I am available to write a range of art-related texts including exhibition catalogue essays, reviews, interviews, and artist statements. Contact me at mfizell AT gmail DOT com to discuss commissioning a writing project.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
FULL LIST / EXHIBITION TEXTS / ARTICLES
Jedzenie w sztuce | Food in Art, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, 2024
“Karmiąc się sztuką | Feasting on Art” (p.72-83)
Polish & English. ISBN: 978-83-65851-67-3.
Reprints of Feasting on Art blog posts and recipes for Marian Drew, Julian Opie, Christine Turner, and Erwin Wurm.
Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 20, 2024
National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
“Brash, Barbara Nancy (1925–1998)” (web)
> WEB
Museums & Galleries of NSW, March 2024
“Terminology” in Dennis Golding | POWER – The Future is Here Mediation Handbook, (PDF)
– Mediation Handbook, (p.10-12)
Firstdraft, 23 January 2024
“Feeling images and sensing words” (web)
> WEB
Writing outcome from the Firstdraft Writers Program (2022-23).
Care is a relationship, UNSW Library, 2023
“Crafting Stories of Care” (p.8-11)
Co-authored with Emily Morandini
ISBN: 9780733440786.
Catalogue essay for the exhibition Care is a relationship (2023).
More-than-Human Wellbeing (exhibition reader), 2023
UNSW Sydney and ADM+S
“Foreword” (p.3)
ISBN: 9780645758795.
Foreword for the exhibition More-than-Human Wellbeing (2023).
Sonus Maris, UNSW Library, 2023
“Sensing Data” (p.20-24)
ISBN: 9780733441158.
Catalogue essay for the exhibition Sonus Maris (2023).
Aftertaste, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, 2023
“Remembrance of Tastes Past” (p.6-9)
ISBN: 9780645785104.
Catalogue essay for the exhibition Aftertaste (2023).
Museums & Galleries of NSW, January 2022
Suspended Moment Mediation Handbook, (p.3-12) (PDF)
Prepared the cultural mediation text for the touring exhibition Suspended Moment: The Katthy Cavaliere Fellowship. Artworks by Katthy Cavaliere, Frances Barrett, Giselle Stanborough, and Sally Rees.
Museums & Galleries of NSW, January 2022
“Glossary” in Zanny Begg | These Stories Will be Different (PDF)
– Mediation Handbook, (p.6-7, 9, 13, 16)
– Education Kit, (p.4-5)
reminiSCENT, MAY SPACE, 2018
“Scentual Encounters” (n.p.)
Catalogue essay for the exhibition reminiSCENT (2018).
Art Collector, Issue 85, July-September 2018
Inset comment in Jo Higgins, “Good Taste” (p.172)
I was invited to contribute a comment on Elizabeth Willing’s practice to accompany the artist profile “Good Taste” by Jo Higgins.
IMPRINT, vol. 51, no. 4, Summer 2016
“Books Unbound” (p.18-21)
Elizabeth Willing, Lezlie Tilley, Emma Rönnholm, Dusadee Huntrakul.
Runway Australian Experimental Art, Issue 29: Porn, 25 November 2015
“Gastroporn, or the Sexualised Eater” (web)
In this essay, I apply the term ‘gastroporn’ to describe sensual and somewhat devious imagery relating to food. Three contemporary female artists—Kawita Vatanajyankur, Elizabeth Willing, and Jodie Whalen—subvert prescribed food etiquette in their performative endurance films, which can be read as a form of gastroporn.
IMPRINT, vol. 50, no. 3, Spring 2015
“Who Will Seek to Serve with Conscious Clear” (p.6-7)
Megan Fizell goes underground to talk prints, poetry and politics with visiting artist and curator Marshall Weber from the Booklyn Artists Alliance.
RealTime, Issue 127, June/July 2015
“Dance & Drawing: Ways of Seeing Trace” (p.21)
Flatline is a Sydney-based interdisciplinary performative collaboration between Australian visual artist Todd Fuller and dancer-choreographer Carl Sciberras. Their work melds drawing and mark making with the choreographed movements and gestures of professional dancers.
IMPRINT, vol. 50, no. 1, Autumn 2015
“Squashings, pressings, and stains: food as a medium in printmaking and works on paper” (p.26)
In the 1960s, artists began experimenting with food as a medium; from the performative meals at Daniel Spoerri’s Eat Art Gallery to the chocolate sculptures by Dieter Roth, the applications of this material were exploratory and wide-ranging. Examining the work of Martynka Wawrzyniak and Elizabeth Willing alongside the early practitioners demonstrates a new handling of this medium by contemporary artists.
Appetite, November 2013
“Sugary Masterpieces” (p.44-47)
An article + recipes about Elizabeth Willing’s performative meal ‘Dessert (II)’ as part of Sugar, Sugar.
Sugar, Sugar, Brenda May Gallery, 2013
“Performative and Interactive Aspects of Sugar in Art”
(p.2-3) ISBN 9780646904030.
Catalogue essay for the exhibition Sugar, Sugar (2013). Artists discussed: Janine Antoni, Karen Finley, Félix González-Torres, Jennifer Rubell, Ed Ruscha, and Elizabeth Willing.
Appetite, April 2012
“From palette to plate” (p.62-69)
Four recipes and essays originally published on the blog Feasting on Art; Copper Cauldron with Three Eggs, Still-Life with Cherries and Strawberries, Still Life with Plate of Cherries, Corn Cobs.
Acquired Taste: Food and the Art of Consumption
California State University, 2011
“Glazed Images” (p.19-20) [Invited]
ISBN: 978-0-935314-82-3
Artists discussed: Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, MyersBerg Studios, Claes Oldenburg, Jennifer Rubell and Wayne Thiebaud.
Slow Burn – A century of Australian women artists from a private collection, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, 2010.
ISBN 9780646536835.
Exhibition catalogue bios: Jean Bellette, Stella Bowen, Olive Cotton, Julie Dowling, Anna Eggert, Adrienne Gaha, Fiona Hall, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Nora Heysen, Margel Hinder, Gertie Huddleston, Narputta Jugadai Nangala, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Inge King, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Maria Kozic, Elisabeth Kruger, Margo Lewers, Rosemary Madigan, Tempe Manning, Lily Mindidil Karadada, Tracey Moffatt, Eubena Nampitjin, Eileen Napaltjarri, Makinti Napanangka, Walangkura Napanangka, Jan Nelson, Naata Nungurrayi, Bronwyn Oliver, Deborah Paauwe, Rosslynd Piggott, Anna Platten, Hilda Rix Nicholas, Jenny Sages, Lisa Solomon, Wendy Stavrianos, Constance Stokes, Thanakupi, Aida Tomescu, Rosemary Valadon, Vicki Varvaressos, and Anne Zahalka.
Dissertation/Theses:
Fizell, Megan R. “Gastronomic Body: Sensory and sociocultural dimensions of food art.” PhD thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2021.
Fizell, Megan. “Ceramic restoration: issues and effects upon the market sectors.” Master’s dissertation, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London, UK, 2007.
Other web articles:
[co-author] Gastro-Vision: The Best in Food-Art 2012, art21, 21 December 2012. [Invited].
[co-author] Gastro-Vision: The Best in Food-Art 2010, art21, 17 December 2010. [Invited].
Fast Food through the Lens of Still Life Photographers, Curator Magazine, 12 November 2010.
Review: Street Art Exhibition @ Tate Modern, MyVillage: South Bank, 29 May 2008.
Contributing Writer [Invited], STIR IT UP! Section, Christian Science Monitor; 2010-2013
Stuffed eggplant, inspired by Henri Matisse, Christian Science Monitor, 11 November 2013.
Feasting on Art: smoked trout smørrebrød and Gustave Courbet, Christian Science Monitor, 21 March 2013.
Humble food meets high art, Christian Science Monitor, 13 October 2012.
Orange honey madeleines, Christian Science Monitor, 27 September 2012.
Retro prawn cocktail, Christian Science Monitor, 20 September 2012.
Feasting on Art: Grilled corn, Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2012.
Feasting on Art: Frittata with kale, tomato, and chorizo, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2012.
Feasting on Art: Slow-roasted beets, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2012.
Roasted Brussels sprouts with lemon and Parmesan, Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2012.
Cinco de Mayo: Shrimp tacos with spring onion salsa, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2012.
Cucumber finger sandwiches, Christian Science Monitor, 7 March 2012.
Old-fashioned molasses cookies, Christian Science Monitor, 14 December 2011.
Ravioli caprese, Christian Science Monitor, 11 November 2011.
What’s Cooking, Uncle Sam?, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2011.
Pork and chipotle sliders, Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2011.
French toast with garlic and herbs, Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2011.
Meatless Monday: Hot and Sour Lime Soup, Christian Science Monitor, 7 March 2011.
Paul Cézanne tribute: chocolate ginger cake with simmered oranges, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan 2011.
Croissant French Toast, Christian Science Monitor, 25 December 2010.
Salt and vinegar sweet potato fries, Christian Science Monitor, 2 December 2010.
Steak Salad, Christian Science Monitor, 10 November 2010.
Roasted Potato Salad, Christian Science Monitor, 20 October 2010.
Cheeseboard with marinated artichokes and spicy cherry chutney, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct 2010.
Corn fritters with roasted peppers, cilantro, and feta, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct 2010.