Reconciling identities: a review of Jennifer Tran’s ‘Ink 墨’

August 24, 2019 Antithesis Journal

Photograph by David Lam, used with permission.

Casey Duong reviews Jennifer Tran’s Ink 墨, a performance that involved the artist using movement and calligraphy to navigate and display the tensions within her self-identity.

Walls come tumbling down: How storytelling in books can remind and encourage us to tell our own tales

August 12, 2019 Antithesis Journal

Image by bluebudgie from Pixabay

Suri’s Wall is a beautiful picture book with a powerful message. Siana Einfeld discusses how to explore the themes of this book with children, including how to engage children in discussion about real walls and their symbolic meaning.

Ancient warriors and gunpowder flowers: The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces

August 5, 2019 Antithesis Journal

Close up of Murmuration (Landscape) 2019. Cai Guo-Qiang. Photograph by Rasheeda Wilson, used with permission.

Continuing our local art review series, Rasheeda Wilson provides a fantastic insight into the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces. This exhibition, open until October 2019 at Melbourne’s NGV International, shows eight Terracotta Warriors alongside the works of contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang.