Animorphos
If you’re reading Five Thousand, chances are you probably like to think of yourself as ‘urbane’ and a little bit, er, cultured. If you’ve... read more...
Studio Sessions
Most professional (and/or failed) artists like to rattle on about how their art school education was useless. I beg to differ. I now know how to mindlessly... read more...
'True Adventures' featuring Ghostpatrol
I remember the first time I saw a Ghostpatrol paste-up. I was a glossy eyed 17 year old, on my first trip to the big smoke of Melbourne without Ma and... read more...
Jason Sweeney & Fiona Sprott, 'Faceless: Dead & Desirable'
So, this one guy I know, flirts with girls by playing online Scrabble with them. Hanging out on Facebook waiting for someone’s green dot to appear... read more...
Small
Maybe it’s just because I’ve reached a certain time in my life, but there seem to be an awful lot of artist-run initiatives in Adelaide right... read more...
'Songs To Dance To / Songs To Die To'
Alanna Lorenzon (the Melbourne-based archivist and indexer of strange and fantastical imagery) asked visual artists to conceptualise and create a sound... read more...
'Mythologies'
Marlaina Read always manages to discover artists whose work is both incredibly gorgeous and intelligent. Her online art magazine Invisible City is is like... read more...
Format Festival Visual Arts Stream
Coordinating the visual arts part of any festival is inevitably challenging. Brigid and I certainly haven’t avoided any of the arts sector hazards.... read more...
Helpmann Academy Grad Show 2010
From what I can gather (little, I admit), the Helpmann Academy go out of their way to sort out artists who have a talent for arting, as opposed to those... read more...
Outsider Art
That’s right – outsider art is an actual thing, not just a Simpsons reference. Put crudely, outsider artists are people who didn’t go... read more...
BUYERS SELLERS & DEALERS
Garage sales? Really? Isn’t Gallery 139 supposed to be a classy establishment for grown-ups? Surely a show about garage sales is too much fun for... read more...
David Kelly, 'Tuol Sleng: Silent Walls'
What happened in Cambodia in the late seventies wasn’t very funny. Think Nazi Europe, minus the subtlety. The infamous former prison camp of Tuol... read more...
Heart Shaped Guts
You all should know about Brigid Noone already. You don’t? Jesus, okay, don’t panic. Everything’s going to be all right. Stick with us,... read more...
Art Loves Haiti
You might already know that Sarah Larnach does incredible things with water colours. She’s created album artwork for Ladyhawke, illustrations for... read more...
Rob Gutteridge, 'The Small Works of a Year - 365 Drawings'
I like having a daily routine. I wish more of my days were exactly the same. I’d eat, shit and watch TV. Possibly not in that order. Some people... read more...
Retro Velo
A little while ago I found an old Italian bicycle for sale locally. It was a beautiful Olmo cafe racer with chrome lugs, Campagnolo gear, and gorgeous... read more...
Boulevard Art
I’m not going to lie to you. There are 1,000,000 art shows on during the Adelaide Fringe Festival in March. But there is shit all going on in Adelaide... read more...
coolMART
What:coolMART Where:Dragonfly, Victoria Square, CityWhen:Sun Dec 20, 4pmHow much:FreeContact:matt@befriendly.net**Once... read more...
Dot. Dot. Dot., Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours Exhibition 2009
"Grad shows are the perfect place to get bitchy about art, because everyone has so much invested." This is what one of my most genuinely kind-hearted... read more...
Shota Karahawa, 'Abstract Landscape Paintings'
Kawahara’s artist statement on the Max Dawn blog includes the words ‘unconscious’ and ‘visualising’. Now excuse me if I’m... read more...
Hits From The Wand
FELTspace. I like it. Almost a pun, but not quite. Plus it sounds a bit corporate, like something out of Nathan Barley – one of those naff "crative"... read more...
Dan McGuiness, 'Pilot & Huxley'
What’s the best thing about kid’s media? Is it the important moral and life lessons? Early educational stimulus? A child’s first taste... read more...
Fantom Gallery
This just might be preaching to the converted, but let’s get into the minds of the unknowing for a second. Everybody loves art, but not quite everyone... read more...
Rohan Fraser & Stephanie Crase, 'Symbiosis'
Put simply, if you like paint – you will love this show. Symbiosis features two painters who know what they’re doing with a brush. Rohan Fraser... read more...