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Australia's Ambivalence Towards Asia: Politics, neo/post-colonialism, and fact/fiction by J. V. D'Cruz and William Steele
In 1985 Howard Taylor was the first artist to be awarded the Australia Council’s Emeritus Award for senior artists. The same year, he was honoured with a retrospective by the Art Gallery of Western Australia, curated by Gary Dufour, who is also responsible for the current exhibition, Howard Taylor: Phenomena. Recognised for his very successful career in P ...
Ingenious edited by Melissa Butcher and Mandy Thomas & Phat Beats, Dope Rhymes by Ian Maxwell
A Cold Touch by Lawrence Bourke & All Day, All Night by Cath Kenneally
The city of Aveiro is compact yet important, with wealthy foundations in the industries of fisheries and salt. The bright white cobblestones of the town’s historical centre evoke its economic history: rock salt crystals with darker cobbled nautical motifs (anchors, rope, fishes). Tiled walls in blue (azulejos) are both practical in the salty air and signal sea. Broad salt pans nearby bless the air with a refreshing sea breeze, the Portuguese equivalent of the ‘Fremantle doctor’. The bright, white light is almost Western Australian in quality.
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