And even though it likens her to a cultish power monger and brings to mind comparisons with her American counterpart, Mary Boone, who in the 1980s was the undisputed queen of New York's Soho art scene, the epithet is not entirely inappropriate. But I just can't see myself retiring quietly. I've learnt to be less of a Leo and more of a lamb. I'm too old to be a trendsetter, but I'm still open enough to anything new. I've yet to see President Mandela publicly acknowledge the artists who achieve this status.
Art is the bloodstream of a nation.
If you cut off its supply the country goes gangrenous. The pick of her crop are on display in Lift Off , the Goodman's inaugural show. It is an impressive and unashamedly aesthetic exhibition by artists of undisputed maturity. It also offers more a consolidation of past concerns than a portent of future directions. Of particular note are works by Penny Siopis and Kendell Geers.