Anna Dunnill
art & writing
SELECTED WRITING
Catalogue text for a group exhibition I curated about domestic space, ritual, and coping strategies for precarious times.
Side Gate, November 2023
Essay
Louise Meuwissen: Of Earth and Ether (Flowers never bend)
Catalogue text for a solo exhibition by Melbourne artist Louise Meuwissen.
Bundoora Homestead Arts Centre, September 2023
Essay
Never; a little of the time; some of the time; most of the time; always
Catalogue text for Notions of Care, group exhibition at Bus Projects in Melbourne. Catalogue design by Beaziyt Worcou.
Bus Projects, April 2021
Essay
Glenn Barkley: The Urn of Bitter Prophecy
Catalogue text for a solo exhibition by Sydney-based ceramicist Glenn Barkley.
Sullivan+Strumpf, April 2021
Interview
Working With Weeds #1: Full Nettle Jacket
Gleaning clues from fairytales and archaeology, Allan Brown makes cloth from nettles.
Three interviews with artists whose practices engage with weeds.
Blindside, Dec 2020
Interview
Working With Weeds #2: These Works Have No Edges
Yindjibarndi artist Katie West on paying attention to plants.
Three interviews with artists whose practices engage with weeds.
Blindside, Dec 2020
Interview
Working With Weeds #3: Food and Medicine From Your Lawn
Diego Bonetto is fluent in the secret language of weeds.
Three interviews with artists whose practices engage with weeds.
Blindside, Dec 2020
Essay
The Rhythm of the Handcrafted
An essay that unpicks the resonances and histories of fibre and textiles through the work of four contemporary artists.
Art Guide #128, Nov/Dec 2020
Studio Feature
How Vipoo Srivilasa is repairing happiness
Studio visit with Melbourne-based ceramicist Vipoo Srivilasa.
Art Guide #131, May/June 2021
Feature
The Rise and Rise of Mary Quant
Feature article on Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary, at the V&A, London, and Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic.
Art Guide #130, March/April 2021
Interview
Maggie Hensel-Brown on lace, labour and female rage
Interview with Sydney-based contemporary lace artist Maggie Hensel-Brown.
Art Guide #129, Jan/Feb 2021
Studio Feature
Natalie Thomas
Studio visit with Melbourne artist Natalie Thomas (aka Natty Solo).
Art Guide #127, Sep/Oct 2020
Feature
Bringing the Mythical Back into Art
Profile of Adelaide-based artist Julia Robinson.
Art Guide #126, July/August 2020
Interview
Lara Chamas on family, history, politics and prayer
Interview with Melbourne-based artist Lara Chamas, in the lead-up to her solo exhibition at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne.
Art Guide #125, May/June 2020
Studio Feature
Trent Walter & Stuart Geddes
Studio visit with Negative Press, discussing Trent Walter & Stuart Geddes’ publication project in the 22nd Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN.
Art Guide #124, March/April 2020
Review
Amy Perejuan-Capone: Don’t stare at the sun / for too long
Solo exhibition at PS Art Space, Fremantle WA.
Semaphore, February 2020
Review
Lisa Walker: She wants to go to her bedroom but she can’t be bothered
Solo exhibition at RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne.
Art Guide #120, July/August 2019
Feature
Ensemble Piece
A feature on artist Angelica Mesiti and her work ASSEMBLY, in the 2019 Venice Biennale Australian Pavilion.
Art Guide #119, May/June 2019
Essay
Kate Bohunnis: with each little death
Catalogue essay for a solo exhibition by Kate Bohunnis, at Blindside (Melbourne) and FELTspace (Adelaide).
Blindside, May 2019
Review
Rosslynd Piggott: I sense you but I cannot see you
Survey exhibition at NGV Australia, Melbourne.
Art Guide, April 2019
Feature
Monstrous Feminine
A feature about artist Tara Marynowsky and her video installation in The National, Sydney.
Art Guide #118, March/April 2019
Review
Craftivism: Dissident Objects. Subversive Forms
Exhibition curated by Rebecca Coates and Anna Briers at Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria (and touring nationally).
Art + Australia online, December 2018
Review
House / Work / House (hang in there)
A review of two exhibitions at Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne: The Long Echo by Nadine Christensen, and A World of One’s Own by Tai Snaith.
un Extended, December 2018
Review
Weight of History: A Response to Unveilings by Make or Break
(written with Danni McGrath)
Collaborative response to a project by Make or Break, at Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial, Victoria.
un magazine 12.2, October 2018
Review
Into My Arms
Exhibition curated by Frances Barrett and Toby Chapman at ACE Open, Adelaide.
Art + Australia online, July 2018
Review
Lucas Ihlein: Diagrammatic
(written with Danni McGrath)
Collaborative response to a survey exhibition at Deakin University Gallery, Melbourne, curated by Jasmin Stephens.
Art + Australia online, May 2018
Feature
Candice Breitz: The Medium is the Message
Profile of South African artist Candice Breitz, coinciding with two major projects in Melbourne.
Vault #22, May–July 2018
Response
P.D.F* Exchange
A conversation with artists Public Assembly and Roseanne Bartley about their jewellery-based performance work P.D.F* Exchange (*Portable Demonstration Facility).
Commissioned by Radiant Pavilion, 2018