Biggest thanks to the National Assistance Program for the Arts for the one-off payment I received in May. I spent lockdown writing in-depth applications for assistance from federal, state, local and subscriber arts agencies, to be continually rejected one after the other. At one stage I submitted my name, only — frustrated by the time, […]
Art Journal, College Art Association, New York, Vol. 77, no. 3 Fall 2018 The Power of Inclusion in Donald Judd’s Art: Observations by an Artist, Gail Hastings, pp. 48-62. Artist’s Project: Space Practising Tools, Gail Hastings, pp. 63-75. A dark void is the denouement of . . . two wood panels stained light cadmium red and […]
This Performance — A Passing Thought has been added to the Art Index; Encyclopaedia of an idea (2011) has been added to the Art Index
Newly added to Exhibitions and events: This performance — a passing thought (1989); the catalogue for the exhibition is now in the library.
Added to the Art Index: Encyclopaedia of Time in Art: pp. 10-12; Encyclopaedia of Time in Art: pp. 25-27; Encyclopaedia of Time in Art: pp. 28-30; Encyclopaedia of Time in Art: pp. 31-33; Encyclopaedia of Time in Art: pp. 34-36. Added to exhibitions and events: Art 1996 Chicago (1996). Added to the Library Index – Chicago Tribute review, 1996
Sculptuation green-grey-green (1995) now included in the Art Index.
Sculptuation red-pink-beige (1995) now included in the Art Index.
Created taxonomy archive pages that can be sorted – e.g. if, when looking at a sculptuation that is in a public collection, one clicks onto ‘public collection’, it will open to a holdings page that lists artworks in public collections. Taxonomies include: sculptuation sizes; sculptuation placement; sculptuation editions; sculptuation holdings; exhibition years; and exhibition types. […]
Missing now available in all of iBooks 51 stores (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia …)
Missing now available in Australia, Japan and New Zealand through iBooks.
Presently working on a book to be published in the next few months. More information soon.
After opening the central drawer to Red space holder: forget remember, Fr Chris Jenkins — a Jesuit priest now at St Canice’s after Fr Stephen Sinn — was reminded of the 1853 artwork Light of the World and so is seen, here, ‘knocking on the door’.
Tonight’s forum at Heidi withdrawal— Apologies to those attending tonight’s forum at Heidi who may have wanted to hear from me even though ABC art: red cube has been withdrawn the exhibition.
Clare and Marlowe look at Red space holder: forget remember. Unsure he really could see his own foot underneath the drawer when he peered into it, Marlowe then inspected the drawer from the ground looking up to check it didn’t have a bottom.
Beryl, a regular Archibald Prize exhibition visitor, was admittedly a bit stumped, at first, for words when she came by to have a look at the exhibition today. Then, after a number of other thoughts said: ‘… you could say space is at the basis of everything’.
ABC art: red cube returned upon request —upon my instructions, ABC art: red cube was taken off the wall in ‘Less is More‘ last Monday, 3 Sept, and has been returned. Relief. Sadness. Dismay.
Return of my art from Less is More —Asked for immediate return of my art from Heidi. I have high esteem for the curator, one of the best in Australia. But something went wrong.
Artworks recently added to the Art Index include: behind you: blue (AGNSW, Sydney (2007) and PICA, Perth (2008)); behind you: red (Taint (2010)); and encounter: Stephen Sinn (2011).
Due to a funding setback, the forthcoming exhibition [space holder] was in jeopardy of being cancelled. Happy, however, to announce no matter the toils and troubles, the exhibition will still take place at the later date of 20 September 2012. We hope you will still join us then.
The books Sue Cramer, curator of the exhibition Less is More currently open for viewing at Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, has included in the piece. The rational for Sue Cramer’s selection is listed first. I look forward to browsing the books when I participate in the exhibition’s forum in October.
Less is More opening at Heidi—A sculptuation by Gail Hastings will be part of the group exhibition Less is More: Minimal and Post-minimal art in Australia, curated by Sue Cramer, from 3 August 2012 at Heidi Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne. Gail Hastings will also participate in an exhibition forum entitled Notes towards contemporary post-minimalism to take place on 11 […]
For Jack the Cat: First note (please leave the door open) by me; response note (No) by the director. GH
Sol LeWitt (one of the most famous so-called minimalist artists). About to close the door for the day. Looking forward to tomorrow.
About to open the door for the day.
… by Piet Mondrian, again. The space between opposites is intersubjective, that seeming unbridgeable gap between us. Closing the door, going home. Last week, next week, for the exhibition.
… said Piet Mondrian, that hip abstract artist who used to read Hegel. About to walk down the corridor and open the door for the day.
About to close the door and walk back down the corridor with this sentence in mind by Donald Judd from perhaps the most famous art essay, ever. Donald Judd was one of the first to make art out of intersubjective space, the space between opposites, the space between oneself and another.
In other words, if it were not for you there could not be me. The space between us enables us to reason, to feel, to breath; it is intersubjective space. Opening thought for today as I walk down the corridor to the studio door.