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Coming out + more ugo

Posted in Art and exhibitions, Great blogs, Melbourne cool, tagged , on 22 June, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Someone on the weekend asked me why I don’t have my name on this blog, and I realised it was time to do it. When I started this blog almost two years I wanted to write as unselfconsciously as possible so I wrote using only a blog title.  As time’s passed I’ve got more comfortable [...]

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Is this love? Jargon-free art for June

Posted in Art and exhibitions, Jargon-free art for the month, tagged , , , , , , on 11 June, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

There’s an exhibition called Love, Loss and Intimacy currently showing at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). It consists of prints and drawings from the Gallery’s collection that feature an artist’s family and other intimates. Slicing the collection in this way turns up some strange wall-fellows including Rembrandt, Augustus John, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Holman Hunt [...]

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Ocean without a shore: Jargon-free art for May

Posted in Art and exhibitions, Jargon-free art for the month, Melbourne cool, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 16 May, 2010 | 2 Comments »

There’s a church in Rome, just near Colosseo, called San Clemente.  It’s not one of the showstopper churches, at least, not until you venture inside and descend into the depths. Then it becomes an eerie and remarkable experience. The church one enters from street level was built in the 12th century.  It features golden mosaic [...]

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From baked beans to luminaire

Posted in Art and exhibitions, Craftwork, Melbourne cool, Philosophy and culture, tagged , , , , , on 8 April, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Still lingering on the attractions of the portrait, so I thought I’d have a go myself.  I’ve selected one of my unsuspecting friends, Jan, as the first guinea pig. Meet my friend, Jan Flook, industrial designer, ranconteur and king of the rubbish dump.  Jan is passionate about transforming what other people call rubbish into high-end [...]

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“Our magic hour”

Posted in A Walk in the Park, Art and exhibitions, Melbourne cool, tagged , , , , , , on 10 February, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I recently had the following article published in a walking magazine. ***** “Our magic hour.”  That’s what the sign says.  “Whose magic hour?” I sometimes think as I walk past on the other side of the river.  Or, “Really? This is my magic hour?” “Our magic hour” is the rainbow artwork perched on top of [...]

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Greek rhapsody

Posted in Art and exhibitions, tagged , , , , , , , on 2 January, 2010 | 4 Comments »

he National Gallery of Victoria is currently featuring an exhibition of couturier dresses which rely on the technique of drape, a technique derived from the garments worn in ancient Greece. The exhibition includes designs by Jean Patou, Versace, Paco Rabanne, Christian Dior and Rei Kawakubo that illustrate the two main expressions of the technique: ”clinging drape” and “elevated drape.”  It traces [...]

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8 minutes of genius

Posted in Art and exhibitions, Philosophy and culture, tagged , , , , on 15 December, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Why have 15 minutes of fame when you can have 8 minutes of genius? Watch what this beautiful young woman creates from the Russian experience during World War II.  Over 20 million Russians were killed in the war, among them, the grandfather of my friend I mentioned yesterday. Watch and be amazed.

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Taken at the flood: Quote for the week

Posted in Art and exhibitions, tagged , , , , on 7 December, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today I’m starting a new column for Mondays: a quote for the week. Unlike the quotes from the month series, it will be a prospective quotation: a quotation to live into. The first is from Shakespeare.  Why not start at the top, hey?  This one’s a favourite, and today I find its spirit running through my veins. ***** [...]

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Vincent on a Sunday

Posted in Art and exhibitions, Letter writing, tagged , , on 22 November, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Did you know Vincent van Gogh was as expressive and perceptive a writer as he was a painter?  Try this: What is drawing? How does one learn it?  It is working through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.  How is one to get through [...]

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Real time

Posted in Art and exhibitions, Philosophy and culture, Weirdness of time, tagged , , , on 21 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a great video by the designer, Maarten Baas, that brings together two ideas I’ve mentioned recently: time  how knitting is like work made visible. Here, Baas shows time made visible. ***** For more information on Baas, see his site: http://www.maartenbaas.com. *****

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