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Posted on 5 December 201714 March 2018 by janeosullivan

It’s like I’m the test pilot of a plane, but I’m building the plane at the same time.

—Daniel Crooks on making art, in an old story from The Saturday Paper via Anna Schwartz Gallery.

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@sightlined on twitter

  • "Mum can we draw a cat?" "Ok" *toddler draws line* *howls* *flings texta away* "BUT IT'S NOT A CAT!" 6 hours ago
  • Talking to a curator today who described her role as helping artists "stand in their own truth" 💕 14 hours ago
  • Me and my Dublin doppelganger 👭 together 4 eva twitter.com/MrEmilyHeller/… 1 day ago

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That Gloria Petyarre is five whole metres wide. Standing in front of it is an ~experience~ 💣 More thoughts on Borrowed Scenery now up on @artguideau via link in their bio #artwriter #artwriting #artmagazines #Repost ・・・ There is no shortage of drama in 'Borrowed Scenery' at Campbelltown Arts Centre, which is perhaps the point—to take female artists out of scenes shaped by the male gaze and to place them on their own stages. . Read the full article by Jane O'Sullivan via the link in our bio. . @campbelltownartscentre #borrowedscenery #janeosullivan . Image: 'Borrowed Scenery', Installation view, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 2019, Photo: Document Photography.
DRUNK ON MY OWN POWER #selfdrafted pants 🎉🎉 A+ for squat range. B- for awkward length (too awkward?). Still happy #socomfy #sewingbasics #sewingjeans #sewingtall #isewmyownclothes #sewcialists #squattastic #functionalmovement #whywesew 💁
Early Joan Ross in Borrowed Scenery, with kit koalas cut from embroidery cloth #joanross #australianartist #sydneyartist in #borrowedscenery with a ton other fantastic female artists at @campbelltownartscentre ... closes 10 March
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About Jane

Jane O’Sullivan is a Sydney-based art writer and former editor of Art Collector magazine.

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