Category Archives: Design
The World of Mortimer Menpes
The exhibition The World of Mortimer Menpes: painter, etcher, raconteur Art Gallery of South Australia, until 7 September 2014 Until recently, Mortimer Menpes (pronounced Mem-pes) (1855-1938) was a shadowy and somewhat forgotten figure in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Australian art. He was … Continue reading
Australian Modern Design
A look behind the official story and in the cracks of Australian modernism Early in 2014 a project I contributed to was published in Brisbane. My role to present the story of modernism as it appeared in Adelaide after the Second … Continue reading
