Memo Review Issue 4 assembles one of its most ambitious line-ups yet, anchoring its critical scope in Melbourne's backyard gallery scene before expanding outward to philosophy, film, Palestinian media censorship, and the contested legacy of Australian art history.
About This Book
Issue 4 of Memo Review opens with a sustained focus on Frankfurt-based artist Hana Earles, whose work has been central to Melbourne's independent gallery culture. From there, the issue moves with genuine range: Catherine Malabou brings her philosophical rigour to Cyril Schäublin's film Unrest; Chris Kraus reflects on her own literary evolution; and Micaela Sahhar addresses media and institutional censorship of Palestine. The issue also features writing on Caveh Zahedi, Carol Jerrems, Rosemarie Trockel, Hany Armanious, Nora Turato, and Robert Rooney. Two substantial critical essays close the issue: Francis Plagne examines T. J. Clark's Marxist engagement with modernity, while Keith Broadfoot restages Imants Tiller's Mount Analogue as a meditation on colonial sublimity and repetition in Australian art.
Key Features
- 196 pages of critical essays, artist features, and cultural commentary
- Contributors include Catherine Malabou, Chris Kraus, Micaela Sahhar, Francis Plagne, and Keith Broadfoot
- Features on Hana Earles, Caveh Zahedi, Carol Jerrems, Rosemarie Trockel, Hany Armanious, Nora Turato, Robert Rooney, and Imants Tiller
- Published by Memo Review
What You'll Discover
- How Melbourne's backyard gallery scene has shaped contemporary art practice, through the lens of Hana Earles' career
- Catherine Malabou's philosophical reading of Cyril Schäublin's film Unrest, and what it reveals about time, labour, and resistance
- The mechanisms of media and institutional censorship of Palestine, examined critically by Micaela Sahhar
- Keith Broadfoot's restaging of Imants Tiller's Mount Analogue as both repetition and resurrection — rethinking the colonial sublime within Australian art history
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 196
- Dimensions: 166 x 230 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780645106084
- Publisher: Memo Review
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Artists, curators, critics, and readers interested in contemporary Australian art, critical theory, independent publishing, and the intersections of philosophy, film, and visual culture.