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- Cereal Collectors? – Not as Corny as it Might Seem
- A Bit of Hanky Panky
- You Must Be An Angel | I Can See It In Your Eyes
- Shunga | Spring Pictures
- Art or Rubbish? – It’s all Garbage to me
- None so campy as these vampy scampi
- Emily Floyd | The Installer I Most Enjoyed
- I’ll Put a Girdle Around the Earth
- Tuby or not to be | That is the question
- Feeling Pea’d Off? Don’t snubbo the art of Rubbo
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Cereal Collectors? – Not as Corny as it Might Seem
Cereal boxes – from 2016 Open House “Cabinets of Wonder” ephemera collection at the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. This collection is entitled ‘Breakfast is Good for You’. The collector is identified as ‘IS’ and their occupation: Cleaner. IS claims: … Continue reading
A Bit of Hanky Panky
“Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases – So Trap Them in Your Handkerchief.” A handkerchief also called a handkercher or hanky, is a form of a kerchief, typically a hemmed square and made from thin fabric that can be carried in the … Continue reading
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You Must Be An Angel | I Can See It In Your Eyes
Deborah Halpern (born in Melbourne in 1957) is a public art sculptor, mosaicist and ceramic artist. Halpern lectures and conducts workshops in ceramics in Melbourne. Her parents Sylvia and Arthur Halpern, were ceramists and artists and two of the founding … Continue reading
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Shunga | Spring Pictures
One of the most unabashedly erotic images to ever grace the pages of an art history book came from the woodblock of iconic Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. Widely known for his G-rated, Edo-era prints like The Great Wave at Kanagawa, … Continue reading
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Art or Rubbish? – It’s all Garbage to me
[Above: Uniformity by Emmerson Daniels – (2017). Synthetic polymer paint on plywood. Top VCE Art 2017-2018. ] Daniels was a student at Mount Lillydale Mercy College, Lillydale. Uniformity explores the overall similarity and lack of variation evident in everyday life. … Continue reading
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None so campy as these vampy scampi
[Image: David Bielander – Scampi 2007] (Collection of the artist) David Bielander (born 1968) started his career as an apprentice goldsmith in Basel Switzerland working for the industrial designer and jewellery maker Georg Spreng before studying under Professor Otto Künzli … Continue reading
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Emily Floyd | The Installer I Most Enjoyed
Born Melbourne in 1972, Emily Floyd is Senior Lecturer in the School of Fine Art at Monash Art Design & Architecture (MADA), Monash University. She is also a 2015 Sidney Myer Creative Fellow. Floyd has been working in sculpture, installation, … Continue reading
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I’ll Put a Girdle Around the Earth
Australian muralist, mosaicist and painter in stained glass and other media, Mervyn Napier Waller was born in Penhurst, Victoria on 19 June 1893. He studied at the National Gallery school in Melbourne and exhibited his first paintings and drawings in … Continue reading
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Tuby or not to be | That is the question
French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Tuby was born in Rome in 1635 and died in Paris in 1900. Tuby served Louis XIV of France and was regarded as one of the premier court sculptors of his time. His art is remarkable for … Continue reading
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Feeling Pea’d Off? Don’t snubbo the art of Rubbo
[Image: Pea Gathering | Kurrajong Heights (1918)] Italian-born artist and art teacher Antonio Salvatore Dattilo Rubbo was born in Naples on 21 June 1870 and spent his early childhood in Frattamaggiore. He studied painting under Domenico Morelli and Filippo Palizzi … Continue reading
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The Finite Art of Finn Dac Art
Finn Dac (aka Finbarr Notte) is a street artist originally from Cork, Ireland and currently based in London. He concentrates on large scale murals and pieces. He started making street art in 2008 as Finn Dac. Shinoya (blue-image, Melbourne) was … Continue reading
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Hey Guys, Please Ladders In
Australian artist David Frazer was born in 1966 in Foster, Victoria. He graduated from Phillip Institute of Technology with a BA Fine Arts (Painting) 1984-1986. This was followed by a Diploma of Education (Secondary Art/Craft) Latrobe University (1991); Honours Degree in … Continue reading
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Synthetic Meat as Art? Don’t Have a Cow Man!
Image: Butcher Shop. (Synthetic polymer and enamel paint on composition board and wood, ceramic tiles, transparent synthetic polymer resin, mirror, steel, fluorescent light, plastic, polyvinyl chloride, metal, string Measurements (a-l) (241.0 × 303.0 × 128.7 cm). One of seven children, … Continue reading
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May Your Cup Runneth Over and Be Squashed
Left: Paper cup and straw by Jasper Jacobsen, Time’s Black Arrow (2014). Jasper Jacobsen is a Melbourne-based artist currently completing a Master of Contemporary Art degree at the Victorian College of the Arts. Centre: This paper cup was found in … Continue reading
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Eggleston’s Time Capsule Goes Back to the Future
Images featured are from the: Festival of Photography: William Eggleston Portraits. An exhibition of his photographs of family and friends, casual acquaintances and strangers in a series of eloquent, poetic and character studies. Many of the images are from the … Continue reading
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