Jeff Wall Photographs, Gary Dufour, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of AGWA, gave Friends an intimate insight into the work of this pre-eminent photographer. The exclusive behind the scenes tour of the Conservation Laboratory and Print Room, was a highlight on our calendar.

We have enjoyed street art in Northbridge, studio visits to Artsource in Fremantle and to our precious local artists, represented in our State Collection, Robert Juniper AM and Richard Woldendorp AM in the Perth Hills.

Our ongoing partnership with ADFAS provided Friends with an educative series of lectures and the new ASA International Scholars Series finished on a high with charismatic lecturer Dr John Wreglesworth’s fascinating lectures on the history of Andalucia and Peru.

Lin Arias, member, told us, i so enjoyed the lecture, the refreshments and the company. Dr Wreglesworth was a fantastic speaker; his knowledge is truly astounding. i was entertained and inspired to learn more.

Friends are indebted to the Central Institute of Technology for providing us with a much larger venue for our ADFAS series.

The ‘Friends Desk’ was launched this year with a great team of volunteers and in preparation for the second MoMA exhibition, Picturing New York we look forward to welcoming new volunteers to man the desk. Pop in to see us in the Friends office, located via the Centenary

Gallery, open to members on weekdays and now refurbished to accommodate the growing number of volunteers.

My gratitude goes to Friends office volunteers Anne-Marie Drew, Phillida Preston and Karine Carroll; Megan Anderson (media), Friends Council Member Kay Campbell (advertising) and Christina Backus (photography), whom all provide much valued assistance for the development of Friends.

Thank you to AGWA Director Dr Stefano Carboni, AGWA staff, the artists, galleries and industry colleagues in Perth and our generous sponsors Jane Brook estate Winery and Comestibles, for their enduring support.

The Friends event Guide, showcasing a rich program of events for the first half of 2013 and the upcoming ADFAS series, can be found in the centrefold of this edition of Artifacts. Tickets are already available so make your bookings soon.

I look forward to meeting you at the Friends Christmas Party to celebrate a wonderful year of fellowship and art.

PS: The Friends office will be closed over the festive season from 21 December to 16 January.

Friends Christmas Party

Sunday 9 December, The Gallery Terrace

Members $20/Guests $40. Bookings essential.

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SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP OFFERS & GIFTSChristmas Gift Membership $45

Current members can gift a year’s single annual membership to a friend for only $45! (Normally $60; offer expires 5pm, 19 December.)

Gift Student Membership $25

Full time students will be thrilled to receive a single annual membership including two free ASA or ADFAS 2013 lectures. (offer expires 5pm, 19 December.)

Welcome Back Rate $45

For all past members who haven’t renewed in the last six months or before – rejoin for only $45! (Single 12-month membership only; offer expires 5pm, 30 January.)

2013 ADFAS Season & Membership Package $245

Purchase a Season Pass to the ADFAS Lecture Series plus a single annual membership and make a considerable saving. (Normally $360 for non-members/$300 for existing members; offer expires 5pm, 13 February.)

To purchase these special offers and gifts contact

the Friends Membership Office: 08 9492 6750/

[email protected] or purchase the ADFAS

Season Pass Membership Package online.


THe FriENDS EvENt GUiDE, which you will find in the centrefold of this Artifacts, lists

a dozen activities and occasions which offer opportunities to develop a deeper connection with the local arts scene as well as the exhibitions at AGWA.

Members, friends and families are invited to engage in lively discussion with artists, curators, writers and art historians; to learn more about art history, contemporary art, design, the decorative arts and architecture; and to support AGWA in the process.

A program of photography talks, tours and discussions, has been designed to complement Picturing New York, the second in the MoMA series at AGWA, and will be presented in collaboration with the Perth Centre for Photography and AGWA curators. Women in Photography will bring our attention to confronting and sensitive social and cultural issues through the lenses of international artists Sonal Kantaria and Rachel Papo. Acclaimed local photographic

artists Toni Wilkinson, Juha Tolonen and Max Pam will be the Artists in conversation bringing us into the 21st century with discussion about the development of photography in reference to the 20th century works in the MoMA show.

Also new in 2013 is a program of 10 guided tours. Offered monthly from February to November each led by an AGWA curator or guide, an artist or an erudite guest. The Friends office is also delighted to offer a Season Pass to the popular ADFAS series of lectures – members can book all six lectures but only pay for five! You can read more about the origin of the ADFAS lectures opposite.

Private, public and corporate art collections are of constant interest, and this season we are extremely lucky to enjoy the luminous World of contemporary art from the Wesfarmers Collection, a sparkling and thoughtful selection of Australian art. Join Helen Carroll, Wesfarmers’ learned curator for her tour of the exhibition. Reflections on current art practices in the making

Preview Introducing the forthcoming season of Friends events

Developing an interest – with ADFAS

Louise Jones

Bookings are essential for

all events; see the Friends

Event Guide for details.

Opposite leftChief Curator | Deputy Director Gary Dufour with local artists Ann Land and Audrey Welch at the JEFF WAll Photographs tour and floor talk in September 2012.

Opposite rightHelen Smith, Councillor and ADFAS Coordinator, with visiting lecturer Mr Keir Davidson.

RightHanbury Hall Orangery (18th century), Worcestershire, uK. Photo: Steven Desmond, NADFAS lecturer and Landscape Consultant.

UNDeR THe STeWARDSHIP of Friends Council member Helen Smith, the Friends

continue their established partnership with the Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (ADFAS) offering a fabulous program of lectures for 2013.

These lectures attract large numbers and the upcoming series promises to be no exception so book early!

Friends will know that ADFAS is the sister association of NADFAS*, a collection of some 360 societies from all over the united Kingdom with the common aim of ‘promoting and advancing aesthetic education, the cultivation and study of the fine and decorative arts and the preservation of our cultural and artistic heritage’.

In 1964 Patricia Fay, confined to her bed with an injury in Buckinghamshire (uK), had time to contemplate her interest in silver and porcelain. She conceived the idea of a serious environment in which collectors and interested members could share and study their common interest and together with four friends, the chiltern Antiques Group was formed. They invited

20 members each and by 1968 with 200 strong they changed their name to the chiltern Decorative and Fine Arts Society, which remains ‘Society No.1’ in the records of NADFAS to this day.

The Chiltern’s Society history records that the tradition of informative lectures commenced in 1965, with the first speaker a Miss Millington whose chosen topic was Small Antiques in our Homes and she talked to those present about her collection of victorian teaspoons.

Patricia Fay was determined that the membership would be considered as a serious group and not dismissed as housewives with little to do. She is reported as having said, one of the initial problems was persuading potential lecturers that we were worth talking to. And in 1968 Veronica Papworth wrote in the Sunday express newspaper, i have absolutely nothing against women meeting to swap sponge cake recipes or listen to homespun talks on loose cover making – if

The Friends Events are organised by a small team of volunteers and council members, who create interesting ways for members to interact with the visual arts and AGWA.

if you’ d like to assist with events, please contact the Friends office.

of Indigenous objects will be under the spotlight in another tour that looks at the Made to remember exhibit of works selected from Your collection.

Local councils are also important collectors of art, as a way of unique place making, creating a cultural statement and supporting the local arts. In April you can hop on your bikes and follow a Sculpture Trail, to view the growing Town of Cottesloe sculpture collection.

The season would not be complete without the 2013 Annual Fundraiser – an exclusive members only event. It is a rare treat to view a significant private art collection especially one that is so personal and eclectic. Friends’ Patron Trevor eastwood, formerly Chair of AGWA and Wesfarmers, and his wife Judy, are avid collectors of local established and emerging WA artists’ work. Be warned – the limited tickets will sell out fast to the viewing of the eastwood’s private collection, so book early!

that’s what they enjoy. But the thought that so many are evidently interested in a serious study of the decorative and fine arts and now have an opportunity to develop that interest really pleases me.

An important part of this study was the idea that with renewed knowledge members could then usefully volunteer in their community and this included the establishment of Church Recorders. Church Recorders are volunteers that examine, research and document a place of worship including its stonework, stained glass windows, its textiles, woodwork, memorials and books and then present the church and other relevant archives with a ‘record’ of its history and the provenance of its contents.

NADFAS now has 90,000 members worldwide including members in the 34 Australian societies which form its sister organisation ADFAS.

ADFAS was started in Australia in 1985 by Patricia Robertson OAM and has >

…with renewed knowledge members could then usefully volunteer in their community

New York in photographs Lucy Harper, Associate Curator of Historical Works on Paper, Art Gallery of Western Australia


maintained a strong tradition of volunteers in the arts in communities. In particular it has embraced the role that the Mechanic’s Institutes and Schools of Art played in the history of Australian country towns and bringing of education, culture and art to our community centres.

The 2013 season of ADFAS lectures promises to be fascinating and we are thrilled to have some learned and entertaining lecturers coming to Perth.

Oliver everett opens the ADFAS season in February with his fascinating lecture treasures from the royal collection showcasing some of the most magnificent

pieces collected since Henry V111 to the present Queen. Yasha Beresiner uncovers the long and colourful history of The Jewish East End of london and Friends with a passion for visiting historic gardens will look forward to Steven Desmond’s lecture From orangery to conservatory: the garden under glass.

Inspirational and sumptuous renditions of the tiger in Asian Art are Zara Fleming’s specialty, and if you’ve ever tried special paint techniques you have to hear from Tom errington about his remarkable work trompe l’oeil: the art of illusion. Closing the season in September, Francophiles and jazz

fiends are in for a treat with Linda Collin’s lecture hedonistic Paris: life and culture of Paris during the Jazz Age 1920-1930.

* www.nadfas.org.uk in reference to Clifford, Dr Helen, A history of NADFAS

TopMilitary Banner, China, Ming dynasty 16th century, brocaded silk. Courtesy of Jacqueline Simcox Ltd.

PictUriNG NEW YorK: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art promises to capture the

imagination of and delight all those who have a love for New York or photography, or who are curious to know more about the exhilarating relationship between the two over the course of the twentieth century. As in the outstanding Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters and in the future four exhibitions coming to the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) from The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) over the next two years, all the works in Picturing New York have been drawn exclusively from MoMA’s extraordinary collection.

That New York should be the theme for AGWA’s second exhibition from MoMA is entirely fitting. That the Museum’s Curator of Photography, Sarah Hermanson Meister, a New Yorker herself with an established history with the museum’s photography collection, should make the curatorial selection of work is equally befitting. Meister’s selection, which begins in 1888 with a photograph by Jacob August Riis of bandits in Mulberry Street (at the time one of New York’s most dangerous and crime-ridden neighbourhoods) and concludes in the 2000s with fabulous contemporary work by artists including Lee Friedlander, Michael Spano and

RightWalker Evans (American, 1903–1975)Girl in Fulton Street, New York, 1929gelatin silver print, 7 ½ x 4 5/8” (19.1 x 11.7 cm)The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the photographer.© 2012 Walker evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Make the most of ADFAS in 2013 by purchasing a Season Pass. Only $200 for six lectures or for $245 we’ll throw in a Membership too. Bookings are always required. See the Friends event Guide for details.


Michael Wesely, reveals an intimacy, affection and knowledge of both subject and collection.

Some of the more recognisable photographers in the show include Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker evans, Lee Friedlander, Helen Levitt, Cindy Sherman, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Weegee, and Garry Winogrand. With over 90 artists represented in the exhibition by more than 150 works, however, the exhibition also includes works by photographers that no doubt will be less known but whose equally treasured gems hang alongside many of the most iconic images produced in the twentieth century. For that reason, this is a unique opportunity for visitors to AGWA to witness and experience the vibrant, symbiotic and, effectively, unbroken relationship between New York and photography over a deeply transformative period for both.

Collecting photography and generating public appreciation for the medium as a vital means of artistic expression was critical for MoMA from the very beginning. This objective was led by the Museum’s visionary founding director Alfred H. Barr, whose ambition for the collection included a department devoted to photography (a portrait of Barr by Irving Penn is in the exhibition). Following a decade of building the collection through the thirties, a Department of Photography was established in 1940. Since that time the department has undergone dynamic growth and transformation. Today it holds more than 25,000 works and is one of the most important collections of photography in the world.

Four of the earliest works in the exhibition are by Alfred Stieglitz, a figure often referred to as the father of modern photography. Stieglitz was revolutionary in his approach in terms of both his aesthetics and in his attempts to raise the status of photography as an equally valid means of artistic expression alongside other art

forms such as painting and sculpture. He was motivated to promote the artistic possibilities of photography to the American public – through such critical forums as the 291 Gallery and the ground-breaking periodicals camera Notes and camera Works – at a time when the medium was not yet widely considered a legitimate art form. Stieglitz’s works, such as city of Ambition, 1910, have a magical quality to them, bringing a romanticism to his images of progress, modernity and, ultimately, a new America.

The narrative of artistic photography in New York had begun. Through the twenties and thirties artists such as Margaret Bourke-White, Walker evans, Lewis W. Hine and edward Steichen are vital to the story, taking brilliant photographs of the emerging, dynamic city skyline from startling new vantage points. It was also at this time that Berenice Abbott embarked on an ambitious project to photograph the changing face of New York. Inspired by the massive building boom and the contrasts within the city, she took hundreds of photographs, capturing elegance and poverty, the boroughs, buildings and people. The four photographs by Abbott in this exhibition, including Exchange Place, New York, 1933 and Zito’s Bakery, Bleecker Street, c1948, are a beautiful reflection of her sensitive approach to her subjects and dazzling eye for composition.

The emergence and consequent evolution of street photography is a thread that is present through the exhibition’s full chronology. Yet, largely owing to the influx of artists from europe in the thirties who brought with them the established tradition of public street photography, it was in New York in the 1940s when it becomes a dominant theme with distinct local characteristics. The advent of small hand-held cameras allowed photographers to explore the poetics of street life, the portability and ease of these cameras changing the way photographs could be made and, consequently, what could be photographed. Works by photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ted Croner, Louis Faurer, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Aaron Siskind and Paul Strand, each superbly capture the public energy, spirit and subtleties of the pulsating metropolis and its people. It was a time when people lived on the streets, and this was where artists spent their time, capturing the grit, beauty and humour of small perfect moments.

Tours, Talks & Debate

FRIeNDS ARe HOSTING A NuMBeR OF events during Picturing New York. Please find booking details in the Friends Event Guide.

Women in Photography Sunday 17 February

A tour of Picturing New York, followed by artist talks at the Perth Centre for Photography.Guided Tour of Picturing New York Sunday 10 March

Artists in Conversation Wednesday 13 March

A panel discussion with photographers Juha Tolonen, Toni Wilkinson and Max Pam, chaired by Robert Cook, AGWA Curator of Modern and Contemporary Photography and Design.

The rise of photographically illustrated magazines in the 1950s, like life, vogue and Fortune, promoted the artistic brilliance of distinguished photographers including Richard Avedon and Irving Penn. Their handsome studio work can be viewed against the raw photojournalistic works of William Klein, Gordon Parks and ernie Sisto whose ingenuity lay in their ability to bring a new reality, humanity and intensity to documenting news and events.

Photography in the sixties extended the tradition of street photography, with artists including Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Peter Hujar and Garry Winogrand making pictures that were no longer about social reform, photojournalism or modernity. These artists trained their eyes on the streets, becoming perceptive to social circumstance and proving how photography could be used poetically. In subsequent decades, the ‘city that never sleeps’ continued to evolve and challenge photographers to reinvent tradition and capture the new. Katharina Bosse, Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, Michael Spano and Michael Wesely are among the photographers whose work in the exhibition provides this more recent, absorbing perspective on the city.

Picturing New York is a marvellous celebration of the city and the dynamic evolution of photography. The photographs take us on a journey that nourishes our picture of New York, and it’s an exhilarating, fascinating and mesmerising ride.

Picturing New York: Photographs from The Museum of Modern Art opens on 26 January 2013. This exhibition is organised by The Museum of Modern Art, New York and The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

Top leftAlfred Stieglitz (American, 1864–1946)city of Ambition, 1910photogravure, 13 3/8 x 10 ¼” (34.0 x 26.1cm)The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2012 estate of Alfred Stieglitz/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Bottom leftLisette Model (American, born Austria. 1901–1983)times Square, 1940gelatin silver print, 15 9/16 x 19 9/16” (39.6 x 49.7 cm).The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the photographer.© 2012 estate of Lisette Model, Baudoin Lebon Gallery, Paris and Keitelman Gallery, Brussels

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The emergence and consequent evolution of

street photography is a thread that is present

through the exhibition’s full chronology.

AboveRosemary LaingBrumby mound #5 from the series one dozen unnatural disasters in the landscape 2003C Type photograph, 110.0 x 222.0© Rosemary Laing, reproduced courtesy of the artist and Tolarno Galleries, MelbourneThe Wesfarmers Collection, Perth

An exhibition that is as thought provoking as it is striking.


PeRTH AuDIeNCeS CAN expect an exceptional and diverse cohort of twentieth century and

contemporary photographers’ exhibitions in 2013. While Picturing New York at the Art Gallery of Western Australia presents key iconic works of western modern art, the Perth Centre for Photography (PCP) presents a packed program of Australian and international photomedia projects and photography awards across the year.

Their 2013 program opens with two exhibitions that bring our attention to some often unseen and marginalised aspects of women’s lives. Installed in their new gallery space, PCP will present Serial number 3817131 by Rachel Papo and Naseeb:trafficked by Sonal Kantaria from 14 February – 31 March 2013.

Papo’s Serial Number 3817131 documents the photographer’s time with a group of 18 year old females performing their Israeli national service. Originally from Israel and having completed her own national service, Papo’s documentation is reminiscent, protective and empathetic of this uninterrupted period of military training. As the artist describes, the photographs in this project serve as a bridge between past and present – a combination of my own recollections and the experiences of the girls who i observed. Papo presents a documentary series that is both of and from the other: it oscillates between understanding and being removed from the experiences of her subjects. Her

investigation is performed with empathy for these women and the suppression of self during a time in their lives where identity is budding, impressionable and in need of exploration.

In a region of the world where national conflict is a daily potential, the women in Papo’s photographs deal with the reality that their training is about building skills that may very well be needed in their future. Papo captures moments of isolation, boredom, adrenaline, and dependency on one another, to document this time as a space of emotional and physical transition into womanhood in a regimented and patriarchal environment.

Kantaria’s series, Naseeb:trafficked is composed of a series of triptychs that each document the experiences of a woman who has been displaced in her society and forced into the sex trade in India. The women, who are from a variety of socio-economic situations, have been stolen, sold and betrayed – they have no choice

but to enter the economy of prostitution until they can run away, are rescued or save up for education. What is striking about trafficked is the sheer diversity of experiences that Kantaria manages to capture and the intimate details that these women are willing to share with her, and consequently with us.

These two internationally renowned artists both use documentary photography to engage with the effects of displacement in two different settings. Yet, both artists document lives within their frame with sensitivity, empathy and intimacy. This forms an interesting alternative to the self-reflexive slippages between fiction and reality as presented by artists such as Cindy Sherman in Picturing New York.

The Friends ‘Women in Photography’ tour of Picturing New York followed by a visit to PCP to view these projects and to hear from the artists themselves promises a rich and diverse introduction to the art of both modern and contemporary documentary photography.

Christina Chau is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia. her research interests include kinetic sculpture and installation, contemporary art, and time-based art. She has written for many publications including realtime Arts and unMagazine.

AboveSonal Kantaria Arati, a triptych from the series Naseeb: trafficked, 2012

Arati is 17 years old, separated and from Bangladesh. She was offered a job in India for RS 20,000 by an unknown lady. She was forced to cross Sunderbans by foot and ended up being raped by border police as well as her trafficker before being sold to a brothel in Pune. She has a 2-year-old child that she was forced to give up for adoption.

Women in PhotographyChristina Chau

Women in Photography

presented by the Friends and the Perth centre for PhotographySunday 17 February, 3–6pm

Bookings essential. For details see the Friends event Guide.

W HILST WeSFARMeRS is well known for their custodianship of significant

historical artworks, luminous World: contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers collection is an exquisite showcase of their contemporary collection and, in particular, their recent interests in the diversity of contemporary Australian Indigenous art and in art from New Zealand. To view any selection of such acquisitions would be a rewarding experience, however, Helen Carroll, the Curator of the Wesfarmers Collection, has compiled an exhibition that is as thought provoking as it is striking.

As implied by the exhibition’s title, all of the artworks share a thematic connection to ideas about the phenomenon of light.

A Luminous WorldLouise Morrison

Some, for example, address its role in human perception whilst others explore its psychological or metaphorical associations.

A row of large works in the first half of the exhibition celebrates colour, paint and pattern. The luscious, pools of colour in the works of Gretchen Albrecht, Alex Spremberg and Dale Frank contrast the tight gridded patterns in Sine MacPherson’s and Rosalie Gascoigne’s works. Nearby, Paddy Bedford and Lydia Balbal describe their respective countries in soft, pastel hues whilst artists in Arnhemland use white ochre to achieve a shimmering brilliance in their recent works.

Clever arrangements of Indigenous and non-Indigenous works throughout the exhibition generate a rich, complex sense of place through artists’ vastly different yet parallel experiences of this land. In Brumby Mound #5, 2003 and Brumby Mound #6, 2003, Rosemary Laing photographically

records the different hues in an arid landscape produced by changing light conditions whilst Wakartu Cory Surprise’s horizontal bands of paint in Mukurrutu, 2007 also reflect the spectral characteristics of this sort of landscape. However, Laing’s insertion of domestic furniture into the scene deftly describes an ‘un-belonging’ that dramatically opposes the confident knowing one can sense in Surprise’s depiction of her country.

Brad Rimmer’s Wylkatchem Summer, 2009 and Dowerin Autumn, 2005 alongside Rammey Ramsey’s Stony creek Warlawoon country, 2010 provide twin portraits of the sort of quiet, empty landscapes in which one or two features operate as key descriptors. Whether the subject is a disused drive-in theatre screen or a hill that is culturally significant, the artists’ processes of isolation and notation seem similarly important.

Top leftWakartu Cory SurpriseMukurrutu 2007acrylic on canvas, 120.0 x 120.0© Wakartu Cory Surprise, licensed by Viscopy 2012, reproduced courtesy Mangkaja Arts; Seva Frangos Art, PerthThe Wesfarmers Collection, Perth

Top leftWakartu Cory SurpriseMukurrutu 2007acrylic on canvas120.0 x 120.0 cmThe Wesfarmers Collection, image courtesy of the artist© Wakartu Cory Surprise, licenced by Viscopy 2012

Top rightJenni Kemarre MartinielloMedium flax eel trap 2012glass. 48.0 x 30.4 cmState Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western AustraliaPurchased through The Leah Jane Cohen Bequest, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2012© Jenni Kemarre Martiniello, 2012

This daring work references the

traditional cultural practices of many

Indigenous Australian groups …


NEW! Monthly ToursA new series of monthly guided tours will commence in 2013. AGWA curators and guides, guest artists and arts specialists will share intriguing facts and stories about visiting exhibitions and the State Collection displays at AGWA.

upcoming tours include:Luminous World with Helen Carroll

Sunday 10 February, 2pm

Picturing New York

Sunday 10 March, 2pm

Made To Remember

Sunday 7 April, 2pm

Your Collection

Sunday 19 May, 2pm

See the Friends event Guide for dates and details. Bookings essential.

Your Collection – in Focus

Made to Remember Clotilde Bullen, Curator of Indigenous Art,

Art Gallery of Western Australia

The second half of the exhibition contains vast, spare depictions of the cosmos. Mabel Juli’s Ngarrangkarni, Moon and hill, 2009, David Stephenson’s Star Drawings and Timothy Cook’s Kulama, 2010 describe the immensity of night-skies in which the dark is broken only by a softly glowing moon or a scattering of stars. The surface of Brian Blanchflower’s concretion: oceanic 1:8, 2007 differentially absorbs and reflects light through its material composition: pumice, silicon, acrylic and oil. As above, so below; its dense darkness is difficult to fathom.

This perceptual ambiguity anticipates another group of works; of partially visible figures and nocturnal landscapes in which

a presence cannot be detected, but cannot be discounted. The smoky apparition in Paul uhlmann’s Pulse, 2006 seems to be dissolving into the impenetrable blackness that surrounds it whilst the underlying grid in Dale Hickey’s Black Painting, 1969 is similarly at risk of obliteration. The potentially scientific documentation of Brook Andrew’s owl, 2005 and Andrew Browne’s visitation, 2009 is disrupted by a darkness that swallows both the clarity and the contexts of the specimens. The unseen in these powerful works feels unsettlingly present.

Luminous World: Contemporary

Art from the Wesfarmers

Collection is jointly presented

by Wesfarmers Limited and

the Art Gallery of Western

Australia and runs until 11

February 2013. The superb

catalogue, produced in

conjunction with Fremantle

Press, features essays

by curator Helen Carroll,

composer Richard Mills and

artist Bill Henson as well as

poetry by John Kinsella.

JeNNI KeMARRe MARTINIeLLO IS AN established Arrernte artist who has until recently worked predominantly within the fibre, textiles and photo media

genres. In 2008 Kemarre was awarded a scholarship at Canberra Glassworks and through this opportunity Kemarre has been able to create a body of blown glass works which reference the traditional weaving practices of Indigenous Australian people.

Medium flax eel trap (2012) has resulted from Martiniello’s recent shift to working with blown glass. The State Art Collection holds very few glass objects created by Indigenous artists, as the medium has only in recent years begun to be embraced by the wider Indigenous artistic community. Medium flax eel trap therefore becomes a pivotal and important work within the Collection as a touchstone from which to base further collection, and to encourage others to focus upon the medium and its possibilities.

This daring work references the traditional cultural practices of many Indigenous Australian groups, who produce woven forms, which are primarily used for catching fish and eels in waterways. These objects have strong aesthetic qualities, and have been seen in museums for many years, often within an anthropological context. Martiniello, who has a weaving background, has drawn from these forms as her inspiration. Martiniello urges the viewer to look again at an object previously known only for his usefulness as a thing of beauty, pushing boundaries and seeking unity in medium, form and subject matter. Martiniello has captured the unique qualities of both the fish and eel trap, producing a dynamic work that employs the interplay of both line and light exquisitely.

Made to Remember is a selection of

Indigenous works from the State Collection,

showing at AGWA until 30 June 2013.

Louise Morrison is an Artist and a lecturer at central institute of technology in Perth. She also writes about visual art on a freelance basis with a focus on local, contemporary practice.

LeftTony Joneslighthouse 2012painted steel collage of marine references, colours and artifacts, 10m highTown of Cottesloe Sculpture CollectionPhoto: Carola Akindele-Obe

Top rightAyad AlqaragholliFarewell Kiss 2011silicone bronze, 600 x 80 x 180 cmTown of Cottesloe Sculpture Collection


TRANSCeNDeNT LOVeRS, homing beacons and subversive road signs are populating the

beautiful beach suburb of Cottesloe. Since the advent of the now famous Sculpture by the Sea (SxS) in 2004, the local government has been building an enviable public art collection of works by international and

Australian artists. The crowds of locals and tourists who promenade or run along Marine Parade can enjoy the permanent exhibition of sculptures there, but many more exhibits can be discovered in the streets, parks and other local vistas.

The collection, the majority of which has been purchased through the annual

SxS Cottesloe event, consists of over a dozen works. Tony Jones’ lighthouse, exhibited at SxS 2012, was purchased by the owner of the newly renovated eric Street Shopping Centre and subsequently gifted to the Town of Cottesloe.

Tony Jones expounds the virtues and the shortfalls of such a collecting strategy,

it goes without saying that support of the local government in supporting this (SxS) event through buying a work is very important. over time it establishes an important collection for the town and makes a cultural statement.

i would prefer the town collected the works of Western Australian artists exclusively. The story of Western Australian sculpture is a good one and aside from the public art program the works of individual artists remain largely unrecognised and undervalued by our larger institutions. Showcasing their work through a local government collection is one important way for this to happen.

Local car drivers have probably become so accustomed to the artistic punctuation marks around ‘Cott’ that the only way to appreciate them fully is to slow down and use a gentler form of transport. Realising the joys of travelling under pedal power, Friends have devised the perfect way to follow the art via a mapped trail.

On your bike!Carola Akindele-Obe

Stimulate your brain cells as well as your heart rate with Friends on Sunday 14 April! At a leisurely pace, by bicycle or on foot, it will take between one and two hours to follow the 5km long trail around the highlights of Cottesloe’s sculptures.

Although the trail is self-guided and you can go at your own pace, on Sunday 14 April you can take advantage of guides and special guests, stationed at particular sculptures, who will provide entertaining anecdotes about the artworks and Cottesloe landmarks.

Suitable for most age groups the route will require only a moderate level of fitness. Get the whole family involved! The tour will finish at the Cottesloe Civic Centre with a thirst quenching afternoon tea and a chance to discuss your favourite pieces as you enjoy the spectacular view.

Health and safety will be each participant’s responsibility, or their guardian’s; equally the maintenance of each cycle – mono, bi, tandem or other! Helmets are compulsory, of course, and adherence to WA traffic laws.

Find booking details in the Friends event Guide, included in this edition of Artifacts.

Suitable for most age groups the route will

require only a moderate level of fitness. Get the

whole family involved!

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CAO: Madeline, you moved to WA just over a year ago now – what are you enjoying about it and how has the experience of your first program influenced planning for the forthcoming season?

MB: Well, I’ve just been looking out from the Leeuwin Ridge in Augusta over native bushland and coastline and to say it’s magnificent is a bit of an understatement …

Perth has a great youthful energy and is home to a lot of creative people and coming from europe, in the midst of a deep depression, I appreciate the relatively stable position of the arts community here.

My first program was a case of getting to know our audiences better and fortunately they responded to it really well. Perth is a global city with a serious and sophisticated demographic who equally appreciate being challenged as well as the lighter side of life. I hope that I’ve captured that in the 2012-13 season.

CAO: It sounds like a very glamorous life to be a Film Festival Program Manager. What is it really like, as you travel to exotic locations, meeting colourful and famous people?

MB: Well, sometimes I steal conversations with some very talented people. My favourite chance encounter this year was sitting next to Ken Loach and his wife in a French bakery and having a chat about…

But, in all seriousness, while it may

sound glamorous, it’s actually hard work. On an average day at Cannes I watch about four films in-between meetings. It is a major film market as well as a red-carpet showcase for world cinema; major deals are brokered in a volatile industry. So, you can imagine, there’s a lot of pressure and quick decision-making, but that’s also what makes it exciting and fun.

CAO: Where are the most exciting films coming from at the moment and why do you think so?

MB: Asia, in particular, Iran – we have another film this year by the talented director Asghar Farhadi, ABoUt EllY, which is having its first theatrical release in Australia in 2013 and it’s a master class in suspense and intelligent drama. For me, Farhadi is a hugely important director as his work demystifies Iran to the West and I think, indirectly, that is of great political importance.

Also – Spanish language cinema has a very rich history and often manages to be passionate, artful, intriguing and brilliant. We’re representing some excellent and diverse Spanish language films this year from Spain, Mexico and Chile.

The French industry is famously prolific. French society generally has such a respectful and esteemed attitude towards the arts and how important they are to a healthy society; it’s an attitude that I admire greatly and which can produce unparalleled work.

CAO: Do you consciously try to strike a balance of genres as well as established and emerging directors and actors across the program? What are your priorities?

MB: Absolutely, balance is really important, which means that many great films don’t make the final cut. I think it’s important to combine established, respected and greater-known talent with the work of emerging filmmakers and actors yet to be known outside the industry and the independent scene. That’s our job as a festival to bridge that gap. I attempt to represent the best examples of the entire spectrum of style, subject, geography and genre in the program. I also think it’s our job as an international arts festival to support the brave films – the filmmakers and actors who are really brilliant and stick their neck out for what they do.

CAO: Which top 3 films do you recommend to the Friends of the Art Gallery?

MB: A very hard question to answer, as our appreciation of cinema is also dependent on our immediate circumstance; our mood, what’s happened that particular day and what else we’ve been watching recently. It’s like comparing people!

However, amongst all the brilliant and diverse films on offer – three I’d recommend for art lovers in particular are:

cAESAr MUSt DiE – The Golden Bear winner at the 2012 Berlin

International Film Festival. A production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in a maximum-security prison in Rome with real-life Mafiosi being given an opportunity to express themselves without limits through the conduit of Shakespeare. Powerful stuff.

BlANcANiEvES – A gorgeous, funny and cheekily grotesque love letter to european silent cinema and a reinterpretation of the Snow White story that sees the eponymous heroine re-imagined as a female bullfighter in 1920s Seville.

tABU – Another beautiful black and white film that recalls earlier forms of filmmaking. Tabu is part love-story, part ironic critique of colonialism and rather magical.

CAO: Can we expect to see some Australian and local WA content?

MB: Yes. I’m very pleased that we have the Australian Premiere of SAtEllitE BoY, set near Wyndham. It’s a beautiful story about childhood and ingenuity and casts two young WA boys as lead characters as well as the legendary David Gulpilil as one of the boy’s grandfather. On opening night, we’ll be hosting various guests from the film; so that would be a great night to come.

We also support emerging WA talent so I’m pleased that we’ll have the WA premiere of a short film directed by Zak Hilditch, trANSMiSSioN (playing in front of the feature SAFEtY Not GUArANtEED).

CAO: Are there any other highlights you can share with us?

MB: We’ll have some great cross art-form collaborations this year in the Festival. Perth Writers Festival and Lotterywest Festival Films are creating a focus on the art of great tv – oUt oF thE BoX; a series of films about artists will show at PICA; and we’ll be hosting an onstage interview with a special

World Cinema captivates Perth

guest who has been a major contributor to film history, and soundtracks, about his work on film composition.

I hope everyone enjoys the program!

read the uncut version of this interview at www.thewritebusiness.com.au

lotterywest Festival Films run from 26 November 2012. For details visit www.perthfestival.com.au

Carola Akindele-Obe tracked down jet-setting Madeline Bates,

Program Manager of the Lotterywest Festival Films, to find out

what we can look forward to this summer at the Somerville and

Joondalup Pines outdoor cinemas.

AboveThe Somerville outdoor cinema at uWAPhoto: Michael Chestnutt

OppositeMadeline BatesPhoto: Scott Weir



THe WORD ‘ICONIC’ IS totally over used these days, yet remains entirely appropriate for

New York City, in every sense; – its skyline, its architecture, its sidewalks, the smoke coming out of its manholes and its yellow taxi-cabs.

Whether you are looking down on Manhattan from the 86th floor of the empire State Building (Fifth Ave – W 34th St) or from the ‘Top of the Rock’ – the Rockefeller Centre (W 48th–51st Sts), it is hard to believe that a city so crammed full of buildings, traffic and people could be so attractive. From street level it is at once overwhelming, but the bird’s eye perspective of New York City is a must early in your trip; looking down on the dense, sardine packed buildings serves to emphasise the grid of avenues and streets and your eyes travel up and down and crisscross, dissecting the city into its more accessible boroughs and villages.

You can also gain this much needed perspective (and a potted history of the City, its five boroughs and landmark buildings) by taking a river cruise starting on the west side in the Hudson River travelling down to the the tip of Manhattan at Battery Park (where tour commentaries focus on Ground Zero – the World Trade Centre Memorial site) over to ‘Lady’ Liberty and up the east side of Manhattan past Brooklyn with views of the united Nations and Chrysler Buildings.

New York’s art institutions and collections are second to none, impossible

A New York Point of ViewLouise Jones

I look out the window and I see the lights and the skyline and the people on the street rushing

around looking for action, love and the world’s greatest chocolate chip cookie and my heart does

a little dance. – Nora Ephron Heartburn

to do justice to in these pages. The upper east side is a must, if predictable place, for art lovers to start; with the Guggenheim (1071 Fifth Ave), the incomparable ‘Met’ – The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave), and The Frick Collection on Central Park (east 70th Street). Weather and season permitting make sure you go upstairs at the Met to the Iris and B Gerard Cantor Roof Garden (closed November to April) where apart from the magnificent views of Central Park there are often large-scale installations with which visitors are encouraged to physically interact.

Founded by Henry Clay Frick, a Pittsburgh coke and steel industrialist who bequeathed his New York home, many works of art and a $15million endowment as a public gallery for the purpose of encouraging and developing the study of fine arts, The Frick Collection’s permanent works are a treasure trove of masterpieces. Commencing in March through to June 2013 the Frick will host The impressionist line from Degas to toulouse–lautrec: Drawings and Prints from the clark, the Francine Clark Institute and in October 2013 the exhibition vermeer, rembrandt and hals, Masterpieces from the Mauritshuis, The Royal Picture Gallery of The Hague which will include Johannes Vermeer’s exquisite and celebrated Girl with a Pearl Earring (c 1665).

Don’t leave the upper east Side without stopping at the Whitney Museum of American Art (Madison Avenue, east 75th–74th Sts) a museum dedicated to the

advocacy of great American artists founded upon the patronage of sculptor and collector Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and originally housed downtown in Greenwich Village. The Whitney houses an extensive archive and library and is well known for its performance arts program supporting emerging musicians and honouring established American artists.

Friends will want to visit and connect with MoMA – (at 11 West 53rd St) and those with weary feet should step into its courtyard, the Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, which always surprises and provokes and provides a place to sit and pause.

Do not miss the landmark New York Public Library (Fifth Ave W 42nd St) with its imposing marble lions, nicknamed Patience and Fortitude by New York’s Mayor Fiorello La Guardia hoping to inspire his citizens during the Depression. Make sure you step into the imposing Rose Reading Room, instantly recognisable from many movies and gaze at its incredible windows, chandeliers and open shelves of books.

Past the southern tip of Central Park and up the upper West side stop in at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts (W 60th St), established with the philanthropy of the Rockefellers. This incredible collection of buildings over 6.6 acres and 29 performance facilities houses The Julliard School, The School of American Ballet, The Metropolitan Opera House, and homes to the New York City Ballet, The New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center Theater and Recital Halls.

Continue up the western side of Central Park take a break and relax on the grass in the lush Sheeps Meadow or the adjacent Strawberry Fields (71st–74th Streets), the tribute to John Lennon opposite his former home at the Dakota Building. A little further up Central Park West is the New York Historical Society, Museum and Library, often overlooked by visitors. It houses the most incredible collections of manuscripts and artefacts referencing key moments in American history and offers a rich public program of exhibitions, lectures, walks and education. (www.nyhistory.org).

The booming arts scene downtown is now centred in Chelsea, with over 200 independent galleries. There are a series of walks taking place every summer from 5 to 8pm styled The chelsea Art Walk, involving 125 galleries, artist and curator talks, screenings and performances. (www.artwalkchelsea.com). Or you could join walking tours with Art Walk New York (www.artwalknewyork.com), or public art tours with the Municipal Art Society of New York offering fantastic historical tours of some of New York’s train stations and public art (mas.org ⁄tours) and New York city cultural Walking tours, private tours that focus on the art and architecture downtown. (www.nycwalk.com).

Take a detour along the lower west side of Manhattan to the disused ‘railroad spur’ that has been transformed and ‘recycled’ into an urban green park The high line spanning 1.6km from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District through Chelsea and up to 30th St. The native meadow plants and grasses reflect the landscape that once thrived in the disused tracks. The high line walk is a welcome respite and surprise in hip downtown.

Trivial New York

In 1626 Dutch Traders bought the island of Manhattan for 60 guilders, close to uS$1000 by today’s value. NYC was previously known as New Amsterdam.

New York City is in New York State, the 11th State of the united States, admitted to the union in 1788.

NYC sometimes smells of maple syrup, which is apparently due to the wind blowing the scent of roasted fenugreek from a factory in New Jersey.

Useful NYC art Links

www.metmuseum.orgwww.moma.orgwww.whitney.orgwww.frick.orgwww.timeout.com ⁄newyorkwww.centralpark.comwww.nyhistory.orgwww.nypl.org ⁄events ⁄tours

New York’s art institutions and collections are

second to none, impossible to do justice to in

these pages. The Upper East side is a must, if

predictable place, for art lovers to start …

AboveCharlie Hutton, veracityoil on canvas. 76 x 102 cm. Scotch College


FriendshipPhotos: Christina Backus, Friends Volunteer

It has a been a busy season of Friends events with fascinating ASA and ADFAS lectures, visits to Gomboc Sculpture Park, Gallery east and Perth Galleries, as well as intriguing tours and talks at AGWA, including the Picasso to Warhol Film Festival, Jeff Wall Photographs and a Behind the Scenes tour of the Conservation Laboratory and Print Room.

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1 Julie eller, Susie Bogle and Peggy Ninkov

2 Claire Bradley and Shane Hodge

3 Nikki Brayshay and Gerard Chipper

4 Jane Agnew and Ann Ryan5 elizabeth and Lloyd Horn6 Robyn and Ron Pease7 Walter Ong and

Graeme Marshall8 Heather Dun and

Helen Andrews9 Sue Sauer and Helen Reidy10 Rod Campbell and

Oye Akindele Obe

What’s on at the GalleryFor more information about the Gallery’s exhibitions and events visit: www.artgallery.wa.gov.au

Picturing New York: Photographs

from The Museum of Modern Art

26 January – 12 May 2013

Picturing New York is a celebration of photography and New York City in all its vitality, ambition and beauty. With over 150 photographs by 90 artists, drawn exclusively from The Museum of Modern Art’s extraordinary photography collection, the exhibition traces the dynamic rise of modern photography from 1888 to 2005 through a multitude of visions of the ever-changing city and its famously diverse population. This is a rare opportunity to see iconic photographs by the world’s most celebrated photographers. Artists include Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker evans, Nan Goldin, Helen Levitt, Cindy Sherman, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Weegee, and Garry Winogrand.

This exhibition is organised by The Museum of Modern Art, New York and The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.

Picturing New York Opening Party

Friday 25 January 2013 from 5.30pm

Picturing New York kicks off with a Central Park-themed opening party! enjoy all the opening festivities and be the first to see this world class exhibition from The Museum of Modern Art.

AGWA Nights

Launches Friday 1 February from 5.30pm

We’re back! This AGWA Nights’ season will make you feel like you’ve just stepped into NYC’s Central Park. Come see Picturing New York with all the usual AGWA Nights trimmings including exhibition tours by our Volunteer Gallery Guides, a new lineup of DJs and AGWA Nights’ talks, topical talks inspired by this incredible exhibition and co-ordinated with the Central Institute of Technology. And don’t forget our Manhattan Lounge chill-out space and the Art Gallery Café deli delights.

For more information on the exhibition, ticketing and associated events please visit: momaseries.com.au

Luminous World – Contemporary Art

from the Wesfarmers Collection

Until 11 February 2013

luminous World presents a diverse selection of contemporary paintings, photography and sculpture, some 60 works in all, acquired by the Wesfarmers Collection over thirty years.

Helen Carroll, the curator of both the exhibition and the Wesfarmers Collection, has focused on how contemporary artists variously use the phenomenon of light in their work. Rather than a chronological or stylistically ordered presentation, the exhibition follows an intuitive flow of ideas and imagery, moving through night to day. The selected 55 artists explore light from the perspective of the optical experience, the connection between the stars and the cycles of life on earth, and from diverse cultural, mythic and spiritual points of departure.

Collection in Focus:

Made to Remember

24 November 2012 – 30 June 2013

Many of the Indigenous artists whose work is in the State Art Collection deal with found objects, and introduced and relatively

new technologies. A substantial number of Indigenous artists’ works, however, remain directly linked through style, materials or medium to traditional practices. Between this space in Made to remember is a zone in Indigenous art practice where objects can be seen as innovative, unusual and fundamentally unique.

Made to remember scrutinises these practices, and examines the complexity of relationships between utilitarian objects of work (such as baskets), objects made purely for pleasure and aesthetic satisfaction, and objects designed to aid in worship or to fulfill ritual obligation.

Year 12 Perspectives 2012

Opens 2 March 2013

Year 12 Perspectives is your yearly taste of art by some of the best, brightest and most talented graduating high school artists in the State. An annual barometer of what our youth are thinking and feeling, it is also a rich celebration of the role the arts play in the development of individual identities. Come to see the exhibition to be provoked, challenged, delighted and entertained, but most of all, to see a glimpse of the world through the eyes of our young people.

WA, Australia & the WorldA selection of exhibitions, biennales, art fairs & events


Grant Woodhams MLA

MID WEST Art Prize 2013Entry Forms Now Available

Open to artists throughout Western Australia, the third annual Mid West Art Prize Exhibition is scheduled to open at the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery on Saturday 2 March 2013.

The City of Greater Geraldton, along with our greatly appreciated sponsors, have once again put their support behind what the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, City of Greater Geraldton and Art Gallery of Western Australia recognize this exhibition to be; a significant cultural

event, not only for the Mid West but all of Western Australia.

$45 000 in non-acquisitive awards will again be made available.

Exhibition conditions and entry forms are now available from the Art Gallery website located at; http://artgallery.cgg.wa.gov.au Or contact the Gallery on 9964 7170.

Entries close 4pm Wednesday 16th January 2013

The Mid West Art Prize as launched in March 2011 is rapidly becoming the flagship exhibition in the schedule of events staged at the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery.

The staff and management of the Gallery continue to look forward to the various challenges that lie ahead as we plan to sustain, and wherever possible, improve upon the momentum achieved in 2011 and 2012.

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Alcoa Australia’s Aluminium, Corporate Award(open to all Western Australian Artists)

$15000 (Acquisitive)

Halls Head Community Bank Branch Bendigo Bank, Regional Award (open to all Peel Regional Artists)

$5000 (Acquisitive)

Hunsa Smallgoods, Highly Commended Corporate Award

$1000

Terrace Art Framers, Highly Commended Regional Award

$1000

Halls Head Community Bank Branch Bendigo Bank, People’s Choice Award

$1000

More information and entry forms can be obtained by calling 9550 3915, emailing [email protected]

or www.manpac.com.au

Exhibition DatesFriday 15 March – Sunday 7 April 2013

Entry Submissions byMonday 18 February 2013 by 4pm

Artwork delivered onMonday 11 March 2013 between 10am-4pm

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

BUNBURY REGIONAL ART GALLERIES64 Wittenoom Street, Bunbury 6230W: brag.org.auT: 08 9721 8226Open: 10am-4pm every day, entry freeSOUTH WEST PRINTMAKERS16 November – 13 January

GALLERY CENTRAL12 Aberdeen St, Perth 6000W: gallerycentral.com.auT: 08 94271318Open: Mon-Fri 10am – 4.45pmVISUAL ARTS AND JEWELLERY DESIGN GRADUATION EXHIBITION6 – 15 DecemberSHINE – CENTRAL’S CREATIVE INDUSTRIES RECENT GRADUATE SHOW11 February – 2 MarchYOUNG ARTHUR RUSSELL – THE EVERLASTING LEGACY11 – 28 March

FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE1 Finnerty St, Fremantle 6160W: fac.org.auT: 08 9432 9555Open 10am – 5pm, 7 daysWE DON’T NEED A MAP: A MARTU EXPERIENCE OF THE WESTERN DESERT17 November-20 January

INSIDE RUNNING: THE SPORT OF ART3 February – 7 April

GALERIE DÜSSELDORF9 Glyde Street, Mosman Park 6012W: galeriedusseldorf.com.auOpen: Wed – Fri 11am – 5pm, Sun 2 – 5pmJáNIS NéDELA: DISPARATE BED FELLOWS18 November – 16 DecemberFor more than 30 years, Jánis Nedéla’s studio practice has concerned itself with codes and the possibilities of art as an infinite flow of seamless text. In this exhibition he has embedded meanings and stories into what, at first glance, are disparate objects, which include books, the printed page, pencils and crayons.XMAS ART MIX – collectable 2D & 3D artworks18 November – 16 December

HOWARD TAYLOR (1918-2001): DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT AND IDEAS 1946 – 200110 March – 21 AprilA comprehensive exhibition of constructions, paintings, drawings and maquettes, including previously unseen early sketches, notations and schematic diagrams.

GALLERY EAST94 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle 6159W: galleryeast.com.auT: 08 9336 6231Open: Tue – Sat 11am – 5pm, Sun 2 – 5pmCHRISTMAS SHOW AND CLOSING SALE30 November – 16 December

GOMBOC GALLERY SCULPTURE PARKJames Road, Middle SwanOpen: Wed-Sun, 10am-5pmT: 08 9274 3996W: gomboc-gallery.com.auTHIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EXHIBITION2 – 24 December

HEATHCOTE MUSEUM & GALLERY58-60 Duncraig Road, ApplecrossW: melvillecity.com.au/facilities/museums/heathcoteT: 08 9364 5666Open: Tue – Fri 10am – 3pm; Sat – Sun 12 – 4pm; Closed Mon & public holsEVA FERNANDEz: TILT 201210 November – 19 December

LAWRENCE WILSON ART GALLERYThe university of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, CrawleyT: 08 6488 3707W: lwgallery.uwa.edu.auOpen: Tue – Fri 11am – 5pm, Sun 12 – 5pmClosed Public Holidays, Free AdmissionJIMMY PIKE’S ARTLINES – YOU CALL IT DESERT, WE USED TO LIVE THERE29 June – 15 DecemberLUMINOUSFLUX: IN COLLABORATION WITH PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL8 February – 20 April

THROUGH THE KUNAI GRASS: PORTRAITS OF THE NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS 1951-53, exhibited by the Berndt Museum of Anthropology18 February – 8 June

PERTH CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY100 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge, WA 6003W: pcp.org.auT: 08 6460 9892Open: Thu/Fri 12pm – 5pm, Sat/Sun 12pm – 4pm20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION15 November – 16 DecemberRACHEL PAPOS, Serial No. 38171 SONAL KANTARIA, Naseeb:trafficked 15 February – 31 MarchINGVAR KENNE/ASHLEY PORTER4 April – 5 MayCLIP AWARD9 May – 9 June

PERTH GALLERIES92 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle 6159W: perthgalleries.com.auT: 08 9433 4414Open Tue – Fri 10am – 5pm, Sat 11am – 5pm, Sun 2 – 5pmSWAN SONG SHOW16 November – 7 December

Top leftKatherine Bennison, Untitled 2012, ceramic

LeftMarra (catch it). Photo: Gabrielle Sullivan

Opposite leftHoward Taylor, Discovery 2000, oil on marine ply structure, 200 x 190 x 36 cm. Galerie Düsseldorf/Howard H Taylor estate

Opposite rightRachel Papo, inbar talking to family during a break from basic training (detail), Shaare Avraham, Israel, 2004


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THE EMPHASIS IS ALWAYS ON

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SWING

DANCING IN PERTH, UPCOMING EVENTS

AND WHERE TO FIND CLASSES VISIT:

perthswing.com

Perth Swing Dance Society

(PSDS) is a non-profit

organisation that actively

promotes swing dancing, its

music and culture in Perth,

Western Australia

FUN!

WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR OF THE

SWING DANCES IN THE 1930S & 40S?

LINDY HOP!!(ALSO KNOWN AS THE JITTERBUG) AND

YOU CAN JOIN IN ALL THE FUN!

SWING DANCING RANGES THROUGH

ALL TEMPOS OF MUSIC; ANYWHERE

FROM FAST AND EXPLOSIVE TO

SLOW AND GRACEFUL. IT’S A DANCE

FOR ALL AGES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

THE EMPHASIS IS ALWAYS ON

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SWING

DANCING IN PERTH, UPCOMING EVENTS

AND WHERE TO FIND CLASSES VISIT:

perthswing.com

SPECTRUM PROJECT SPACEedith Cowan university Building 3.191, 2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley 6051T: 08 9370 6906Open Tue – Fri 10am – 6pm, Saturday 12 noon – 5pmFAST SLOW COMPLEX: PERDITA PHILLIPS4 February – 3 MarchMELTING MOMENTS, CURATED BY NICK MAHONY7 – 23 MarchDRAWN FROM SOUND, CURATED BY CAT HOPE28 March – 13 April

TURNER GALLERIES470 William St, Northbridge 6003W: turnergalleries.com.auT: 08 9227 1077Open: Tue – Sat 11am – 5pmKYLE HUGHES-ODGERS8 February – 9 March10 YEARS OF ART ANGELS RESIDENCIES (GROUP EXHIBITION)15 March – 13 AprilANDREW NICHOLLS15 March – 13 April

VENN GALLERY16 Queen Street, Perth WA 6000W: venn.netT: 08 9321 8366Open: Tue – Sat 10am – 5pm, Fri 10am – 7pmMATT DOUST19 October – 23 NovemberRHYS LEE: CRACKED POTS8 February – 22 MarchDAVID COLLINS8 February – 22 March

INTERSTATE

CONFOUNDING – CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY5 October 2012 – 24 March 2013National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)Photography has the uncanny ability to make the strange, uncomfortable and awkward seem plausible, to suggest a confounding alternative reality. The photographers in this exhibition employ a variety of techniques to create disturbing portraits and construct a fantastic reality based on art, science and imagination. Drawn from the NGV Collection, the exhibition includes photographs by Roger Ballen, Pat Brassington, Rosemary Laing, Patricia Piccinini and Wang Qingsong. [ngv.vic.gov.au]

THE 7TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART (APT7)8 December 2012 — 14 April 2013Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)/Queensland Art Gallery (QAG)This is the only recurring exhibition to present the contemporary art of Asia, the Pacific and Australia. APT7 will feature new and recent work by 75 artists and artist groups from 27 countries across the region, including painting, installation, sculpture and photography by Indigenous Australian artists; new works by artists from Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Vietnam; and a special focus on West Asia, with works and major commissions by artists from Turkey through the Middle east to Iran and Central Asia.[qagoma.qld.gov.au] [asiapacifictriennial.com]

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC PARIS & THE MOULIN ROUGE14 December 2012 – 2 April 2013National Gallery of Australia (NGA)The Australian public have never before had the opportunity to see a major retrospective exhibition devoted to the art of French 19th century artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in painting, drawing, posters and prints. Now is your chance. [nga.gov.au/]

WE USED TO TALK ABOUT LOVE BALNAVES CONTEMPORARY: PHOTOMEDIA31 January – 21 April 2013Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)For the first time since 1988, the Belgiorno-Nettis galleries at AGNSW will be architecturally reconsidered to take the viewer on a spatial and emotional journey through love’s language, from beginning to end. The exhibition includes photography, photomedia, video, collage, sculpture and installation. [artgallery.nsw.gov.au]

AboveMatt Doust, if i cannot see, can you see me? 2012, oil on canvas 183 x 153 cm

Top rightKyle Hughes-Odgers, A Future life 2013, acrylic on canvas, 90 x 73cm

FRANCIS BACON – FIVE DECADES17 November – 24 February 2013Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW)Francis Bacon is a towering figure of 20th-century art. His paintings are gutsy, controversial and unforgettable. With painful beauty Bacon lays bare the struggles of the human condition. This is the first major exhibition in Australia of rare works by the master of post-war British art. [artgallery.nsw.gov.au]

INTERNATIONAL

LICHTENSTEIN: A RETROSPECTIVE21 February – 27 May 2013Tate Modern, London, uKThis is the first full-scale retrospective of this artist in over twenty years. Co-organised by The Art Institute of Chicago and Tate Modern, it brings together 125 of his most definitive paintings and sculptures and will reassess his enduring legacy. [tate.org.uk]

SHARJAH BIENNIAL 1113 March – 13 May 2013Sharjah, united Arab emiratesThe courtyard in Islamic architecture — where elements of both public and private life intertwine, where the objective political world and the introspective subjective space intersect and cross over — have inspired curator Yuko Hasegawa’s concept for the Biennial. A range of international architects will create temporary public structures in locations across the city to house the many large-scale commissions. [sharjahart.org]

FAKING IT MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY BEFORE PHOTOSHOP11 October – 27 January 2013The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, uSAThe urge to modify camera images is as old as photography itself. Nearly every type of manipulation we now associate with digital photography was also part of the medium’s pre-digital repertoire: smoothing away wrinkles, slimming waistlines, adding people to a scene (or removing them)—even fabricating events that never took place. This exhibition traces the history of manipulated photography from the 1840s through the early 1990s. [metmuseum.org]

International Excellence Partner

GERMANY

The 1928 show that made musicals like Cabaret and Chicago possible: Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera is the granddaddy of all the singing, stinging portraits of fat societies on their eves of destruction. THE NEW YORK TIMES

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e: Lesley Leslie-Spinks

THE THREEPENNY OPERABy Bertolt Brecht, Music by Kurt Weill Direction, Set Design and Lighting by Robert Wilson Co-directed by Ann-Christin Rommen Costumes Designed by Jacques Reynaud

AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE/PREMIERE

Berliner Ensemble

HIS MAJESTY’S THEATREWHEN Fri 8–Mon 11 FebTICKETS $25–$154.50

FRANCE

THE TRUTH 25 TIMES A SECONDBy Frédéric Flamand (Belgium) and Ai Weiwei (China)

AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE/PREMIERE

Ballet National de Marseille

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e: Pino Pipitone

HEATH LEDGER THEATRE, STATE THEATRE CENTRE OF WAWHEN Fri 8–Mon 11 FebTICKETS $25–$76.50

This ballet of flesh and metal applies Flamand’s winning recipe … captivating, then, right until the hero’s final flight … a suspended moment, a trance, to the very last second. LA MARSEILLAISE

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