Today I saw some paintings…
Due to a gap in my schedule I found myself at the Mahara Gallery in Waikanae at an exhibition (Part of the Arts Festival program) of Séraphine Pick (After Image) and Frances Hodgkins (Her Idea of...
View ArticleMy day in the sun
Don’t expect to read anything mind expanding here today! A friend today said they thought my theme here is “what is art?”. I have given up trying to solve that one, but its fun exploring. I don’t...
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I am in a particularly bad mood today so small things are annoying me. I picked up the latest copy of the Listener to find MORE art journalism and I am going to be mean about it. Actually one of the...
View ArticleDoes ‘why?’ matter?
I heard Kim Hill’s interview with Peter Peryer last Saturday morning (audio here) and she kept asking him why?, why? does he take these photos. I’ve been thinking on this and wonder, does it even...
View ArticleTravelling for Art – Part II
So to the art….after kimchi at the Arts Centre Market (I also travel for Korean food) I went direct to the hallowed halls of The Christchurch Art Gallery. The problem with going to exhibitons nearing...
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There is a Seraphine Pick show opening at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery* next week. I had a flyer for it on my desk [ahem - kitchen table] and my nearly 3-year-old wanted to know “what is the horse...
View ArticleThe experiment
Well, I almost blogged every day for the month of May. It turned out to be all about quantity not quality of course. Maybe I should stick to a more realistic regime like Giovanni. One observation has...
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