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I'm a critic. I write and talk about art, but I'm interested in any topic that tests my ideas, making me rethink concepts and find new ways of using them.
I aim for the exact opposite of ‘critical engagement’. I believe in engaged and engaging criticism.
Texts
Robert O'Connor – Iconotropy. Bett Gallery, Hobart, 2021.
Alan Young – New Works. Colville Gallery, Hobart, 2018.
‘Miraculations of the Void.’ Art and Australia Magazine #4 (55.1), 2018.
Talks
MADONNAGALÁS, Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, 2020.
Interview on Madonna and Diamanda Galás, ABC Radio Hobart ‘Evenings with Louise Saunders’, 2020.
Metaphysics of a Housing Crisis, Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, 2019.
Discordance of the Male Gaze, with Llewellyn Negrin, Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, 2019.
Edgar Degas : Waiting, State Cinema, Hobart, 2019.
Interview on Degas and Impressionism, ABC Radio Hobart ‘Evenings with Louise Saunders’, 2019.
Van Gogh's Grasshopper, State Cinema, Hobart, 2019.
Painting Without Lines, State Cinema, Hobart, 2018.
What Does Expressionism Express? State Cinema, Hobart, 2018.
Cézanne's Card Players, State Cinema, Hobart, 2018.
Dematerialisation, Art Forum, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 2018.
Canaletto in England, State Cinema, Hobart, 2018.
Alan Young : Am I A House? Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, 2018.
Rhythm and Turbulence, State Cinema, Hobart, 2018.
Caravaggio : Blue Soul, Red Blood, State Cinema, Hobart, 2018.
What Was Superflat? Art Forum, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 2017.
The Rondanini Pietá, State Cinema, Hobart, 2017.
EPIC FAIL : Brecht & Wile E. Coyote, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart, 2017.
Why Do People Paint Flowers? State Cinema, Hobart, 2017.
The Möbius Dress, Visual Bulk, Hobart, 2016.
Monet's Repetitions, State Cinema, Hobart, 2016.
Hieronymus Bosch's Acosmic Imagination, State Cinema, Hobart, 2016.
Cathedral Semiotics, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, 2016.
…What Makes You Beautiful, Art Forum, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 2015.
