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- Time Fur Breakfast
- There is Nothing Finer Than the Chimes of the Clinaman
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- With a Huffin’ and a Puffin’ These Covers Will Blow You Away
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- Is Art Trash? or Is It ‘Trash Art’
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Time Fur Breakfast
[Object (or Breakfast) in Fur, (1936) is Méret Oppenheim’s famous cup, saucer and teaspoon covered with Chinese gazelle fur]. German-born, Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer, Méret Elisabeth Oppenheim was born on 6 October 1913 in Berlin. She was raised by … Continue reading
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Tagged #Surrealism, Breakfast in Fur, fetishism, Meret Oppenheim, Object in Fur, sado-masochism, Surrealist Art
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There is Nothing Finer Than the Chimes of the Clinaman
[Featured – Clinamen (2013) MDF floor, PVC liner, water pump, heating device, porcelain bowls, water]. Paula Cooper Gallery New York and Galerie Xippas, Paris. This installation is generously supported at the NGV by the Loti and Victor Smorgon Fund. Céleste Boursier-Mougenot … Continue reading
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Katnjupayi Benson | A Tale of Two Sittings
Katnjupayi Benson (Ngaanyatjarra) born c. 1933 comes from Papulankutja (Blackstone Community, 300 kms west of the Western Australia (W.A.), Northern Territory and South Australia borders); and spends time between Blackstone and the Docker River communities. She began to make baskets … Continue reading
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With a Huffin’ and a Puffin’ These Covers Will Blow You Away
[Above: Book covers for Puffin Story Books published in 1951. Gloria Freedman’s front and back cover (The Secret Garden) and John Harwood’s covers for Fairy Tales From the Isle of Man.] Four years after Australian paperback publisher Penguin Books had been … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cover Art, Illustrations
Tagged Book illustrators, Gloria Freedman, John Harwood, paperback books, Penguin books, Puffin books
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Bathing or Resting But Never Protesting
[Francois Boucher The Surprised Bather (1736) and Diana Resting After Leaving Her Bath] French Rococo style artist Pompidour François Boucher was born in Paris on 29 September 1703, the son of lace designer Nicolas Boucher. Boucher is known for his … Continue reading
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Is Art Trash? or Is It ‘Trash Art’
The Destroyed Room (1978) by Jeff Wall. Transparency in light-box 159 cm x 234 cm. (Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa) Canadian photographic artist Jeffrey “Jeff” Wall, was born in Vancouver on September 29, 1946. He is best … Continue reading
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Underpants in Art? | I’m Just Going to Keep This Brief
Yes, it appears that underwear and underpants can be a feature of art and here are some examples which prove this. Firstly, “The Connoisseur II” by Peter Corlett, (born in Melbourne, on 16 January 1944) produced an Australian fibre-glass, reinforced … Continue reading
Posted in (F)Art-Shite, Art, Artists A-Z, DarkArt, Gallery Art, StreetArt
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All You Need is Love
American Pop Art movement artist Robert Indiana was born Robert Clark on 13 September, 1928 in New Castle, Indiana. His work often consists of bold, simple, iconic images and his best known image is the word LOVE in upper-case letters, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Sculpture, StreetFurniture, Urban Art
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Compare the Pair #18 | The Lovers
[Left: Jeremy Park – Lovers (2002) c-type photograph; Right: Rene Magritte – The Lovers (Les Amants) oil on canvas (1928) 54x73cm National Gallery of Australia] Sydney photographer Jeremy Park pays homage to Rene Magritte’s ‘The Lovers‘. Magritte’s original (painting) is … Continue reading
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Tagged #Surrealism, Fantômas, Jeremy Park, Louis Feuillade, Rene Magritte, Surrealist Art, The Lovers
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Summer Nights | Tell Me Moore, Tell Me More
[A Summer Night by Albert Moore, (1890) Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool] Albert Joseph Moore (4 September 1841 – 25 September 1893) was an English painter known for his depictions of langorous female figures set against the luxury and decadence of … Continue reading
Lascaux Cave Art
The Lascaux Cave is a fine example of ‘Cave Art’. In the late 1930s on a wooded hill above the village of Montignac near Lascaux, France, a huge pine tree fell, revealing a narrow opening into an underground cavern. This … Continue reading
Rucker’s Musical Ruckus
[Two-manual harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp (ca 1628) inscribed Joannes Ruckers] The Ruckers family were harpsichord and virginal makers from Antwerp in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Their influence stretched well into the 18th C and to the harpsichord revival … Continue reading
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Tagged Antwerp, Couchet family, Guild of St. Luke, harpsichord, piano, Ruckers family, virginal
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Michael’s KmitMent To Neo-Byzantine Art
[Edda by Michael Kmit (1966) oil on hardboard 72 x 48] Ukrainian/Australian artist Michael Kmit was born in Stryi, Lviv on 25 July 1910. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków, but due to the conflict in WW2, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists A-Z, Gallery Art, OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged #Cubism, Blake Prize, Carlo Carra, Donald Friend, Edda, Fernand Léger, James Gleeson, Neo-Byzantine art, Sulman Prize
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