Latest articles by Rhonda Dredge
Change afoot at the Guild
Workmen were busy at the Creative Spaces Guild last month converting the prominent co-working space at the front of the Arts Precinct into some form of office for the University of Melbourne.
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The seeds of the outsider
The Bauhaus movement in Germany has been one of the world’s most influential, particularly in the way it taught students how to combine logic and intuition in their artwork.
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Looking for the perfect square
The Arts Precinct is trying to preserve small squares of public space in the face of rampant high-rise development all around.
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Sex and the city will save you
The quirky imagination of art student Kaijern Koo stood out last month among the finalists for the Majlis $15,000 travelling scholarship.
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Getting better
Laneway culture is still evolving at Southbank. A narrow passage between two buildings has been fitted with cafes and a few hardy individuals are assessing their options.
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Terracotta Warriors and Cai Guo-Qiang
The Winter Masterpieces exhibition is eagerly awaited each year for its insight into global art culture.
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We can be heroes
Love doesn’t have a chance in the abstract halls of New York where disenchanted beings try and enthrall each other with their wayward tales.
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Suspense builds on new NGV gallery
Signature buildings do a lot to lift a community and architect James Pearce is feeling upbeat about Southbank and the upcoming design of a new contemporary gallery at the NGV.
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Shining a light on the wealthy
Cleante and Elise are upset with their father because he won’t give them any money to pursue their love interests.
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Talking to our prejudices
Kate Just has just emerged from a lecture and she’s in a hurry. Her lecture notes are flapping and she’s still carrying a glass of water. She’s late for her next teaching session.
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Alexander Calder paraphrased
If you want to capture the essence of Alexander Calder you need to begin in one place then move forward without lifting your pen off the page, unless you’re at the NGV when you must use a pencil.
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The perils of painting
Art as a career has a mystique that is elusive but you can’t really equate work with the artist. A painter has his own special language that he might only share with another painter.
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Props and egos
It’s blissfully quiet in the props room. Even the musical instruments have forgotten how to kick up a fuss.
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Revenge of the pendulum
It takes a brave performer to sit reading a book with her back turned towards a large pendulum that is swinging slowly her way.
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Evolved over the years
The titles of artworks are clues to their reading. What does a name like “Hazard” really mean?
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All he needs is a plug
A failed robot, circa 2007, lies on the floor. He’s carved out of wood and is human-like, with arms, legs, a torso, wooden blocks for feet and hands and an opening for a mouth and eyes.
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A chance to be collegial
A more modest art fair this year gave both investors and gallerists a chance to develop contacts and consider their options more carefully.
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Spanish male pride in the background
The circular space at the Fairfax Studio was hemmed in by sliding wooden panels as the fluffy coats of a Melbourne winter were exchanged by the audience for the imaginary heat of a Western Australian desert.
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Bold, simple shapes say it all
Cool, hard edge abstraction is on show across Melbourne as six galleries respond to the re-enactment of a famous 1968 exhibition at the NGV, known as The Field.
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