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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.

Women Artists

Australian Women Artists 1920–1950

Becoming Modern at the Ballarat Art Gallery in July, was a celebration of the tenacity and innovation of Australian women artists.

Conservation and Restoration

The Future of Modern Restorations?

The restoration of The Night Watch by Rembrandt is being undertaken at the Rijksmuseum. The restoration will take place in full view of the public.

The Moon

Moon Dreams

Geelong Gallery celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first landing by man on the moon including a map that charted the orbit of Apollo 11, its course cutting right over Australia. And two diagrams of the moon by Galileo.

Exhibition

You can still find gold nuggets in Bendigo

Bendigo Art Gallery, one of Australia's oldest & largest regional art galleries was founded in 1887. Bendigo architect WC Valhand supervised the conversion of the former Bendigo Volunteer Rifle’s orderly room ( View Street) into a home for the Gallery’s collection. (Wikipedia)

Drawings

Escher- Reflections, Crystals & Platonic Solids

Showcasing some more works of Escher, many of which I saw at "Between Two Worlds Exhibition" at the NGV. Today let's look more into how Escher to portrayed "Reflections".

Travel

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

consider sculptures of food items as having artistic merit!

Exhibition

Savouring the Modern Masters from The Hermitage

Masters of modern art from the Hermitage presents a magnificent selection of works from the towering figures of modern art at the Art Gallery of NSW. Featured are the works of: Monet, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Gauguin, Kandinsky, Pissarro. Image: wassilykandinsky.net

Mailbag

Setting up as a watercolour painter & following the Pre-Raphaelites

Keiko Tanabe and Thomas Schaller are two of the most sought after watercolorists working today. Their paintings are held in notable private and public collections. For those of you engaged in becoming a watercolour painter check out this excellent article where they pass on some advice.

Photography

The Day After seeing Frida Kahlo in Bendigo

The photographs on display came from the Frida Kahlo Museum and exclusive to the Bendigo Gallery here in Australia. The images first went on display in 2007 following their suppression as instructed by Diego Rivera’s Will.

Mailbag

Showcasing a Naive Artist and Celebrating a Horse Race

Exhibiting works of Italian naive artist Antonio Ligabue (1899-1965). Also a couple of paintings Archer, the first horse to win the Melbourne Cup.