Conversation with artist Elizabeth Pulie, whose retrospective '#117 (Survey)' is at the UNSW Galleries from 15 Jan - 10 April, 2022. Back in the 80s and 90s, Elizabeth Pulie was involved in a conceptual painting project interrogating the definition of art and its commodity status. What is art? has been the question behind all of her work, including the Relational Art project where she edited and published magazine ‘Lives of the Artists’ and ran ‘The Front Room Gallery’, from the front room and the kitchen of her house. She is currently - since about 2012 - engaged in The End of Art project and her practice has expanded to embrace not only painting, but also sculptural textile works, and video art.
I am indebted to Elizabeth Pulie's curator James Gatt for many of the questions that have informed this conversation. His exhibition tour, alongside 'The Reader', was an invaluable resource in learning about Pulie's practice and gaining inspiration for structuring this interview.
Aired on Eastside Radio on 31 January 2022, as part of 'Arts Monday: Sympoiesis'.
About the exhibition: https://artdesign.unsw.edu.au/unsw-galleries/elizabeth-pulie-survey
Elizabeth Pulie's website: https://www.elizabethpulie.com/
Elizabeth Pulie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethpulie/
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