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Keith Giles
Master of Business (Arts &
Cultural Management)
PhD
Scholar
Curatorial Manager, SASA Gallery
Research
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PhD Research
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who
go beneath the surface do so at their own peril1
My arts practice to date has dealt with gender issues, in particular
masculinity and homosociality. The PhD in Visual Art has provided me
with an opportunity to concentrate on and to embrace the issues of
gender, arts law, censorship and self-censorship. This has led me to
the topic of: The Artist as self-censor in representations of
hegemonic masculinity and homosociality2
(working title).
In the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
universal rights ratified by the Australian government it
states:
Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this
right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information
and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in
writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media
of his choice3.
Even though Australia is a liberal democratic
society and the Australian law recognises an adults rights to
freedom of choice there are many laws that restrict artists in their
freedom of expression. The laws of defamation, obscenity, blasphemy,
libel, anti-discrimination, anti-vilification, internet publication,
copyright restrictions, (and more recently sedition) may also have
the potential to impact on the work of visual artists. Lovric
observes for instance that:
While governments espouse adherence to the liberal democratic
spirit, which fosters and encourages freedom of expression, many
laws in fact fetter those apparent freedoms4.
Despite
many myths and fallacies, Australians have no right to freedom of
expression under the Australian Constitution. There is only an
implied guarantee of freedom of political communication in terms of
specific government or political matters5.
In Australia, freedom of expression is constrained by the laws of
defamation and obscenity. It could be argued that the laws of
defamation and obscenity are the complete antithesis to freedom of
expression that is so important to artists6.
Freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential
foundations of a democratic society and one of the basic conditions
for its progress and for each individuals self-fulfilment. It is
applicable not only to information or ideas that are favourably
received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference,
but also to those that offend, shock or disturb. Such are the
demands of pluralism, tolerance and broad-mindedness without which
there is no democratic society7.
Contact details:
E:
keith.giles@unisa.edu.au
T: + 61 8 8302 9274
Artist's CV (RTF
file)
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Recent photographic work
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IMAGES:
1. the school photo, # 1-6, 2010
2. clothing swapover, # 1-6, 2009
3. red rover, # 1-6, 2009
4. visible darkness, # 1-3, 2009
2007
The Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture and
Installation Prize
Artists: Amira Hajar, Kelly Paul,
Elizabeth Everett and Margo Clark
Transmission
Artists: Di Barrett, Greg Donovan,
Andrew Hill, Mark Kimber, Toby Richardson, Olga Sankey
The Ranger
Artist: Julie Gough
Spill
Artists: Ruth Fazakerley,
Agnieszka Golda
NENU New Art from China
Showcase 07
Puncture
2008
This Everything Water
Artists:
Kay
Lawrence with Aubrey Tigan and Butcher Joe Nangan
Gathering Loss
Artist:
Irmina Van Niele
Cinderella II - The Dreamer
Artist:
Gosia Wlodarczak
Line Drawing
Artists:
Julie Henderson, Dr Bianca Hester, James Geurts, Dr Teri
Hoskin
The Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture and
Installation Prize
Shards
Artists:
Judy Watson, Nici Cumptson, Yhonnie
Scarce
The Green Candle
Artists:
Dr John Barbour & Paul Hoban
Bachelor
of Visual Arts Graduate and Honours Exhibition
2009
Dark Dreams + Fluorescent Flesh
Artists:
Bianca Barling, Pat Brassington, Jane Burton, Mimi
Kelly and Monica Tichacek
K2-02
Artists: Assoc Prof Stephen
Loo (School of Architecture
and Design, UTAS) and Michael
Yuen
After the goldrush
Artists: Joe Felber, Lisa Harms & Sasha Gribich
Chance Encounters
Artists, writers and designers: Tracey Allen,
Bianca Barling, Barbara
Campbell, Jim Everett,
Nic Folland, Anne Mestitz,
Louise Haselton, Aleksandra Mir,
Elizabeth Woods.
Traces:
Drawing/Environment/Sustainability
Artists and
Designers: Staff
from the School of Art, Architecture & Design
Baseless
Propositions
Artists: Johnnie Dady & Zoe Marr
The Ends of the Earth
Artists: Jane Castle & Linda Dement
Dot. Dot. Dot.
Artists: Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours
Exhibition 2009
2010
Temperature
Artists:
Anton Hart and George Popperwell
Heartlines
Artists: Dave Archer, Amy Baker, John Barbour,
Troy-Anthony Baylis, Margit Bruenner, Chris Boha, Steven
Carson, Gary Campbell, Johnnie Dady, James Dodd, Annika
Evans, Nicholas Folland, Jimmy McGilchrist, Keith Giles,
Michael Geissler, Anton Hart, Louise Haselton, Julie
Henderson, Shaw Hendry, Rachel Hurst, Ray Harris, Matt
Huppatz, Kay Lawrence, Jane Lawrence, Brad Lay, Jessie
Lumb, James Marshall, Monte Lawton Masi, Irmina van
Niele, Brigid Noone, Amy Patterson, Andy Petrusevic,
George Popperwell, Deb Prior, Mary-Jean Richardson, Toby
Richardson, Linda Marie Walker, Angela Valamanesh, Pam
Zeplin
Naturally Disturbed
Artists:
Sue Kneebone, artwork and artefacts from the SA Museum
collection
Intimate Immensities
Artists and designers: Damien
Chwalisz, Matt Davis, Sally Davis, Michael Geissler,
Sean Humphries, Rachel Hurst, Jane Lawrence, Katica Pedisic,
Sasha Radjenovich, Linda Marie
Walker, Phil Walker and Hannah White
Flight of a bird, life in performance
Artist: Linda Lou Murphy
Performers: Ali Baker and Yoko Kajio
Three ways to hold
Artists:
Alison Currie and Bridget Currie
Az Zaban-e Modari:
Raqs-e Aab Raqs-e Setareh
Artist: Siamak Fallah
The New New
Artists: Brenda L Croft, James Dodd, Ian North, Lee Salomone, Gerry Wedd
Sticks Stones Broken Bones
Artists: Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours
Exhibition 2010
2011
Vague Possibilities
Artists:
Ray Harris, Matt Huppatz, James Marshall, Monte Masi & Amy Spiers
Soft Rebellion
Artists: Stuart Bailey, Carla Cescon, James Dodd & Paul Sloan.
Crazy Fingers
Artists:
Amy Baker, Annika Evans, Brigid Noone, Amy Patterson &
Mary-Jean Richardson
Margin to Centre: Visionary Art
Artists: Vittorio Ban (SA), Howard
Finster (US), Iris Frame (SA), Anne Marie Grgich (US),
Albert Louden (UK), Anthony Mannix (NSW), R.A. Miller
(US) Frank Phelan (SA), Jungle Phillips (SA), Jose dos
Santos (ESP), Gerard Sendrey (FR), Mary T. Smith (US),
James Son Ford Thomas (US), James T. Thomas (US)
Everyday the possible
Artists:
Sonia Donnellan, Anna Hughes & Sonja Porcaro
Bethink
Artists:
Susan Bruce, Gary Campbell, Michael Gabbedy & Keith Giles
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) Exhibition 2011
Recent curatorial
projects
Bethink
November 2011
Artists: Susan Bruce, Gary Campbell, Michael
Gabbedy & Keith Giles
Curators: Susan
Bruce & Keith Giles
Preview: Australian Art Review -
Rethinking the past
by Stephanie Radok
Review: Asian Art News
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Past into Present by
Dr Christine Nicholls
IMAGES:
Susan Bruce,
Obscured, 2011, Gary Campbell,
anamneses,
2011, Michael Gabbedy,
Out for a spin, 2011, Keith Giles,
The old school photo #6, 2010
The Slate Garden
August 2010
Artists: Gary Campbell, Gavan
Card, Keith Giles, Ewa Skoczynska
A SALA event - 218 years of accumulated experience in one
room
IMAGES:
1. Gary Campbell,
flightpath, 2010.
2. Gavan Card,
Bunyip in two worlds, 2010,
3. Keith Giles,
Company Square, Alberton, 2009,
4. Ewa Skoczynska,
outside, 2010
Flight of a bird, life in performance
July 2010
Artist: Linda Lou Murphy
Performers: Ali Baker and Yoko Kajio
Curators: Ali Baker, Keith Giles, Yoko Kajio
Reviews: Adelaide Review, Ars longa, vita brevis,
August 2010. Artlink, Flight of bird, life in
performance - Vol 30 No 3. db Magazine, Flight
of a bird, life in performance: Linda Lou Murphy - Issue 498,
7-20 July 2010.
An exploration of risk through ephemeral performance,
video and sculptural installation.
IMAGES: #1-12, Flight
of a bird, life in performance - installation photographs, SASA Gallery, 2010
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