Photography reviewer for the Herald Sun, 1994-5; Visual Arts reviewer 1996-7
contributing fortnightly reviews and occasional features.
History Revisited
(Leah King-Smith), HS, April 19, 1994.
Bottom line in crates
(Victorian Dairy Industry Association 1994 Advertising campaign and Werner Biscoff), HS, May 3, 1994.
City Theme Rules
(Peter Hennessy and Patricia Piccinini, Nicola Loader), HS, May 17, 1994.
Color a cover-up
(Full Spectrum and Fiona Macdonald), HS, May 31, 1994.
Poignant Pictures
(Axel Poignant, Jan Nowell), HS, June 14, 1994, p. 73.
Nude pictures spark debate
(Maria Grande, Gerard O'Connor), HS, June 28, 1994, p.47.
Theme of the body
(Corpora Narrative), HS, July 12, 1994.
Capturing moments in time
(Sue Ford), HS, July 13, 1994.
Snapshots of nothingness
(Jean Baudrillard, David Stephenson), HS, July 26, 1994, p. 37.
Face to Face with reality
(Faciality, Rod McLeish), HS, August 9, 1994.
A French Love Affair
(J'aime la France), HS, August 23, 1994, p. 51 (feature).
Mapping Australia's past
(Leah King-Smith, Vivienne Binns, Heather Winter), HS, September 6, 1994, p. 47.
Chilling focus on mutants
HS, September 20, 1994, p. 43.
Focus on Show
(Contemporary Art Fair and selected exhibitions), HS, October 4, 1994, p. 45.
Making Light of a Dark World
(Joyce Tenneson and Blak City Culture), HS, October 19, 1994, p. 78.
Tracey's Style Comes at a Price
(Tracey Moffatt, Marcus Bunyan), HS, November 2, 1994, p. 79.
Koorie Life Recorded
(Daughters of the Dreaming and Michal Hieman), HS, November 15, 1994, p. 47.
Waverley in the Picture
(Arranging Nature, Interactive Technosuck and Ian de Gruchy), HS, November 29, 1994, p. 47.
Time Frame
(Victorian Views, NGV), HS, December 13, 1994, pp. 57 and 59.
Art in Cyberspace
(Roundup 1994), HS, December 13, 1994, p. 61.
A Snapshot of the Future
(New Media Network), HS, December 27, 1994, p. 69.
Meltdown for the Skyline
(Melbourne Spires and Visage) HS, January 10, 1995, p. 47.
Our Family Snapshots
(The Biggest Family Album, Museum Vic), HS, January 24, 1995, p. 43.
Ignore the Hype
(Robert Mapplethorpe), HS, February 7 1995, p. 53.
Salon of Still Images
(1995 Summer Salon, Anne Reynolds and Deborah Strutt), HS, February 24 1995, p.85.
Master in Soft Focus
(Harald Cazneaux), HS, March 7, 1995, p. 33.
Camp icons framed
(Pierre et Gilles), HS, March 15, 1995, p. 49.
Real Life Images go Snap, Daryl and Pop
(Kent Morris, Likenes: Dupain, Cazneau, Cato et al), HS, April 5, 1995, p.4X.
Performance Art in Sharp Focus
(25 Years of Performance Art and Naomi Kumar), HS, April 19, 1995, p. 51.
Pinhole shows focus on narrow views
(Pinhole Imagery, Susun Fereday, Luke Roberts), HS, May 17, 1995, p. 52.
Times of change
(South Melbourne: A History, Donati Daniela, Shaking Tree), HS, May 31, 1995, p. 53.
Three ways to look at photo art
(Brenda L. Crofts, Adam Wolter, Kathryn Reeves), HS, June 14, 1995, p. 61.
A show with a focus on Australian history
(Location, Landscape, Lies; Jeff Moorfoot), HS, June 28, 1995, p. 65.
Four in focus gives an insight to the mind
(Bad Light; Peta Clancy; Sandra), HS, July 12, 1995, p. 63.
Projectors the reel heroes of local cinema exhibition
(Jaffas Down the Aisle: A century of cinema), HS, July 26, 1995, p.58.
Violence of child's play
(Poli Papapetrou, Tony Nott and Nanette Carter), HS, July 26, 1995, p. 56.
Photo display of negatives
(Prvit Santavanond, Sadie Chandler and Stephen Birch; Technothelylogia), HS, August 8, 1995, p. 43.
Tackling disaster
(Dena Lester; Harry Nankin), HS, August 22, 1995, p. 45.
Into the dark room
(Farrell and Parkin), HS, September 5, 1995, p. 45.
Art and politics in sharp focus
(Sue Ford; Anne Zahalka), HS, September 19, 1995, p. 63.
Filling space with images
(Ian de Gruchy), HS, October 3, 1995, p. 46.
Never Never land
(Destiny Deacon; James Cant), HS, October 18, 1995, p. 56.
Torture in focus
HS, November 14, 1995, p. 54.
Peak into wasteland,
HS, November .., 1995, p.
Democratic culture
HS, November 29, 1995, p. 66.
Love is in the air
(Lovers, Heide), HS, December 6, 1995, p. 62.
Children's writes
(book review, Margaret Plant, Painting Australia: A Child's Guide to Australian Painting), HS, December 9, 1995, p. 59.
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum and Bendigo Art Gallery
HS, January ?, 1996
Abstract view of a past world (Into and Out of Abstraction),
HS, January 17, 1996, p. 57.
Fleshing out object of desire
(The Object of Existence and Marcus Bunyan) HS, February 7, 1996,
Focus on angst
(XLR8 Summer Salon and David Archer), HS, February 13, 1996, p. ?
Technical glitch
(Moet and Candon Art Prize and Simon Normand), HS, February 21, 1996, p.?
Log in to art
(Internet Graphics), HS, February 27, 1996, p.?
Garden delights
(Sculpture Walk and Kate Beynon), HS, March 6, 1996, p. 53.
Dark glimpses
(Bill Henson), HS, March 12, 1996, p. 55.
Burning issues
(New Editions, Monash and Cloning Miranda, Stop 22), HS, March 22, 1996, p. 83.
Stills and stripes
(An American Century), HS, March 26, 1996, p. 69.
Gallery of ruins
(Ruins in Reverse), HS, April 17, 1996, p. 57.
Bridging the cultural void
(Women Hold Up Half the Sky), HS, May 1, 1996, p. 49.
A New Age kindred spirit
(Godfrey Miller), HS, May 15, 1996, p. 57.
Dawn Sime retrospective
HS, May ??, p. ??
National pride in Nolan
(Sidney Nolan), HS, May 29, 1996, p. 57.
Works shed new light
(Susan Fereday), HS, June 12, 1996, p. 54.
Utopia far from perfect
(Chris Barry), HS, June 26, 1996, p. 67.
Spot the Ball and Eyes on the Ball',
HS, June 29(?) 1996, p. ?
Object of desire
(Julie Watkins), HS, July 30, 1996, p. 67.
Bleak rumble shakes senses
(Rumble curated by Stuart Koop; and Mathew Sleeth, Short Stories) HS, August 14, 1996, p. 51.
Bodies of thought
(Polixeni Papapetrou) HS, August 28, 1996, p.57.
Gower's tiny slice of life
(Elizabeth Gower) HS, September 11, 1996, p. 50.
A magic mix of East and West
(Rapport: Eight Artists from Singapore and Australia), HS, September 25, 1996, p. 52.
The brave face
(Face Value: Portraits from the Collection), HS, October 2, 1996, p. 52.
Best and fairest
(Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair), HS, October 4, 1996, p. 77.
Biblical Boyd
(Arthur Boyd Prodigal Son), HS, October 9, 1996, p. 61.
Physical pictures
(Henson, Farrell and Parkin, Leibovitz), HS, October 23, 1996, p. 57.
Focus on the bizarre
(Pat Brassinton) HS, November 6, 1996, p. 51
Life and Land
(H.J.Wedge) HS, December 7, 1996, p. 79.
Opening the mind's pages
(Marion Crawford), HS, December 18, 1996, p.68.
Unusual platform for art
(Platform), HS, January 1, 1997, p. 54.
Ned of approval
(Robert Whitaker), HS, January 15, 1997, p. 50.
Living artworks in ink
(eX de Medici and Kelly Leonard), HS, January 29, 1997, p.34.
Of women and the Web
(Sandra Taylor), HS, March 12, 1997, p. 42.
Border hoppers emerge
(Neophytes retrospective), HS, April 8, 1997, p. 49.
Viewing our sacred cows
(Gordon Bennett), HS, April 23, 1997, p. 50.
A show full of suspense
(Ian de Gruchy), HS, May 7, 1997, p. 48.
Timely trip into recent past
(Domenico de Clario), HS, May 21, 1997, p. 42.
Real-life images
(Elizabeth Gertsakis; Sally Mannall; Alex Rizalla), HS, June 4, 1997, p. 44.
Proud portraits
(Anne Zahalka), HS, June 8, 1997, p. 50
