Duncan McKayWest of Centre: A Sociological View on the Challenges and Opportunities for Artists in Western…This text was prepared for and presented at the recent Postscript event (22 October 2022), at the closing of the 2022 City of South Perth…Oct 24, 2022Oct 24, 2022
Duncan McKayPulse by Sue Starcken and Confectioneer’s Digest by Stuart Elliot, Lost Eden CreativeI have recently embarked upon a journey to learn more about the history of Western Australian visual art. It is a field that is still ripe…Apr 16, 2022Apr 16, 2022
Duncan McKayPrivilege, Conscience and Vaccine ChoiceLet’s talk for a moment about the Western Australian (WA) Government’s recent announcements regarding proof of vaccine requirements coming…Jan 14, 2022Jan 14, 2022
Duncan McKayPeter Davidson’s Petite Omomuki PaintingsFor many years in western art, the landscape featured primarily as the back-drop for the subjects of paintings, whether portraits or…May 8, 2021May 8, 2021
Duncan McKayION-In Our Nature, Exhibition at Lost Eden Creative, DwellingupION-In Our Nature is the current exhibition (17 Jan — 23 Feb 2020) showing at Lost Eden Creative in Dwellingup, Western AustraliaFeb 9, 2020Feb 9, 2020
Duncan McKay“Why do architects want to be artists?” — An alternate viewI recently stumbled across a 2017 article by Donald Richardson with the intriguing title “Why do architects want to be artists?” As a key…Aug 15, 2019Aug 15, 2019
Duncan McKayPeter Davidson: Still Life and Super Kitsch, Early Work GalleryDavid Bromfield once characterised the circumstances within which Western Australian artists work as a “dual exile”. On the one hand…Jul 27, 2019Jul 27, 2019