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Exhibition

Master Works of Gigantic Proportions: VAN GOGH ALIVE – THE EXPERIENCE

Rowdy Wylie, naive artist from South Australia has joined the AnArt4Life team as a contributor. Last week he visited the multimedia exhibition of "Van Gogh Alive - The experience". Today he shares this remarkable and unforgettable experience of "masterpieces of colour and atmospheric fragrance".

Art Mentors

Sheila Cruthers leaves a legacy that “will paint Australian women artists back into our history”

Introducing Sheila Cruthers, an art collector and a philanthropist of note. What makes Sheila different to other who championed Australian women artists.

Award

The Young Archies 2021

The Young Archies 2021 have attracted some amazing works from Australia's next generation of creativity. Enjoy seeing some of the wonderful works from 5 to 18 year olds. Image credit: artgallery.nsw.gov.au

Fashion

Mary Quant

The Mary Quant Exhibition, at the Bendigo Art Gallery explores the years between 1955 and 1975, when Mary Quant revolutionised the high street, harnessing the youthful spirit of the sixties and new mass production techniques to create a new look for women. Credit: bendigoregion.com.au

Heidelberg School

Arthur Streeton's Travels

As Streeton made his way by ship to Britain in 1897, he planned a stopover in Cairo. The choice may seem strange, especially given that the artist suffered from the same xenophopia that many Anglo-Saxon Australians felt in the late 19th century. Image credit: artnet.com

Heidelberg School

Arthur Streeton

Arthur Streeton was born at Mount Duneed, Victoria, on April 8, 1867. He showed an early aptitude for sketching and became a lithographer's apprentice. While still in his teens he began studying at the National Gallery School. Let's learn a little more about his paintings. Photo by Jane.

Award

Victor Harbor Art Show

Live in South Australia? This post is for you as you can attend the Victor Harbor Art Show 9-16 January 2021. Check out the prize winners. Be inspired by the art works of the winners: Iroda Adril, John Lacey, Tom O'Callaghan, MIke Barr, Catherine Fitzgerald.

Exhibition

A Taste of The Hermitage - Downunder

A little taste of The Hermitage at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney during early 2019 - Masters of Modern Art from the Hermitage. Image credit: Adapted from the poster for the exhibtion - Art Gallery of NSW February 2019.

Women Artists

Know My Name & 5 Women Artists - Part 2

#KnowMyName is part of a global movement to increase representation of women identifying artists. It builds on the work of groups supporting gender equity across the arts. Image credit: Ocula.com-ArcOne Gallery.- photo John Gollings

Women Artists

Know My Name & 5 Women Artists - Part 1

Know My Name is part of a global movement to increase representation of women artists. It builds on the work of groups supporting gender equity across the arts including, Countess, Sheila Foundation and the #5WomenArtists campaign by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Image credit: artnet.com

Japan

The Idemitsu Collection from Tokyo

Today we look at an inspirational Japanese man named Sazo Idemitsu, a petroleum magnate who created his own museum in 1966 to showcase his personal art collection, acquired over more than 75 years. Image: From the book "Japan: Masterpieces from the Idemitsu Collection"

Exhibition

Past Posts No 19 October 2018: Homage to Houses

Our Past Posts today explore the concept of "house" & "home" & how significant this is to our lives. Includes installation sculptures by English artist Dame Rachel Whiteread & paintings by Edward Hopper, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet. Image: "The Macedonian Shepherd" by Anne Newman

Seascapes

John Lacey: Finding Designs in Nature

Artist John Lacey from South Australia recreates the landscape in oils and cold wax producing intriguing images that highlight the designs he can see in nature. Image: Late Light Near the Mouth (johnlacey.com.au)

Post Impressionism

Matisse versus Picasso

We begin to explore the friendship and rivalry between Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso with examples from the Exhibition of their works at the National Gallery Canberra.

Contemporary

Trailblazing Artists for 2020

Christy Kuesel from Artsy considers the artists who will be trailblazers in 2020 through exhibitions inclduing works by Artemisia Gentileschi, Donald Judd, Zanele Muholi.

Inspiration

Friday Feature: Field of Light

The "Field of Light" was conceived in 1992 by Bruce Munro who took a road trip through central Australia, camping at Uluru/Ayer's Rock. To Munro, the red desert had an incredible feeling of energy, ideas seemed to radiate from it along with the heat.

Contemporary

Ariela Wertheimer

Ariela Wertheimer is a multidisciplinary artist. In 2013, Ariela moved from the quiet suburb of Caesarea to the bustling city of Tel Aviv. The city invigorated her with the energy to create, photograph, and paint at an urban rhythm.

Multimedia

Ivon Oates: Dorset Artist

Ivon Oates’s multi-disciplinary approach incorporates new media with fine arts and architectural/landscape design.

Exhibition

Frieze Week London Artist: Marc Camille Chaimowicz

Marc Chaimowicz uses cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper which challenge the categorical divisions between art and design.

Thread and Needle

Jagoda Buic: Frieze Week Artist

One of the artists featured in Frieze Week in London is Jagoda Buic who was born (1930) in Split, Croatia and is best known for her monumental fiber art installations and tapestries which are absolutely wonderful.

Exhibition

Frieze Week London

Frieze Week fairs take place in London, New York and Los Angeles. Frieze Week encompasses gallery, museum and institution show openings as well as myriad collateral events taking place directly related to the fair and in an auxiliary capacity.(Frieze.com)

Abstract

Frank Bowling: Part Three

Up close you can see & feel the acrylic paint which has been mixed with gel and applied using a spatula. The intricate texture and patterns combined with the colours are amazing. I just love Frank Bowling's creative genius.

Abstract

Frank Bowling: Part Two

Frank Bowling had a deep understanding of the dynamics of the flow of paint and the drama of colour combination.

Abstract

Frank Bowling: Part One

One of my favourite Abstract Artists would have to be Frank Bowling who said: The possibilities of paint are never-ending.

Exhibition

Viewing the Viewers

Viewers at the Lee Krasner Exhibition Barbican Art gallery London make for their own exhibition.