An Introduction to Visual Culture

An introduction to visual culture by Nicholas Mirzoeff (2nd edition) is a new book that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.


An Introduction to Visual Culture provides a wide-ranging introduction to the now established interdisciplinary field of visual culture.


Mapping a global history and theory of visual culture, An Introduction to Visual Culture asks how and why visual media have become so central to everyday life.


Improved text design and colour images throughout make it an even more valuable teaching tool. Brand new features in the second edition include Key Image studies from Holbein's The Ambassadors, to Blade Runner and the Abu Ghraib atrocities; and a Key Words section in each chapter, discussing vital critical terms and the debates that surround them.


In this innovative, thoroughly revised and extended edition, Nicholas Nirzoeff explores:

• an extensive range of visual forms from painting, sculpture, and photography to television, cinema, and the Internet;
• the centrality of "race" and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and the body in shaping visual culture;
• the importance of images of natural disaster and conflict, such as Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq.

-- back cover

Craft Arts International No. 80 (2010)

The latest issue of Craft Arts is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• THE GLASS OF STEFFEN DAM (specimens from a fictitious world) by David Revere McFadden
• A POTTER'S PROFILE (ceramics): JOHN BEDDING by Lucy Frears
• A PLACE FOR THE IMAGINATION (furniture): HELMUT LUECKENHAUSEN by Rodney Hayward
• GLASS PANELS OF LISA CAHILL (kiln-formed & cold-worked) by Eva Czernis-Ryl
• JILL FANSHAWE KATO (functional "art" for the dining table) by Ian Wilson
• ART LIESTMAN (sculptural compositions in wood) by Kevin V. Wallace
• EXPRESSIVE SINGULARITIES (jewellery): BARBARA CHRISTIE
• FANCIFUL AND FORCEFUL (pâte de verre): DENISE PEPPER by Dr Nien Schwarz
• NICK STATHAM (furniture): by George Duchez
• A GLASS PALIMPSEST (kiln-forming): MARC GRUNSEIT by Richard Morell
• PROFILES IN PRINT - ALISON ALDER (printmaking) by Prof. Sasha Grishin
• HANS BORGONJON (ceramics) by Steven Jenkins
• EVENTS AND REVIEWS
• PORTFOLIOS: Ane Christensen (silversmithing) and Colleen McLean (fibre)

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 16th October to Fri 22nd October 2010)

• DALI AND THE CINEMA

This documentary explores Dali's contribution to the world of cinema, with productions like Un chien andalou, L'age d'or, sets for Hitchcock's film Spellbound, scripts written jointly with the Marx Brothers, the Destino project undertaken with Walt Disney (and only recently released), and some rarely seen film extracts held by private collectors or friends. The program also reveals some intimate moments of the life of Dali and Gala, and commentary from friends and associates.
Saturday 16 October 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS
Duration: 60 mins

• THE SCULPTURE DIARIES: EP 3 OF 3

The final of this series examines sculpture in the landscape. Art critic Waldemar Januszczak visits the giant mountain carving in South Dakota of Lakota Indian Crazy Horse, started 60 years ago as an antidote to the Mount Rushmore presidential carvings.
Sunday 17 October 2010 11.10pm
ABC1 Rating: G *Final*CC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
*The Learning Centre has this series available for loan on DVD

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone presents a 2010 Melbourne International Arts Festival special. Featured are aerial theatre group K@osmos, Ursula Yovich's 'Magpie Blues', pioneering video artist Bill Viola and singer Dan Sultan.
Sunday 17 October 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• EATING ART: EATING WITH PICASSO - EP 7 OF 10

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Monday 18 October 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• THE GENIUS OF DESIGN: OBJECTS OF DESIRE - EP 5 OF 5

Today's world is a designed world, a world of people and things with design as the critical interface between the two. Picking up the story of design from the drab days of the late 70s, The Genius Of Design tracks the explosion of wild creativity that defined the 'designer decades' of the 80s and early 90s.
Tuesday 19 October 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: G *Final*CC
Duration: 60 mins

• SEVEN AGES OF BRITAIN: AGE OF AMBITION - EP 7 OF 7

In the last episode of Seven Ages of Britain, David Dimbleby looks at how the 20th century saw ordinary Britons upturning ancient power structures and class hierarchies. The catalyst was the First World War, which embroiled the whole nation and called traditional values into question. The result was an ever-growing 'democratisation' of culture, with art coming off gallery walls, becoming an instrument of self-expression at the service of the individual.
Tuesday 19 October 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: PG *Final*CC
Duration: 65 mins

• STOP. REWIND: BOATS - EP 5 OF 13

We can dive deeper, travel faster, and even live on and in the water. Turns out, boat technology only has two lines of thought - make them faster, and make them safer. Unfortunately the two rarely go hand in hand!
Wednesday 20 October 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 25 mins

• ART + SOUL: BITTER AND SWEET - EP 3 OF 3

In episode three, Hetti explores the themes of Bitter and Sweet and asks "How does the startling beauty - and humour - of Aboriginal art intertwine with reverberations of the past and our present"?
Thursday 21 October 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: *Final*CC
Duration: 60 mins

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 2nd October to Fri 8th October 2010)

• THE SCULPTURE DIARIES: EP 1 OF 3

A quirky and at times dark journey through sculptures with leading British art critic Waldemar Januszczak, is a fascinating look at inspiring and remarkable pieces all around the world. The three-part series travels from a remote Nigerian village to the legendary Easter Island where sombre mysterious structures dominate from a previous civilisation. He also visits a Lithuanian theme park featuring old Communist statues of Lenin, Stalin and Marx.
Sunday 3 October 2010 10.30pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.

• ART NATION

Fenella Kernebone looks at 'art+soul', the Indigenous contemporary art exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW; 'Guilty Pleasures' features Moira Finucane; and songstress Mama Kin performs her latest release 'To My Table'.
Sunday 3 October 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• EATING ART: BEEFED UP ART - EP 5 OF 10

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Monday 4 October 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: PGWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• THE GENIUS OF DESIGN: BLUEPRINT FOR WAR - EP 3 OF 5

This episode examines what happened when design was conscripted into the Second World War, and looks at the rival war machines designed and built by Germany, Britain, the USSR and the USA.
Tuesday 5 October 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 60 mins

• SEVEN AGES OF BRITAIN: AGE OF MONEY - EP 5 OF 7

This week it is the turn of the 18th century, a time when the triumph of commerce led to the emergence of a new 'middle' class: a group of people who craved pleasure and novelty, and developed their own tastes in art. The result was a golden age in painting with Hogarth, Reynolds and Gainsborough re-inventing the British style. The story ends in 1805 with the burial of Horatio Nelson, a commoner, at the heart of St Paul's: the supremacy of the middle class assured.
Tuesday 5 October 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC
Duration: 65 mins

• IMAGES OF CONFLICT: PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE WAR ZONE

Photojournalists tell their stories of life in war zones, trying to make photo stories with one eye on survival and another eye on producing strong, truthful images with a narrative.
Thursday 7 October 2010 8.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: PG, V, LWS Rpt
Duration: 55 mins

• ART + SOUL: HOME AND AWAY - EP 1 OF 3

In this three-part documentary series, Hetti Perkins takes us on a personal journey into the world of Aboriginal art. art + soul, directed by Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah), is the powerful and emotionally engaging television series about contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, and the artists who create it.
Thursday 7 October 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: G *New Series*CC
Duration: 60 mins

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 25th September to Fri 1st October 2010)

• MONUMENTAL VISION IN NEPAL

The Indiana Jones of the art world, Australian sculptor Andrew Rogers, had a vision to create twelve monumental Earth artwork sites around the world. Inspired by the Nazca lines in Peru, these giant rock works are made to be viewed from the air and are large enough to be seen by satellite, 350 km into space. Rogers engages local artisans to build these geoglyphs, which can span vast areas. In this fascinating and groundbreaking adventure/travel documentary, we see how Rogers works in Nepal with local elders to identify their heritage, and recreate the important symbols in stone that carry their stories and their history.
Sunday 26 September 2010 5.00pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Stairway to Heaven is the story of an ancient and sublime work of sacred art, whose loss not only shook the art world, but triggered the shocking realisation that traditional Islamic knowledge and skills have all but vanished.
Sunday 26 September 2010 10.30pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 50 mins

• ART NATION

Chris McAuliffe gives his verdict on the annual 'Footy Art Show'; 'Guilty Pleasures' features conductor Richard Gill; and blues and folk singer Jez Mead performs in the studio.
Sunday 26 September 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• EATING ART: FRUIT PALETTES - EP 4 OF 10

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Monday 27 September 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• THE GENIUS OF DESIGN: DESIGNS FOR LIVING - EP 2 OF 5

This episode: Designs for Living, looks at the crisis-stricken decades of the 1920s and 1930s. With the world at the tipping point between two global wars, design suggested dramatically different ideas about the shape of things to come, from the radical futurism of the Bauhaus to the British love affair with mock-Tudor architecture and the three-piece lounge suite.
Tuesday 28 September 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 60 mins

• SEVEN AGES OF BRITAIN: AGE OF REVOLUTION - EP 4 OF 7

In the 17th century, the people of Britain learnt to question everything. The result was the Civil War, in which everyone, including artists, had to take sides. But out of it came a re-invented monarchy, a scientific revolution and, ultimately, the great Cathedral of St Paul's.
Tuesday 28 September 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 65 mins

• STOP. REWIND: HOUSING - EP 2 OF 13

Tonight Stop. Rewind takes a specific look at high tech homes. The 21st century home promised every labour-saving device you could think of - instant buildings, instant meals, instant clean! We had sensors tracking our every move, opening doors, turning on lights, and dimming the sound.
Wednesday 29 September 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 25 mins

• THE GRUEN TRANSFER: SERIES 3 - EP 12 OF 12

Hosted by Wil Anderson, with Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, The Gruen Transfer lifts the lid on the business of persuasion. It is fast, furious and funny.
Wednesday 29 September 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 Rating: *Final*CC
Duration: 30 mins

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 18th September to Fri 24th September 2010)

• THE DESERT CASTLE

A fascinating insight into the work of high level architects combining originality and artistic flair with compromise and hard-headed business abilities.
Saturday 18 September 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• MONUMENTAL VISION IN CHINA: EP 4 OF 6

Monumental Vision is an international arts adventure series that follows the adventures of Andrew Rogers, one of Australia's most distinguished contemporary sculptors as he works in remote and exotic locations around the world to create monumental 'earth art' called geoglyphs.
Sunday 19 September 2010 5.00pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• STEALING KLIMT

The story of five paintings by Gustav Klimt, stolen by the Nazis in Vienna during WWII. They had been in the possession of a prominent Jewish family until that time. In 2006, a surviving member won the case for their return.
Sunday 19 September 2010 10.30pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 50 mins

• MASK AND MEMORY: SIDNEY NOLAN

Mask And Memory is a new documentary about the man many regard as the greatest Australian painter of the 20th century - Sidney Nolan. If all art has a biographical element, this was dramatically true in Nolan's case. Through interviews with friends, contemporaries and witnesses, producer Catherine Hunter reconstructs the intimate relationships that shaped Nolan's life, the women he loved, and who loved him.
Sunday 19 September 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 55 mins

• ART NATION

Brisbane Festival Special. Fenella Kernebone meets celebrity photographer Douglas Kirkland and checks out Shanghai Lady Killers. Marcus Graham fesses up in Guilty Pleasures and Carry Nation performs in the studio.
Sunday 19 September 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• EATING ART: FULLY BAKED - EP 3 OF 10

Oliver Peyton is a UK-based, Irish restaurateur and art connoisseur. In this series he follows the cultural trail throughout Europe and the US of landmark works of art which have food as a central motif.
Monday 20 September 2010 6.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• THE GENIUS OF DESIGN: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE - EP 1 OF 5

We live in a designed world, made for us, and overseen by a diverse group of specialists that we call designers. This five-part series tell the story of design from the Industrial Revolution to the present day, from the accidental birth of design as a by-product of the 'division of labour' to the central role it now plays as we grapple with issues of over-production, consumption and the environment.
Tuesday 21 September 2010 6.00pm
ABC1 Rating: G *New Series*CC
Duration: 60 mins

• SEVEN AGES OF BRITAIN: AGE OF POWER - EP 3 OF 7

This week we meet the Tudors: from Henry VIII's accession in 1509 to the first performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII exactly 100 years later. David Dimbleby shows how the Tudors used art as an instrument of power and propaganda. First, Henry VIII and the lavish, gilded tomb in Westminster Abbey he commissioned for his father; the epic Field of Cloth of Gold painting in Hampton Court made to celebrate his diplomatic triumph over the French; and the extraordinary patron-artist relationship he cultivated with Hans Holbein.
Tuesday 21 September 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 65 mins

• AN ARTIST IN EDEN: THE WORK OF RUTH MADDISON 2000-2005

Ruth Maddison, a photographer, left Melbourne for the small town of Eden. In Eden, Ruth has been photographing the youth and her surroundings and her work methods are dynamic, inspirational and compelling.
Wednesday 22 September 2010 2.25am (early hours)
ABC1 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• STOP. REWIND: ROBOTS - EP 1 OF 13

Planes, trains, fast cars, high-tech homes, space exploration - Stop. Rewind is a television journey that plots the most innovative 25 years in human history. From the giant leap forward in technology from the mid-1980s to the beginning of the 21st century, Stop. Rewind explores those ideas, discoveries, breakthroughs, dead-ends and eureka moments that shaped the latter part of the 20th century and laid the groundwork for the 21st.
Wednesday 22 September 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: G *New Series*CC
Duration: 25 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

With the Grand Final just around the corner, tonight is The New Inventors: Semi-Final, hosted by James O'Loghlin. For the past seven years The New Inventors has launched the best and brightest new inventions from across the country, and this year has been no exception.
Wednesday 22 September 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE GRUEN TRANSFER: SERIES 3 - EP 11 OF 12

Hosted by Wil Anderson, with Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, The Gruen Transfer lifts the lid on the business of persuasion. It is fast, furious and funny.
Wednesday 22 September 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS SPECIAL: DESTINATION 2020

ABC TV's The New Inventors tonight dives into the future with a special program: Destination 2020. Following the success of its Saving Water Special earlier this year, The New Inventors again suspends its search for the best invention of the year to gain an illuminating insight into what might be awaiting us in 2020.
Thursday 23 September 2010 5.30am (early hours)
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• VIEWS ON VERMEER: 10 SHORT STORIES

Contemporary artists, photographers and opinion leaders unravel the extraordinary and mysterious impact of Johannes Vermeer on our day and age. Features Tom Hunter, Chuck Close, Erwin Olaf and Philip-Lorca diCorcia and many more.
Thursday 23 September 2010 8.30pm
SBS TWO Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 55 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS: GRAND FINAL

The spectacular one-hour Grand Final returns to ABC1 with viewers invited to join The New Inventors team as they celebrate and showcase the best of Australian innovation.
Thursday 23 September 2010 8.30pm
ABC1 Rating: *Final*CC
Duration: 60 mins

• THE DA VINCI SHROUD

The Shroud of Turin is the Christian world's most famous and sacred relic. For centuries the faithful believed it held the image of Jesus Christ, tortured and crucified: but how it was made has baffled scientists for decades. This film examines the controversial theory that the Turin Shroud is the work of Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest artists who ever lived.
Thursday 23 September 2010 9.30pm
ABC1 Rating: MCC
Duration: 50 mins

The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australia Art

The new McCulloch's encyclopedia of Australian art by Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch and Emily McCulloch Childs (4th edition) is a new reference book that is now available for use in the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Hommage à l'art - a personal note: Alan McCulloch
• Tony Tuckson; A prophet in his own country
• About this book
• Abbreviations and contractions
• Aboriginal art and artists
• Australian art and artists
• Auctions, collections, trusts and foundations
• Exhibitions
• Public art galleries and art museums
• Private art galleries
• Prizes, awards and scholarships
• Schools and universities
• About the authors

Artlink Vol. 30 No. 3 (2010)

The latest issue of Artlink is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• The meandering river: slowing down and keeping going Stephanie Britton
• The Fourth Plinth Jo Higgins
• Echigo-Tsumari: public art as regenerating force Janet Maughan
• Who stole the Southern Cross? A cautionary tale for public art Kevin Murray
• Torches in the night: the Odyssey of Craig Walsh Annemarie Kohn
• Art in the public arena in the 21st Century Catherine De Lorenzo
• Dealing with the past: the ARC biennial Carol Schwarzman
• There is going to be a wedding: Elizabeth Woods Sean Kelly
• A public spectacle: Next Wave risks all Dylan Rainforth
• Strangers and the slow laneway experience Kate Warren
• Social conscience, migration, rivers and oceans: Virginia King Robin Woodward
• Solar systems, winter glow: Cameron Robbins, Alexander Knox Anna Zagala
• The transnational appeal of localism: Urban Art Projects Pat Hoffie
• Synergy Tasmania-style: GASP! Pippa Dickson
• Self in the city: Launceston Living laneways Wendy Newton
• Street Talk with Mary Lou Pavlovic Juliette Peers
• Royal Mail vs McQueen: a very public memorial for the dead Jo Higgins
• Magic Lantern Rundle St Adelaide Thea Sarris

Regular Features

• Artrave
• Obituary Shaw Hendry
• Exhibition reviews
• Previews OzAsia at Adelaide Festival Centre
• ETW Exhibitions to Watch

Artists - Call for Entries - Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture

Calling all artists - $500 up for grabs!
Are you creative? Would you like to exhibit your art? Want to win $500? Are you a tenant?
If you are you can enter the 2010 International Tenants’ Day Art Show.

The theme of this year’s art show is “Rent or Own – it is Still my Home”.
Painting, drawing, photography and sculpture will be accepted, subject to the discretion of the organising committee.

1st prize is $500, 2nd prize $300 and 3rd prize $200. There will also be a People’s Choice Award.

Contact Details: 6247 1026 or email tuact@bigpond.net.au
More information: www.tenantsact.org.au

Artists' Portraits

Published with the assistance of the Morris West Trust Fund, Artists' Portraits features discussions with twenty-six Australian artists, none of them living except in their work, talking about themselves and what they have drawn, painted, or sculpted. They speak for themselves as no one else can.

Download Artists' Portraits 17.5Mb pdf free of charge.

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 31st July to Fri 6th August 2010)

• BACON'S ARENA

Francis Bacon was one of the most filmed artists of the 20th century, although he did not allow the filming of himself actually painting. The artist is given a powerful presence through the use of archival footage. The viewer experiences the charms of the man, which are in contrast to the disturbing nature of his paintings, showing screaming popes and deformed bodies. Bacon's works are examined through their likely connection to his relationships with six different men in six decades of his life.
Saturday 31 July 2010 1.45pm
SBS ONE Rating: PG, A, L, N, SWS Rpt
Duration: 100 mins

• US ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY: COMPASSION - SERIES 5, EP 1 OF 4

Might a work of art move us to temper our more destructive impulses? In what ways do artists' feelings of empathy contribute to works that tackle problematic subjects and address the human condition? This episode features three artists - William Kentridge, Doris Salcedo, and Carrie Mae Weems - whose works explore conscience and the possibility of understanding and reconciling past and present, while exposing injustice and expressing tolerance for others.
Saturday 31 July 2010 3.25pm
SBS ONE Rating: PGWS
Duration: 65 mins

• ARTSCAPE: LIGHT ART - ANGELA BULLOCH, IM ZWIELICHT DER ERINNERUNG

The art of London and Berlin-based sculptor and installation/sound artist, Angela Bulloch.
Sunday 1 August 2010 6.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 25 mins

• ART OF SPAIN: THE MYSTICAL NORTH - EP 3 OF 3

In the final episode, Andrew reveals how the north of the country has produced some of the most dazzling and iconic art of the modern age; Spain's turbulent history has shaped artists from Francisco Goya to Pablo Picasso. He also argues that Spanish architecture is the art form taking the nation forward in the new millennium.
Sunday 1 August 2010 10.50pm
ABC1 Rating: PG *Final*CC Rpt
Duration: 50 mins

• ARTSCAPE: PHOTOGRAPHY HIJACKED

Photography Hijacked, a documentary by Jack Pam (son of Max Pam), is an exploration into the process, technique and outcomes of the work of 12 unique photographers from Australia and America. The film explores the concept that individuality of process is what underwrites and makes possible all interesting artwork.
Sunday 1 August 2010 6.30pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• ART NATION

Chris McAuliffe reviews 'European Masters: Staedel Museum, 19th-20th Century' currently on show at the National Gallery of Victoria, a new segment 'Guilty Pleasures', and The Wilson Pickers live in the studio.
Sunday 1 August 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• SOLIDBODIES: THE 50 YEAR GUITAR WAR

Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul electric guitars have been heard on more popular recordings than any other instruments during the rock era. This is the story of their design, sounds, and the battle between them.
Monday 2 August 2010 12.20am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring a container that is edible and biodegradable; how to create aerosol paint with a smooth coverage; biofeedback device to encourage stroke patients to shift more of their weight onto their affected side.
Wednesday 4 August 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• GRUEN NATION: EP 2 OF 4

Host Wil Anderson and Gruen regulars, Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, will run an x-ray over the federal election - its advertising and all the other tricks political parties use to get their message out.
Wednesday 4 August 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 45 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: CUMBRIA

Kevin McCloud revisits an unusual building in the wild open countryside of Cumbria, one of the most beautiful regions in the UK. Helen and Phil Reddy wanted their home to make the most of the spectacular views, but they also wanted it to be ecologically friendly with no heating bills. Their solution was to build an earth-sheltered home, with most of the house built into the hillside.
Thursday 5 August 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: G *Final*CC
Duration: 55 mins

Big Blue Bear

Big blue bear is a new DVD that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"Big Blue Bear is a program about the creative process, the confluence of art and technology, and about a 40-foot bear coming to be." -- back cover

Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck is a new DVD that is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

"Ron Mueck is a contemporary Australian artist with an impressive international reputation. In this program we witness the creation and display of one of his most famous creations - 'a girl' - a massive sculpture of a baby that confronts and confounds us with its vulnerable humanity. Realism clashes with scale to create a memorable artistic experience." -- back cover

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 24th July to Fri 30th July 2010)

• MARKUS RAETZ

An overview of the life's work of Swiss artist Markus Raetz. Raetz has been creating art for 40 years and his works cover an immensely broad span of different forms of sculpture, photography and sketches.
Saturday 24 July 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• MONUMENTAL VISION IN ICELAND: EP 2 OF 6

Iceland, one of the most northern countries in the world...only 25 miles from the arctic circle is the most active volcanic area on the planet with the largest waterfall and glacier in Europe. Here Rogers has been invited to Akureyri, one of the twenty largest cities in Iceland located at the end of the largest fjord in Iceland, to create a series of earth artworks to preserve their ancient Celtic/Viking mythology.
Sunday 25 July 2010 5.00pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 25 mins

• ART OF SPAIN: THE DARK HEART - EP 2 OF 3

In this three-part series, art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon goes on the road to reveal the art treasures of Spain. The second episode follows Andrew as he journeys to Spain's centre to explore the art of the 16th and 17th centuries. From El Greco to Velazquez, this era was so extraordinary it became known as the Golden Age.
Sunday 25 July 2010 10.50pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 50 mins

• STONE UPON STONE UPON STONE: REIMS CATHEDRAL

A series looking at important medieval buildings in Europe.
Sunday 25 July 2010 4.50pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 10 mins

• ART NATION

Featuring the work of up-and-coming visual artist Laith McGregor whose blue biro portraits feature bearded men; and Katie Noonan and The Captains perform from their new album.
Sunday 25 July 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• LIQUID STONE: UNLOCKING GAUDI'S SECRETS

The challenge to complete the Sagrada Familia Church, according to Gaudi's vision, is revealed by architects and artisans who have spent years of their lives immersed in unlocking the secrets of Gaudi's Liquid Stone.
Sunday 25 July 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins

• KATSURA RIKYU: IMPERIAL VILLA OF THE MOON

A first time glimpse inside the beautiful Katsura Rikyu Imperial Villa in Kyoto shows why it is renowned for being the quintessence of Japanese aesthetics. Built in the 17th century for an aristocratic family, it reveals all the glory and attention to fine craftsmanship Japanese princes put into their palaces, despite it being a time when the Imperial Court was losing power to the Samurai.
Sunday 25 July 2010 8.25pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 50 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

A cooking special featuring Poh Ling Yeow, Matthew Evans and Margaret Fulton who will be casting their gaze over three new food-related inventions.
Wednesday 28 July 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• GRUEN NATION: EP 1 OF 4

For the first time during an Election, each week Wil Anderson, Todd Sampson, Russell Howcroft and guest panelists - political insiders and commentators - will examine the art and science of political persuasion. What works, what doesn't. We'll run a Gruen comb through this election, as well as previous Australian and overseas campaigns.
Wednesday 28 July 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 45 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: SURREY

When Philip Trail, a young father of two, was diagnosed with a brain tumour, he and his wife Angela decided to sell their London home and start a healthier, less stressful life in the country. They moved to a village in Surrey to be close to Philip's family, and decided to renovate a 150-year-old threshing barn. Rather than a barn conversion, it was more of a barn inversion.
Thursday 29 July 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 17th July to Fri 23rd July 2010)

• FRANCISCO GOYA: THE WAY TO LUCIDITY

Francisco Goya was born in Aragon, Spain, in 1746. He underwent a major change following a road accident in 1793 and subsequently suffered a stroke that left him deaf. Before 1793, his paintings represented joyful scenes, in bright colours and after his accident he drew grim representations showing the ugly side of human nature.
Saturday 17 July 2010 3.00pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• TIM MARLOW MEETS JUNG CHANG

Tim meets the writer Jung Chang whose family history novel, Wild Swans became an international best seller. Jung Chang chose the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to explore her life and work.
Saturday 17 July 2010 3.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: GWS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• MONUMENTAL VISION IN INDIA: EP 3 OF 6

Australian sculptor Andrew Rogers specialises in constructing geoglyphs, huge sculptures that can cover hundreds of metres of ground, made of rocks and other natural materials.
Sunday 18 July 2010 9.05pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 25 mins

• ART OF SPAIN: THE MOORISH SOUTH - EP 1 OF 3

In this three-part series, art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon goes on the road to reveal the art treasures of Spain. On the way, he explores the work of some of Europe's most important artists from the Renaissance to Modernism including Goya, Picasso, Dali, El Greco and Velasquez.
Sunday 18 July 2010 11.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 55 mins

• ART NATION

We look at the latest work of inveterate traveller and artist Stephen Eastaugh; Namila Benson travels to Tasmania for the Festival of Voices; and Kate Vigo performs in the studio.
Sunday 18 July 2010 5.30pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• LEARNING FROM LIGHT: THE VISION OF I. M. PEI

Culture. Nature. Light, These elements provide the structure for a documentary film that explores the vision of one of the world's master architects, I.M. Pei and his newest creation, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.
Sunday 18 July 2010 7.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC
Duration: 95 mins

• ARTISTS AT WORK: CLAIRE HEALY AND SEAN CORDEIRO - EP 3 OF 4

Up and coming installation artists have come back to Sydney after two years on the international arts circuit and are revisiting Sean's parents' garage in suburban Sydney. What was once just leftover stuff, packed away in damp boxes while they travelled the world, will now become the centrepiece of their new work for the Art Gallery of New South Wales' annual sculpture exhibition - The Balnaves.
Tuesday 20 July 2010 2.40am (early hours)
ABC1 Rating: MCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• LANDSCAPE OF THE WYNNE

Artscape: Landscape of the Wynne transports you into the studios of four very different contemporary Australian painters - Geoff Dyer, Graham Fransella, Ben McKeown and Kate Shaw. Watch as they each try to win the oldest and most prestigious gong given for Australian landscape painting - the Wynne Prize.
Tuesday 20 July 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• ARTSCAPE: HANNAH GADSBY GOES DOMESTIC

Comedian Hannah Gadsby has been called many things, but never domestic. This 'domestically-challenged' winner of the Director's Choice Award at the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival steps outside of her comfort zone and into the kitchen to explore the work of contemporary artists who have been inspired by themes of domesticity.
Tuesday 20 July 2010 10.00pm
ABC1 Rating: PGCC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring new ideas to allow pools to hibernate in peace; improve emergency exit ladders in underground mines; quickly and easily install new vineyard trellis posts.
Wednesday 21 July 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE GRUEN TRANSFER: SERIES 3 - EP 6 OF 12

Hosted by Wil Anderson, with Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft, The Gruen Transfer lifts the lid on the business of persuasion. It is fast, furious and funny.
Wednesday 21 July 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins
*The Learning Centre has series 1 of this program available for loan on DVD.

• MESSAGE STICK: TWELVE CANOES - EP 2 OF 3

A series of short films that paint a compelling portrait of the people, history, culture and place of the Yolngu people whose homeland is the Arafura Swamp of north-central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Thursday 22 July 2010 5.30am (early hours)
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: WALTON HUF HAUS

David and Greta Iredale are seasoned builders. They built their first house in 1956 and their second, nine years later. Having lived in it for 40 years, the timber house they designed themselves began to rot, so they decided to demolish it and replace it with a prefab. For their final house, they chose a solid, German built, precision engineered Huf Haus.
Thursday 22 July 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 55 mins

Television Programs of Interest (Sat 26th June to Fri 2nd July 2010)

• LIVING WITH THE FUTURE: EP 6 OF 6

Richard Paxton died at only 49, and his legacy is the house he designed for himself and his family. His widow, Heidi, lives there now with their two teenage children. When Simon Davis arrives, he finds it hard to see an entrance. Behind a sort of high-tech garage door which miraculously lifts (including the boxes of planted pansies) to let him in, he finds a house noone would suspect, as it contrasts strongly with the surrounding mews.
Saturday 26 June 2010 4.00pm (not screening WA)
SBS ONE Rating: G *Final*CC WS Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• BIKINI REVOLUTION

Bikini Revolution tells a fun and light-hearted story of the bikini: a story that began in July 1946 in Paris. The French are pretty good at revolutions, but this time, they stormed the swimming pool instead of the Bastille. However, across the Atlantic, where the prim American version of the two-piece was still covering New World navels, people were having difficulties coming to terms with the revolution instigated by fashion designer Louis Reard who called his daring new two-piece swimsuit "the bikini" because it sounded exotic.
Saturday 26 June 2010 8.30pm (not screening WA)
SBS ONE Rating: PGCC WS
Duration: 60 mins

• FAIRWEATHER MAN

An intimate portrait of the life and work of one of Australia's greatest painters. When Ian Fairweather died in 1974, Australia not only lost an extraordinary artist but one of its greatest eccentrics. However, the reclusive, driven artist left behind a wonderful legacy - a body of marvellous paintings that today are highly collectible and hang on the walls of galleries around the world.
Sunday 27 June 2010 8.30pm
ABC2 Rating: GCC Rpt
Duration: 60 mins

• ARTSCAPE: LISA ROET - APE LADY

Spanning a career of almost 20 years, artist Lisa Roet has made the plight of chimpanzees the subject of her life's work. Her passionate investigation of primates has seen her producing artworks in mediums as diverse as sculpture, photography, video art, stained glass, screen printing, drawing and painting.
Sunday 27 June 2010 6.30pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• FACE PAINTING WITH BILL LEAK: BON SCOTT - EP 3 OF 6

A six-part series which will take viewers on an amazing journey as renowned cartoonist and portrait painter Bill Leak paints six well-known Australians. In this week's emotional episode, Bill paints AC/DC larrikin Bon Scott. To understand the essence of the character of Bon Scott, Bill spends time with Bon's ex-wife Irene. They separated before Bon became famous but always remained good friends. Irene has never been interviewed for TV about her relationship before and in this interview she shares her memories of Bon's earlier life and his off-stage persona.
Tuesday 29 June 2010 6.00pm
ABC2 Rating: PGCC Rpt
Duration: 30 mins

• ARTSCAPE: NECESSARY GAMES

Necessary Games is a collection of three award-winning short dance films. Featuring members of Adelaide's Restless Dance Theatre, each of the three films showcase unique and compelling dance performances by disabled and non disabled dancers.
Tuesday 29 June 2010 10.00pm
ABC1 Rating: GCC
Duration: 30 mins

• THE NEW INVENTORS

Featuring new ideas to lessen the pressure of lifelong trailer commitment; quickly and easily detect dangerous bacteria; uphold hygiene standards in the poultry industry.
Wednesday 30 June 2010 8.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• DESIGN FOR LIFE: EP 5 OF 6

With only four students left after last week's brutal elimination round, renowned international designer Philippe Starck's search for a new British protege moves to the next level.
Wednesday 30 June 2010 8.30pm
ABC2 CC
Duration: 60 mins

• THE GRUEN TRANSFER: SERIES 3 - EP 3 OF 12

What is the worst ad of all time? This year on the show, audiences will be able to nominate what they think is the worst ad of all time and whichever ad gets the most votes wins.
Wednesday 30 June 2010 9.00pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 30 mins

• GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED: PECKHAM

When Monty Ravenscroft and Clare Loewe began looking for a house to buy in London they soon realised that the only affordable option was to build one themselves. They found a very cheap block of land in Peckham and bought it at auction, only to be told it was too small to put a house on. Undeterred, engineering-whiz Monty began building an experimental bungalow that filled the site from boundary to boundary.
Thursday 1 July 2010 6.05pm
ABC1 CC
Duration: 55 mins

• MALLS R US

Traces the history of the shopping mall in America, visiting some of the world's largest and most spectacular malls in Canada, the USA, the UK, Japan, Poland, France and Dubai. Contains interviews with architects, mall developers, environmentalists, labour activists and social critics, as well as talking to mall shoppers themselves.
Friday 2 July 2010 1.30pm
SBS ONE WS
Duration: 60 mins

• CRACKING THE COLOUR CODE: VIEWING COLOURS - EP 1 OF 3

Cracking the Colour Code, a three part series is an unprecedented global journey to explore the frontiers of how we view colour, make colour and use the power of colour to communicate meaning.
Friday 2 July 2010 2.30pm
SBS ONE Rating: GCC WS Rpt
Duration: 60 mins
*The Learning Centre has this program available for loan on DVD.

Craft ACT Exhibition

Opening 6.pm Thursday 24 June followed at 7.pm with an artist talk by Ian Factor

You and your guests are invited to join Craft ACT at the official opening of the exhibitions by guest speaker

Grace Cochrane independent writer and curator

Abstract
Ian Factor
Craft ACT Gallerie
Discover contemporary furniture which explores a new consciousness in furniture design. Factor’s distinctive works establish a creative fusion between abstract design and functional furniture using sustainable timbers. The exhibition will examine the effect of placing contemporary furniture in a gallery context showcasing the union of functionality with abstract and sculptural forms.

Substrate, Structure, Surface
Leonie Andrews
Craft ACT Gallerie
The compulsion to order, to create physical and visual harmony is at the core of Andrews’ work. Recycled textiles are joined through layering and stitching, united by dyes, printed and stitched marks. The holes, wear and tear and stains become key elements adding vitality to these textile works.

Mind Refined
Jane Crick
Craft ACT Crucible Showcase
Craft ACT partners with the Canberra Potters’ Society, to award an exhibition selected from the Society’s annual members exhibition. Jane Crick is the recipient of the 2009 award. Crick plays with form and texture, creating ceramic objects she describes as ‘messed up geometry’. The works are inspired by agricultural and industrial buildings, and represent a progression of Crick's practice to new angular, rustic forms.

The exhibitions continue until Saturday 31 July
Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Civic ACT
GALLERY HOURS Tue-Fri 10.am-5.pm Sat 12.pm-4.pm
www.craftact.org.au

Drop and Plop: public debate

Craft ACT Galleries
Tuesday 8 June 6.pm–7.pm

Craft ACT and Canberra Contemporary Art Space presents the Fora Series. This series of informal discussions and debates examine topical issues surrounding the impact and influence of contemporary craft and design on the cityscape and city dwellers, and form part of the ongoing dialogue associated with the Designing a Capital: Crafting a City program.

Drop and plop: the art of public sculpture explores the validity of public art and its civic function for the people of Canberra. Come and hear the experts and the most opinionated as they debate the question, 'Is public art the least democratic of art forms?'.

Join host David Broker, Director Canberra Contemporary Art Space and prepare yourself for a night of light hearted humour, opinion and good old fashion hot-headed competitiveness.

Speaking for the assenting team arguing 'Public art is the most democratic of art forms' we have Senator Kate Lundy, Kate Murphy and Michael Desmond, and on the dissenting team arguing 'Public art is the least democratic of art forms' we will hear from Domenic Mico, Karina Harris and Natalie Thomas.

For more information on our speakers visit the Designing a Capital: Crafting a City program on our website.

Gudgenby traces continues until Saturday 12 June
Level 1, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Civic ACT
GALLERY HOURS Tue-Fri 10.am-5.pm Sat 12.pm-4pm
www.craftact.org.au

Artforum International (March 2010)

The latest issue of Artforum is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

• Letters

COLUMNS

• Editor's letter: CULTURAL ABSTRACT Tim Griffin
• PASSAGES Sarah K. Rich on Kenneth Nolan -- James Quandt on Eric Rohmer
• FILM Amy Taubin on Bong Joon-ho's Mother -- John Kelsey on The Runaways
• SLANT Eileen Myles on "ACT UP New York" -- David Joselit on Hans Haacke's "Weather, or Not"
• TOP TEN Margaret Honda

FEATURES

• True Lies: The Art of Keren Cytter Daniel Birnbaum
• 1000 Words: Kelly Nipper David Velasco
• State of the Art: Matisse Under Examination Jeffrey Weiss
• Another History: On Photography and Abstraction Matthew Witkovsky
• Sale of the Century: Malcolm McLaren Greil Marcus
• Motion Studies: The Art of Olga Chernysheva Viktor Misiano
• Openings: Alex Hubbard Suzanne Hudson

REVIEWS

• Jeff Kelley on Ai Weiwei
• Margaret Sundell on Man Ray
• Catherine Taft on Allen Ruppersberg
• From New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Austin, Brussels, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Geneva, Aarau, Milan, Valencia, Stockholm, Istanbul, Moscow, Warsaw, Prague, Mumbai, Kyoto, Seoul, and Mexico City

Art & Australia Vol. 47 No. 4 (Winter 2010)

The latest issue of Art & Australia is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

*Image courtesy of Art & Australia

Forum

• Contributors
• Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can there be art? Andrew Maerkle
• 'We are two people but one artist': Four decades of Gilbert & George Michael Fitzgerald
• Back to the Future: Rome 2010 Cathryn Drake
• Fair game: Art versus sport in 'the lucky country' Christopher McAuliffe
• Preparing the ground: On the founding of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art Dinah Dysart
• The material of meaning: Illuminating the art of Joseph Kosuth Natalie King
• A gallery on the Indian Ocean Rim: Dr Stefano Carboni in conversation with Seán Doran
• Tributes: David Baker by David Said; Eva Breuer by Christine France; Brian Dunlop by Sasha Grishin

Features

• A curator's life: Remembering Nick Waterlow
• Nick's eyes Juliet Darling
• Marking the test of time: Nick Waterlow and The Aboriginal memorial Djon Mundine
• Nick Waterlow, the biennale, and me David Elliott
• Nick Waterlow: The ability to be uncertain Julian Beaumont
• A bird's-eye view: Nick Waterlow's exhibitions Felicity Fenner
• First among equals: Nick Waterlow and the 2000 Biennale of Sydney Margaret Farmer
• The creation of contemporary Australian art Nick Waterlow
• Brook Andrew: Sensation and sensory politics Anthony Gardner
• Victory over death: For Nick Waterlow Rex Butler and Laurence Simmons

Review

• The 4th Auckland Triennial Tessa Laird
• Jenny Holzer Justin Paton
• Fiona Tan: Coming Home John Clark
• Before & After Science; Apart, We Are Together Stephen Muecke
• Ron Mueck Peter Hill
• John Reynolds: Nomadology Charlotte Huddleston

Books

• Art Power Reviewed by Souchou Yao

Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces and Art & Australia Emerging Writers Program

• Helen Hughes

Art & Australia / Credit Suisse Private Banking Contemporary Art Award

• Susan Jacobs Marni Williams