Editorial

The Ellenbrook Cultural Foundation has landed a coup in securing a selection of works from the prestigious TarraWarra Museum of Art in Victoria to headline its inaugural Ellenbrook Festival over late October to late November, thanks to the efforts of Curator Philippa O'Brien. Treasures of the TarraWarra Museum of Art will no doubt prove a popular drawcard for the public, and encourage attendance at other Festival events with works by artists such as Rosalie Gascoigne and Arthur Boyd on offer. Ambitious in scope, we hope the Festival grows and prospers in the years to come.

In an effort to ease the financial crisis for his fellow artists, American artist Antonio Puri has devised a unique answer which also benefits buyers. Art4barter is an exhibition project where no money changes hands, and one Antonio hopes to take to other countries.

Our Book Review coincidentally also reports on a current exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design, published to accompany the exhibition, reveals vibrant European trends where the line between art and design has substantially blurred.

We also review the little known Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, illustrated by Michel Streich, a Declaration once dismissed by the previous Australian government, but embraced by the current Rudd government which sets a moral standard of rights for the Indigenous peoples of the world.

We visit a transformed and relocated Elements Art Gallery in Dalkeith where the gallery seems to have finally found its niche, and send our best wishes to Brian Aylward celebrating his seventieth birthday and fortieth solo exhibition in October.

Lyn DiCiero
Editor