Category: Visual Art

RAW: Two Kats With More Exhibition Lives Ahead Of Them

While both artists display images about their relatively young lives, the people and objects around them, whether pretty or not, both Kats take us on a journey beyond what may otherwise be well trodden territory, drawing us in intrigued and causing us to be moved by what we see.

RAW: Our Mob 2011 – Festival Theatre Artspace and Foyer – Till 11 Dec

Our Mob 2011 is in its 6th year at the Festival Centre but has but four days to run. Upfront, let me stress, get along to have a look before this weekend ends.

RAW: Bill Henson In Conversation – Review

A common reflection on Bill Henson’s work is that it attempts to capture moments in transition of the subject matters depicted such as between,  childhood and adulthood or night and day. The recent excellent In Conversation with Bill Henson, moderated by Paul Grabowsky, before a packed house at the Samstag Auditorium at UniSA, perhaps gives …

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RAW: Bill Henson – early work from the MGA Collection – Samstag to 16th December

Any interested in photography or particularly Henson’s work should be sure to visit. The gamut of images displayed ensure a greater appreciation of Henson’s work will be obtained relative to the often contrasted up images that make it into photo books and the media focus on his under dressed teenagers.

RAW: Randy Larcombe – Beneath the Square Mile – AP Bond Til 29th October

Larcombe’s work is perhaps a homage to the engineers and workers to who put the infrastructure together in the first place – so much seems to date back to the 1950s and 1960s – and those who maintain it today. Certainly he revels in structuring his images around the engineers’ demands for order and system.

RAW: Our Mob 2011 – Celebration of SA Indigenous Artists – Preview

Now in its sixth year, Our Mob continues to showcase the best of contemporary Indigenous art from all around the state, including the Anangu/Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Lands in the state’s remote North.

RAW: Stefan Bruneder – Gallery on Waywouth – Til 30 Sept

Happiness, life and celebration can come in many forms but Stefan Bruneder makes a useful contribution to the Australian collection.

RAW: SALA – Suite – Lesa Farrant, Phil Hart et al – St Morris Upholsterers

For those looking for stylish curios for the house, especially at the prices on offer, all present excellent opportunities and reason for a half hour fossicking amongst the furniture.

RAW: SALA – Moving Image Project – Peel Street

Next weekend shall be the final crowning culmination of the month long affair with the street once again being hijacked by a troupe of performers utilising music, dance and projection to create a mind altering atmosphere within the city street.

RAW: SALA – Yiloga – Tiwi Footy – Peter Eve & Monica Napper – Tandanya

With both our local AFL sides going so poorly, a visit to Tandanya to see Yiloga – Tiwi Footy would, for those fans, serve as both a useful diversion and a reminder of the joys of just being a part of it all. For sports and event photographers it is a must.