The Artist's Chronicle is a bi-monthly magazine for artists and collectors in Western Australia, providing information for and about artists in a variety of media. The magazine lists current exhibitions, associated suppliers and services to the arts in Western Australia. Articles include current events in the visual arts in Western Australia, as well as the Eastern Australian States, Europe and America with topics from painting to sculpture, printmaking and new release art books.
The Artist's Chronicle includes coverage of the visual arts in the South of the State, as well as in the capital of Perth, and is distributed around the State.
Editorial
This issue we feature the work of acclaimed contemporary Australian artist Patricia Piccinini on show at the Art Gallery of WA until 22 August. Intriguing and impossibly realistic, Piccinini's work invites dialogue regarding the future of nature changed by technology, and asks - do we really know where our future seems headed in this brave new world?
We also feature Castaways Sculpture Awards for recycled sculpture, held on Rockingham Foreshore, which is encouraging new ideas in art making through the exhibition and free Forum, Sculpture with a Conscience. Much admired by thousands who visited the exhibition this year, Castaways challenges traditional practice by offering a platform for innovative concepts in sculpture. Unlikely materials such as plastic milk bottles, coat-hangers, copper wire and plastic shopping bags provided inspiration for participating artists.
We explore this notion further in Slow Art, through visiting Melbourne sculptor Tony Adams who was part of the judging panel for Castaways, and presented Waste in Sculpture: an infinite resource at the free Forum.
Roger Garwood explores the highs and lows of the recent FotoFreo festival of photography, and Karys McEwen delves into the early life of writer, artist and performer Patti Smith, and her chance relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe through the newly-released book Just Kids. In 2005, New York-based Patti Smith received the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest grade award by the French Republic to eminent artists and writers who have contributed significantly to furthering the arts throughout the world.
Thanks to Luna Cinemas we have ten doubles passes to Exit Through the Gift Shop, the eagerly awaited first film by world-renowned British Street Artist, Banksy.
Lyn DiCiero
Editor