Category Archives: Art

None so campy as these vampy scampi

Posted on June 16, 2018 by

[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

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

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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Tuby or not to be | That is the question

Posted on June 6, 2018 by

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

Posted on June 2, 2018 by

[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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Hey Guys, Please Ladders In

Posted on May 26, 2018 by

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!

Posted on May 23, 2018 by

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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Black & Silver

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

“Black and Silver” (ca 1910) oil on canvas RA Diploma work accepted 1909. Shannon painted many society portraits from the highest ranks of society but this picture depicts his daughter. Anglo-American artist Sir James Jebusa Shannon (1862–1923), was born in … Continue reading →

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Hard to surpass the class of this glass

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

French glass artist Émile Gallé was born in Nancy, 8 May 1846 and is considered to be one of the major forces in the French Art Nouveau movement. Gallé was the son of a faience and furniture manufacturer and studied … Continue reading →

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Bromley’s comely chums

Posted on May 5, 2018 by

[Three examples of David Bromley’s ‘Female Nude’ series] Australian artist David Bromley  was born in Sheffield, England in 1960. As a young boy, he migrated to Australia with his family in 1964. Bromley began his career in Adelaide as a potter, but eventually … Continue reading →

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Swede dreams are made of these

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

Swedish visual artist Lennart Jirlow was born in Stockholm on April 24, 1936. In 1952, Jirlow went to Konstfack and was awarded the youngest student of the year. After Konstfack, Jirlow went abroad on a trip, and visited Holland, France … Continue reading →

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Campi – You’ve left me s-peach-less!

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

[Above: The Fruit Seller] Vincenzo Campi (c. 1536–1591) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance era from Cremona. His style merges Lombard with Mannerist styles, however, unlike his siblings, he is known for a series of canvases, mostly painted after … Continue reading →

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Porter’s Portable Food Fare | From Tomatoes To Kebabs

Posted on March 31, 2018 by

Above: A Selection from a series at  the State Library of Victoria which includes ‘Sunshine’ (2006), ‘Brunswick’ (2007); and ‘Hoppers Crossing’ (2010) among others. Louis Porter (b. 1977) resident in Melbourne Australia since 2001, but currently working in London. He is … Continue reading →

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Who gives a Zach for this Street Artist?

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

Lithuanian-born Street and gallery artist Ernest “ZACH” Zacharevic combines fine art techniques and his passion for creating art outdoor, using and oil painting, stencil and spray, installation and sculpture; to produce dynamic compositions both inside and outside of the gallery … Continue reading →

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No Idea On Kohei Nawa Red Deer

Posted on March 17, 2018 by

Kohei Nawa was born in 1975. He is one of Japan’s new generation of high-flying young artists. Over the last several years he has exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, London, the Joan Miro Foundation, Barcelona, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, and in … Continue reading →

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Diane Arbus – To Go Where I Have Never Been

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

Above: Aldous Huxley – author of Brave New World (1936) by Diane Arbus American photographer/writer Diane Arbus was born Diane Nemerov on 14 March, 1923, to David Nemerov and Gertrude Russek Nemerov, a Jewish couple who lived in New York City … Continue reading →

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