No state of the union
April 21st, 2008
Sydney artist-run spaces and the work shown in them (at least last Thursday’s delivery) got dissed in an opinion piece by art blogger and broadcaster Andrew Frost in the SMH on the weekend. Frost’s not happy with what he sees as as a trend “towards the low key, personal and comic, as artists retreat to the quotidian value of their lives to find a connection with their audience.” It’s true, that is what’s out there. But having seen at least a couple of the shows he’s talking about, there was no shortage of wonder (say in Tim Moore and Tara Marynowsky’s show at Chalkhorse, Surry Hills), though the pieces were on the small and observational rather than State Of The Union scale. Doesn’t David Noonan have that end of the market wrapped up in his (admittedly gorgeous) Roslyn Oxley show across town?
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