artthrob<\/a> will see some action tomorrow or next Friday. As usual, worth checking out – especially the article on SA Video Art by James Sey, and the features on Penny Siopis and Kathryn Smith. I’d like to say I went to see lots of interesting work while on holiday, but it seems contemporary art takes a holiday along with everyone else (and sometimes longer, neh?).<\/p>\nAnyhow, you can bet your butt I’ll be back on the scene as soon as the galleries start opening up again, and writing some ranty, praisey – and every now and again, slightly critical and interesting – b_llsh!t right here on this very page. You can’t wait, can you? Can you?<\/p>\n
I’m nearly rearin’ to go on this side, so as I try to keep up with myself, feel free to send me notes from the pharcyde….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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