Published in Art Collector, Issue 89, July-September 2019
Teelah George is no stranger to repetition. Her embroideries are shimmering fields of colour, built up stitch by stitch over many long hours. Despite the time taken to make them, they often feel like drawings, with the stitches forming drifts of tiny lines across the linen. Continue reading “Alternating currents”
I’m stunned! My short story Limpet Teeth came first in the 2019 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. Continue reading “Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction”
Published in Art Collector, Issue 88, April-June 2019
Kenny Pittock often lights on objects that are kitsch in the sense that they are valueless or disregarded, but he draws out unexpected lateral associations that give them new meaning. Continue reading “Word play”
Published in Vault, Issue 26, May-July 2019
Thrilled to write Vault’s cover story on Nina Chanel Abney.
“Confounding viewers’ expectations is one of the great strengths of Nina’s work,” says Marshall Price from the Nasher Museum of Art. Continue reading “Eyes to the front”
My short story Cat Money ended up coming second in the Wollongong Writers Festival Short Story Prize and has now been published on Mascara Literary Review. Huge thanks to the festival, prize coordinator Emma Darragh, and judges Roanna Gonsalves (author of The Permanent Resident) and Jo Langdon (Glass Life).
Well, that was unexpected. My short story Cat Money has been longlisted for the 2018 Wollongong Short Story Prize, run by the Wollongong Writers Festival.
I had the chance to travel to Shepparton for the opening of Raquel Ormella’s major touring survey exhibition, and got to spend time with the artist for an Ocula Conversation.
