Category Archive: art

21 Jan

Mari Kanstad Johnsen-full Norwegian character

Mari Kanstad Johnsen-full Norwegian character

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year to you all – albeit mid January!  …taking a brief break from a long list of studio tasks to …

 
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01 Dec

Linda Herzog Wildlife Fantasy

Linda Herzog Wildlife Fantasy

They were big and little creatures. Some were hairy with long, thin tails, and some had noses long as pokers. Some had bulging eyes and some had 20 toes. In they came — crashing through the door, sliding down the chimney, crawling through the windows. They shouted and cried. They banged pots and pans. They twirled their tails and tapped their toes upon the wooden floor. The Brothers Grimm

 
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30 Nov

coloured binding

coloured binding

Australian Bookbinding has it’s annual showing at the AGNSW, ending tomorrow. Various designers playing with the idea of graphic enticements of the book covering variety. …

 
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11 Nov

Frieze and the golden-seamed china

Frieze and the golden-seamed china

…I’m left with this gorgeous sculptural piece in the memory, joined with seams of gold; tactile and re-appropriated globules or cold, crackled china.

 
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10 Nov

Louise Despont

Louise Despont

Her drawings are an amalgam of imagery from the bookplate to patchwork and archival draftsmanship.

 
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09 Nov

London Frieze 2011

London Frieze 2011

“Thinking Sphere” hangs imposingly in mid air, high enough to have to bend double to reach underneath, but low enough that one has the urge to wrap one’s arms about the joyful circular structure.

 
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21 Oct

Kanagawa Biennial World Children’s Exhibition.

Kanagawa Biennial World Children’s Exhibition.

“To foster the dreams and creativity of today’s young children who will be the bearers of tomorrow through the art, and also to further understanding of the world’s diverse cultures and differences in global liefstyles.”

 
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06 Sep

Russborough House

Russborough House

The abundance of yellow and the wall-to-wall tomes in a square room of not too large a scale make it very cosy. Having said that I think I would want to be sticking my head around the door at the Picasso, Gainsborough and tapestries in the sitting room next to it; not to mention that music room.

 
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09 Aug

Miro at the Tate

Miro at the Tate

The vibrancy of colours is striking. This vibrancy is not least a result of the layering and building up of the canvas surface, but also the placement of colours in relation to each other.

 
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06 Aug

Bardith on Madison

Bardith on Madison

Favorite Manhattan stores… Bardith is on this list for sure…the beginnings of an education.

 
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