Artist Profile

Artist Profile is a fresh, imaginative magazine recording the personalities of leading artists and rising art stars that fill the visual arts and inspire a new generation of art lover. The magazine features intimate studio portraits, artists' working environments, leading opinion writers, previews of major public gallery exhibitions, feature articles on international artists and events, book reviews and more.

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Editor’s Note • Artist Profile acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we work.

ARTISTS WITH HOME STUDIOS DENIED INSURANCE • OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, ARTISTS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE SUDDEN CANCELLATION OF THEIR HOME AND CONTENTS INSURANCE POLICIES AFTER CALLING THEIR PROVIDERS TO CHECK THEIR COVERAGE. AN ABC INVESTIGATION RECENTLY REVEALED THAT HOME AND CONTENTS INSURANCE POLICIES MAY BE VOID WHERE A PERSON IS CONDUCTING BUSINESS AT HOME, FOLLOWING A HOUSE FIRE INSURANCE CLAIM THAT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE FAMILY OCCASIONALLY SOLD EGGS AT THEIR FRONT GATE.

David Hayes • DAVID HAYES PAINTS HIGH-GLOSS ICONIC WORKS WHICH ARE REMINISCENT OF POP ART – BUT INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING MASS CULTURE, EMPLOY POWERFUL SYMBOLIC IMAGERY TO DIG DEEP INTO THE HUMAN CONDITION. THE WORKS ARE BOTH PERSONAL AND GENDER-REFLECTIVE, AND EXPLORE OUR MORTALITY, SURVIVAL, AND DESIRE TO LIVE WITH HOPE.

Liam Benson Tapestry Reissued • LIAM BENSON’S WORK ACROSS PHOTOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE, VIDEO, AND TEXTILES HAS NEGOTIATED THE COMPLEX SOCIAL HISTORIES RIPPLING BENEATH SUBURBAN LIFE OVER SOME TWENTY YEARS. PREPARING FOR A SURVEY EXHIBITION AT BATHURST REGIONAL ART GALLERY, BENSON’S WORK IS TURNING MORE AND MORE TOWARDS MODES OF COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

Wood for the Trees SIMRYN GILL • SIMRYN GILL IS AN ARTIST WHO DEFIES (AND ACTIVELY SUBVERTS) EASY DESCRIPTION. HER PHOTOGRAPHY MOVES BETWEEN FORMATS. HER OWN WRITING (AND MANY BOOKS) ARE INTRICATE POLEMICS. HER WORKS ON PAPER USE PRIMAL PRINTING AND DRAWING METHODS. WORKING WITH A SPRAWLING OVER-VIEW, MANY OF HER MATERIALS ARE FOUND OBJECTS OF PRIVATE SIGNIFICANCE COLLECTED OVER LONG TRACTS OF TIME. GILL IS THE ARTIST WHO FAMOUSLY REMOVED THE ROOF OF THE AUSTRALIAN PAVILION AT THE VENICE BIENNALE, AND PHOTOGRAPHED RAGGED PLASTIC BAGS ON A COMMISSION FOR LOUIS VUITTON. LACED WITH ACERBIC WIT, HER PROJECT TO DESTROY THE BARRIER BETWEEN MATERIAL AND SUBJECT, HIERARCHY AND EXPERIENCE IS A SUBTLE ONE. LAUNCHING TWO MAJOR INSTALLATIONS IN TWO STAGES FOR THE ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, GILL IS THE POLYMATH WHOSE RESONANT IDEAS ALWAYS SEEM TO SEEP WAY BEYOND THE SAFETY OF THE GALLERY WALL.

Susan Jacobs For Every Solution There Is a Problem • SYDNEY-BORN, LONDON-BASED ARTIST SUSAN JACOBS TAKES A PLAYFUL APPROACH TO THE LANGUAGE AND MATTER AROUND HER – INCLUDING THE ARCHITECTURAL SPACES IN WHICH HER WORK IS EXHIBITED. WITH SLEIGHT OF HAND AND A REAM OF ART-HISTORICAL REFERENCE, SHE EXPLORES THE PRODUCTIVE POSSIBILITIES OF MISINTERPRETATION.

Nalini Malani Casting Shadows • NALINI MALANI HAS WITNESSED ALL SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF MODERN INDIA SINCE ITS INDEPENDENCE. SHE SHARES ANECDOTES AND REFLECTS ON HER UPCOMING AND MAJOR AUSTRALIAN SURVEY AT THE ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

John Wolseley Intelligence with the Earth • OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES, JOHN WOLSELEY’S WORK IN WATERCOLOUR, DRAWING, PRINTMAKING, AND INSTALLATION HAS FORMED A CAVERNOUS MEDITATION ON THE EARTH AS A HARMONIC LIVING SYSTEM. HE HAS LIVED AND WORKED ALL OVER THE CONTINENT, FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF TASMANIA TO THE FLOODPLAINS OF ARNHEM LAND, TRACING THE CREASES AND COURSES OF THE LIVING, BREATHING LAND.

Kate Wallace Memory of Place • KATE WALLACE’S INTIMATE MINIATURES DISARM AND DISORIENT; SCENES DRAW THE VIEWER IN WITH A PROMISE OF THE FAMILIAR, ONLY TO ROB THEM OF A COMPASS UPON SLOWER LOOKING. AT THE CLOSE OF...