Laurie Anderson was born June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
She graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in Art History from Barnard College in 1969. In 1972 she received an M.F.A. in sculpture from Columbia University. During the mid 1970s she toured extensively, presenting her work in alternative performance spaces throughout the United States [...]
Warren Fahey is a cultural historian, author, performer and musical Jack-of All- trades specialising in Australian folklore and history. He claims to be a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks and the Dingo University.
He was born in Sydney, 1946
He has built a distinguished career as a record producer and broadcaster and has been honoured with [...]
Antony Gormley (UK) is one of the world’s most acclaimed and best known sculptors.
In this captivating presentation at the Art Gallery of NSW, Gormley talked about the themes and processes behind his remarkable body of work.
Gormley has revitalised the human form in sculpture through a radical investigation of the body as a place of memory [...]
Wang Qingsong, the enfant terrible of contemporary Chinese art photography, stages grand, kitschy tableaux that call to mind traditional Chinese scrolls, allegorical Renaissance paintings, Socialist public sculptures and more.
Commenting on the massive changes and the effects of globalization happening in China, his works hover provocatively between Fiction and Reality. Parodying the Chinese miracle, the artist [...]
During the Biennale, visitors to the MCA entrance are greeted by New York artist Roxy Paine’s large-scale structure. Roxy Paine’s work examines systems of growth and decay by setting them against processes of organic evolution and industrial construction.
Entropy – the inevitable and steady running down of energy – man-made and natural – is counterbalanced by [...]
