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Projects

As an independent scholar, curator and freelance writer, Chris McAuliffe is pursuing projects encompassing cultural policy, art history, local history and popular music. Like all research projects, some are undertaken with a defined goal in mind while others are simply driven by curiosity.

Current projects include:

  • ‘Fringe to famous’: examining the crossover between ‘alternative’ and ‘mainstream’ Australian cultural production since the 1980s
  • The global circulation of Jackson Pollock’s drip-painting as an early example of the ‘meme’
  • Interpretation of the City of Melbourne contemporary art collection
  • Photographic portraits of the Kelly Gang
  • Indonesian punk band, Punkasila, and their collaborations with Melbourne artist, Danius Kesminas
  • Charles Summers’s sculptural memorial to the Burke and Wills expedition
  • Sir Peter Blake’s Elvis paintings

For more information, go to the current projects page.

Past projects include:

  • Exhibitions on Australian rules football and Neil Diamond
  • A symposium on art and rock music
  • Books on art, artists and art collections

For more information, go to the past projects page.

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