One for sorrow, two for joy
Jo Chew
Despard Gallery
Activism in the arts is a complex thing. There is art that is strident and obviously
MAKE AND DO SEPTEMBER: I AM SO TIRED I MIGHT JUST DISSOLVE
There’s a JG Ballard story, The Wind from Nowhere, that describes a terrifying wind that gets more and more intense, making civilisation impossible and plaguing people’s mental health.
Two things that feature rocks
Here’s two things that feature rocks. That was a coincidence, but when I noticed it, I had to sit these together in my head, because I like that kind of synchronous magic.
Some art I have been thinking a lot about and it kind of delayed me because I was thinking too much and I just could not let go - July/August 2024
Matt Warren & Sleepwalkers
Notes on some fakes and attendant japes
I am deeply unsure that I want to actually support any of the narratives that are vying for supremacy around this story.
The art I ate in June 2024
...it’s freezing and I’m wearing really thick socks as a matter of sheer survival.
The return of the great white hunter
I really like the art of Milan Milojevic. I consider him one of the most vital and unique artists we have locally; I like his approach to art, his aesthetic, his use of differing techniques for creating his images and his sense of absurd comedy.
The Picks: June 2024
Yes, yes, the month is a third gone.
We have been most deathly ill here at Make and Do Towers,
Notes on toppled statues and glass houses | May 2024
Art doesn’t give people the idea to lop a statue off at the ankles. That idea has been around for thousands of years. The action is the tide. Stand in front of it. Try to hold it back. See how that goes.