Melbourne Now Reboot:A Token Bundle Show @Chadstone by the Yarra There is that saying: never have a first-rate row over a second-rate exhibition, but with the second iteration of the NGV’s Melbourne Now, it’s difficult not to. A bundle of local talent exhibited within a parochial framework, Melbourne Now is devoid of clear curatorial vision. Victim of its own hyper-inflated […]
Category Archives: Cultural Critique
October
21
Sunset Clause
posted by Natalie Thomas
Sunset Clause is the first solo exhibition with Darren Knight Gallery by Melbourne based artist Natalie Thomas. Spanning a decades long creative practice, Sunset Clause showcases selected works from her extensive back catalogue alongside recent political posters and paintings. Poking and prodding round a withering cultural vernacular, famous names and faces abound. Narratives vie for attention, interwoven like […]
May
10
Tourism, Spectacle and Major Events
posted by Natalie Thomas
The first time I performed for a world televisual audience was as a child foot solider for imperialist propaganda. The year was 1982 and the occasion was the Opening Ceremony of ‘Brisbane’s ‘Commonwealth Games’ aka the ‘Stolenwealth Games’. This collision of tourism, spectacle and major event was opened by Prince Phillip and closed by the Queen and cemented […]
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