Visions: A Sullivan+Strumpf Podcast
Co-directed by Ursula Sullivan and Joanna Strumpf, the gallery operates a dynamic exhibition program representing over 40 artists and estates across its Sydney and Melbourne spaces, as well as its itinerant programming in Singapore and London. Regularly consulting to major public and private museums, Sullivan+Strumpf acts in an advisory capacity to public and private collections internationally.
With diverse, innovative and progressive programming with currently over 25 exhibitions annually, extensive public talks and publishing, including a bi-monthly magazine, and a recently re-ignited global art fair schedule, the gallery has helped foster and grow the careers of some of the most significant contemporary artists in Australia, Southeast Asia and beyond.
Episodes
18 episodes
Polly Borland
Polly Borland is one of Australia’s most internationally recognisable contemporary artists. Famed for her early editorial work and portraiture, the artist today has shifted her focus decidedly to sculpture.Claire Summers spoke with Poll...
Modernism, Motherhood and Modular Art: Sanné Mestrom
Sanné Mestrom’s art practice has always worked to complicate understandings of sculpture, but has recently focused more intently on exploring the agency of sculpture and its accountability to public and private space and the people that inhabit...
Changemakers: Angela Tiatia and Genevieve Smart
In this delightful, meandering conversation, multimedia artist Angela Tiatia chats with Genevieve Smart, co-founder of the iconic Australian fashion label, Ginger & Smart about the climate crisis, art and fashion. It’s a fascin...
Alex Seton — The Ghost of Wombeyan
There is an intrinsic link between place and identity - who we are, is to a large extent determined by our environment. Alex Seton’s unusual upbringing around a marble quarry not far from the Wombeyan Caves in New South Wales, Australia...
Lindy Lee on Zen, the cosmos, the universe and everything
Artist Lindy Lee draws on her Australian and Chinese heritage to develop Contemporary works that engage with the history of art, Daoism, Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism and the cosmos including the connections between humanity and nature.Join Lind...
Sam Leach with Andrew Frost — Fully Automatic
Throughout history, artists have always quoted and appropriated, synthesising the past and (hopefully) creating something new all their own. It is the modus operandi of award winning painter Sam Leach and is exemplified in his controversial Wyn...
Kirsten Coelho — the Odyssey
A road trip through the Australian outback listening to an audio book of Homer’s The Odyssey was the beginning of a transformative journey for contemporary ceramicist Kirsten Coelho — a journey which would eventually take her to Europe...
Duty of Care — Tony Albert in conversation with Sally Brand
Tony Albert is one of the most important indigenous artists working in Australia today. In light of recent world events, he reflects with long-time friend and National Gallery of Australia Program Manager Sally Brand on his latest exhibition, <...
A Walk Through The Forest with Grant Stevens and Natalya Hughes
Natalya Hughes and Grant Stevens have been close friends and colleagues for 20 years. Both use digital technology in the creation of their art work, but in very different ways. Join Natalya and Grant for a walk through The Forest, Gran...
Louis Ho riffs with Jeremy Sharma
Curator Louis Ho chats with Jeremy Sharma about his art and his music in the lead-up to Flat — a virtual exhibition supported by the
Darren Sylvester — Mark of the Vampire
What does vampire folklore and aggravated burglary have in common? Join photographer, sculptor, video artist and musician Darren Sylvester and Sullivan + Strumpf Gallery Director Ursula Sullivan in this revealing conversation about vampiric myt...
Natalya Hughes, Hamish Sawyer and de Kooning’s women
Independent Curator and Writer Hamish Sawyer chats with Natalya Hughes about her latest body of work — a new series of paintings examining de Kooning’s representation of women. In this thought provoking conversation, Hughes’ calls into question...
Every Day in Paris - David Flack with Greg Hodge
Greg Hodge’s art work has always had a way of unsettling assumptions. Still in lockdown in Paris after a three-month residency, he chats with interior designer David Flack about art, architecture and his upcoming exhibition at Sullivan + Strump...
The Boy from Oz - Todd McKenney chats with Joanna Strumpf
Sullivan + Strumpf gallery Director Joanna Strumpf chats with the legendary entertainer and Helpmann award winner, Todd McKenney about Covid-19, his two greyhounds and his passion for collecting contemporary art – a decades long affair which be...
Julie Ewington and Mikala Tai on Eko Nugroho
Eko Nugroho is part of a new wave of artists forging a unique Indonesian visual language deeply rooted in everyday life. In this episode, renowned writer, curator and broadcaster Julie Ewington talks to 4A Centre for Contemporary Art Director M...
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran in conversation with Diana Campbell Betancourt
Contemporary Visual Artist and ceramicist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran speaks with Diana Campbell Betancourt, Artistic Director of the Samdani Art Foundation. As friends and colla...
Impacts of COVID-19 on five artists - and the arts
Sullivan + Strumpf gallery directors Ursula Sullivan and Joanna Strumpf talk with five of their visual artists from around the world. It’s a fascinating and worrying insight into the impacts of COVID-19 on these artists, their families and t...
