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Tag Archives: Art
To be or not to be…is Saskia Flora or is Flora Saskia?
You might have noticed a few days ago that Google had a tribute to Rembrandt’s birthday (15th July 1606). Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a well known Dutch painter. His paintings are a part of … Continue reading
Posted in OilPainting, Paintings
Tagged Art, Flora, Rembrandt, Saskia, The Hermitage
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Joyeux Le Quatorze Juillet! aka Happy Bastille Day
Went down to my local patisserie “Gateaux” to buy a celebratory slice of cake (for a friend’s birthday). The shop was getting ready for Bastille Day celebrations, so I thought it was time to salute La Tour Eiffel. Any visitor … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt
Tagged #Paris, Architecture, Art, eiffel towrer, france, gustave eiffel, tourism
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Who’s robb’n who?
When I first saw “Trophy” in the foyer of the National Gallery of Victoria it ‘quite blew my head off’. It is made from fibreglass, polyester resin, synthetic polymer, paint and steel. It was created in 2002 by sculptor Charles … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt
Tagged #Installations, Adelaide street art, Art, Charles Robb, Sculpture
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Oh what a beauty… I’ve never seen one as big as that before!
In this instance, I am referring to the gaping mouth-hole on this picture which is an inset of a section of curtain painted by John Piper in 1942 for the Edith Sitwell/William Walton production of Façade. So, who exactly was … Continue reading
Posted in Textiles
Tagged #ArtInstallations, Art, curtains, Edith Sitwell, Façade, John Piper, Osbert Sitwell, William Walton
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Doe a Deer, a female deer…
I never knew shelving could be so hard! This is the winner of the Sir John Sulman Prize for 2013 –Victoria Reichelt. It is an oil on linen 130 x 91 cm From the artist, Victoria says: “With the invention of … Continue reading
Posted in Paintings, QuestionableArt, TheGood
Tagged Art, libraries, Sir John Sulman Prize, Victoria Reichelt
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Animal magnetism
You bet I’m stuck on you! This threesome remind me of a modern-day three wise monkeys – Fridge magnets -Whether you like them or not, they’re everywhere. I wonder if anyone has ever thought of doing a fridge magnet census. … Continue reading
Posted in #FridgeMagnets, Collectibles, QuestionableArt
Tagged #kitchenalia, #Kitsch, Art, fridge magnets, magnetic art, memomagnetics, QuestionableArt
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A wipe of tea towels (dish towels)
Plenty of people collect tea towels and there is probably a collector’s term ending in -ology which relates to it, but what about a collective noun. Could it be something like a ‘wipe of tea towels?’. Wikipedia provides some historical … Continue reading
Posted in Collectibles, Tea Towels
Tagged Art, collectible art, Collectibles, dish towels, Irish linen, linen cloth, tea towels
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Leonard French – stained glass window artist
The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it; such as windows of churches and other significant buildings. Louis Comfort Tiffany in America specialized in secular stained glass, mostly of plant … Continue reading
Posted in Glass, Stained Glass
Tagged #GalleryArt, #Glass, #StainedGlass, Art, Leonard French
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The Swing by Jean Fragonard
One of my biggest faves ever has been Jean Fragonard’s (1732-1806) The Swing. This was painted back in 1767. You can learn more about Fragonard on this Wikipedia page. I could barely control myself when I saw it for the … Continue reading
Posted in Paintings
Tagged #Fragonard, #GalleryArt, #WallaceCollection, Art, Rococo art
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Masters of stencil
A long-standing local stencil artist of great admiration is HaHa (born 1972). He has stenciled a great number of items around the walls. He also trades by his real name as Regan Tamanui (artist). This ran in Hosier Lane for … Continue reading
Posted in Stencils, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged Art, grafitti, Ha-Ha, stencil art, StreetArt
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Conundrum
Here’s one of those conundrums – like which came first, the chicken or the egg? What I’m looking at is an empty can of tomatoes nestling in a brick wall. My conundrum is: (a) is it art? (b) if not, … Continue reading
Posted in QuestionableArt, TheUgly
Tagged #ArtInstallation, Art, brickwork, is it art? can of tomatoes, tin can, tomatoes
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Where’s Edward Scissorhands when you want him?
Topiary is considered an art form and I guess they are living sculptures. To some people, this would be a topiarist’s delight. Somewhere in the UK I found this topiary zoo. I’m thinking…whoever created these has way too much time … Continue reading
Banksy
This first piece Rat with bolt-cutters is by Banksy. You will notice, unfortunately, that not even Banksy can be spared from taggers who tag over great pieces. C’mon guys, a bit of respect! If you want to know more about … Continue reading
Posted in Stencils, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #Graffiti, #LanewayArt, Art, Banksy, stencil art, Stencils
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Blek Le Rat
Another great stencil artist is Blek Le Rat. Blek Le Rat is 65 years old and he now knows that life goes very fast and time is precious. The last 30 years went so fast that today the need of … Continue reading
Posted in Stencils, StreetArt, StreetArtists
Tagged #Graffiti, #LanewayArt, Art, Blek le Rat, stencil art, Stencils
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