I hope that you learn something from all the brilliant writers who have contributed to this edition, or that you at least do a double take in the mirror next time you put on a new outfit. And I hope you see the value of learning to cut from your own unique cloth.
Browsing: art
“An Apolitical University is a Dead University” is a response artwork emphasising activism as a means to challenge the systems which attempt to undermine queerness, whilst promoting intersectional liberation for all.
Our campus is scattered with paintings, sculptures, reliefs, and site-specific installations. Old and new acquisitions line corridors and walls, occupy…
Maybe it’s not for you, and that’s okay. But for those of us who appreciate little surprises and revel in exploring the city, there’s a whole world of art waiting to be found: you only need to look closer.
Today, many children are being deprived of the creative experience. Instead, they’re watching cocomelon. And personally, I am scared of the inevitable rise of the ‘iPad Baby’.
There is something to be said for the opportunity to look love right in the face, in broad daylight, surrounded by people but enchanted only by the one standing next to you.
Anyone who steps through the doors or visits the online sale can become a collector, experiencing art for its personal value and engaging in an aesthetic—rather than fiscal—experience.
Far from the boldly prescriptive propagandic works of Lissitzky, the ideology disseminated through art on campus is so enduring and pervasive you could waltz through an undergraduate degree without noticing it. Many do.
The installation is dynamic and transportational, wrapping the viewer in layers of story and culture. It speaks to the breadth and depth of Pacific experience, offering just a glimpse of what it means to identify as Tagata Moana.
In the insistence that Edwards and Wolinski placed on pulling apart Dobell’s otherwise unremarkable painting, we see a culture frantically insecure about itself, and needing to define itself within the rigid parameters of history and convention.
