Hey hey,

Well New York is amazing! We are living in a beautiful little apartment in Williamsburg, which is a lot larger than we expected. I have been busy hanging out with friends and going to openings. I have recently moved into my new large painting studio in Brooklyn. Up until now I have been working out of my apartment which has been distracting to say the least, so it is so nice to be working in a large space again on the size canvas’ I have been wanting to work on.

My main objective while living in New York is to gain a better understanding of American culture, the people, the places, and see how it relates to my practice. While I am here I hope to be involved in as many projects as possible, gather new contacts and generally introduce myself to the American art scene. This year I have already been invited to be part of group shows in London, Seattle and LA.

I was involved with a project in January, which had me install a painting on a derelict building in Manhattan that was documented and featured on the cover of the ‘arts section’ of the New York Times!

I have tried to update my site with what has been going on as much as possible. So if you scroll through the images in the ‘new’ section, links are provided for recent interviews, projects, etc.

My New York show at Lyonswier Ortt Gallery went really well. The response was flattering and amazing. There is an interview from the show at the following address: http://www.myartspace.com/interviews/anthonylister/.

I am looking forward to returning to Australia for shows and being involved there as much as possible, so please keep me up to date with what’s happening.

Hope you are well and enjoying the weather, it is bitterly cold here.

Best,
Anthony Lister
http://www.listerart.com.au

Loop will be Megan Keating’s final exhibition in Taipei before returning to Australia. The exhibition brings together the current residency artists William Attaway (United States), Hsin-Chien Huang (Taiwan), Tetsushi Higashino (Japan) and Yuki Okumura (Japan) to present their artworks.

Keating will also collaborate with Taiwanese choreographer Li, Mei-Kuang on a cross-disciplinary work titled, “Her name is Tan Hua”. It will be performed at the exhibition opening 9 February.

Keating returns to Hobart to complete her upcoming exhibition, Deep Water, Dark Water at Criterion 26 April 2007.

Li Wei, A Pause for Humanity 2005 (left) and Free Degree over 29th Story 2003 (right)

Chinese Photography

Coming up in March we have an exhibition by two Chinese photographers both looking at the development of China and the implications of urbanisation and western influences.

Li Wei’s recent exhibition in New York was reviewed in The Brooklyn Rail, click here to view.

Li Wei and Zhou Jun - opens 1 March 2007 - more details to come.

With thanks to Red Gate Gallery - Beijing

Zhou Jun, Confucius Pavilion, Nanjing 2006

Foxtel have commissioned six Melbourne street artists to put their skills to painting one of Melbourne’s trams as part of the Foxtel St Kilda Festival. Regan Tamanui (HA HA) was selected as one of these artists and his stenciled portraits feature on one end of the tram (see above). The artists were asked to draw inspiration from the festival for the collaborative piece. The tram is in usual operation during the festival so you’ll have to catch it on the move. And you can catch the making of it in this video below.

The Foxtel St Kilda Festival runs from 3 to 11 February 2007, see website for more details.

Linden Postcard Show 2007

The visual arts program of the Festival includes the annual Linden Gallery Postcard Show - opening Saturday 3 February 2007. The Postcard Show is an open entry award exhibition, now in its 16th year, attracting 2,391 artists from all over Australia.

Judges for 2007 were Nellie Castan, Director, Nellie Castan Gallery; Stephen Feneley, Arts Journalist and Raafat Ishak, Contemporary Artist.

We Are Young & Free

1 February to 24 February 2007

Regan Tamanui is adept at viewing his adopted country with an objectivity that locals seem to ignore. He questions the voter-driven rise of the suburban celebrity and the dumping of organised religions in favour of sport, sex and get rich quick schemes. Where will this culture take us, and are we concerned? Our national anthem tells us we are young and free, but how far are we willing to take this freedom?

This is Tamanui’s third solo exhibition at Criterion and his 8th solo in six years. His work continues to develop and gain the attention of collectors from around the country.