Maryann Adair
- Follow MaryAnn Adair's 'Is it art' Blog on WordPress.com
-
Recent Posts
- 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
Archive
Tag Archives: Sculpture
Circe and the Dawn of a New Age
Australian sculptor Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal was born on 12th June 1863 in Fitzroy, an inner city suburb of Melbourne. Mackennal studied at the National Gallery from 1878 -1882. He then left to study in London, where he shared a … Continue reading
The hounds of love are calling – for Diana
Some people may recognize this bronze statue of Diana and the Hounds which stands in front of the Conservatory in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens. It is the work of Australian sculptor William Leslie Bowles, who was born on 26 February 1885 in Leichhardt, New South Wales. He … Continue reading
Posted in StreetFurniture
Tagged A.B. Burton, Bertram Mackennal, bronzes, Diana and the Hounds, Diana Minerva & Vesta, Sculpture, statues
Leave a comment
Torso: Don’t lose your head| Go figure it out
French-born American sculptor Gaston Lachaise was born on March 19, 1882. From 1898 -1904 he studied sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts under Gabriel-Jules Thomas. He began his artistic career as a designer of Art Nouveau decorative objects for the … Continue reading
The world is full of interesting funny excruciating things like Mall’s Balls
Renown Australian visual artist and stainless steel geometric sculptor, Herbert ‘Bert’ Flugelman was born in 1923 in Vienna, Austria. In 1938, at the age of 15, he migrated to Australia, just before the break-out of WW2. During the war years … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt
Tagged #Adelaide, Bert Flugelman, Mall's Balls, rundle Mall, Sculpture, stainless steel sculpture, The Spheres
Leave a comment
Pig’s Bum
Pig’s bum, pig’s ass, pig’s arse. No matter which way you look at it; it’s a pig’s arse – Oliver’s bronze one, to be precise. In case you can’t work out what you are looking at. Let me assure you … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt
Tagged A Day Out, bronzs sculptures, Marguerite Derricourt., rundle Mall, Sculpture
Leave a comment
Have these three added to the general plopulation?
So, here’s the drop on ‘Plop’. ‘Plop Art’ or, as sometimes referred to: ‘Plonk Art’ is a pejorative slang term for public art; which is usually large, abstract, modernist or contemporary (and mostly sculpture) made for Government or Corporate plazas, … Continue reading
The Seedlings of Nature
Fiona Murphy is a Melbourne-based contemporary artist and ceramicist. She graduated with a Dip. Art & Design (1980); Grad. Dip. Fine Art (1985); Grad. Dip. Ed. (1993) and Master of Fine Art (2007) from Monash University, Melbourne. She was the … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics, Gallery Art, Sculpture
Tagged #Artist, biomorphic vessels, ceramacist, Fiona Murphy, Sculpture
Leave a comment
Who gives a Hoot?
Australian sculptor, Thomas Dwyer Bass aka Tom Bass, was born in Lithgow, New South Wales, on 6th June 1916. He studied at the Dattilo Rubbo Art School and the National Art School. After his graduation, Tom developed a philosophy of … Continue reading
Centaur and the Urban Angels
Wendy Reiss is a Melbourne ceramic artist, designer, drawer and painter. She gives classes in ceramic sculpture from her home studio in Carrum. She is the artist of two ceramic (mixed media) sculptures at the exterior of the Kingston Arts … Continue reading
Posted in StreetArt
Tagged Centaur, Ceramics, City of Kingston, Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin, Sculpture, Urban Angel, Wendy Reiss
Leave a comment
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
2 Comments
Royston Vasey – A local town for local people
If you are a follower of “The League of Gentlemen” BBC black-comedy TV series, you will recognize this sculpture, and as you know, sculpture is an important form of art. This sculpture appears at the beginning of each episode. (Some … Continue reading
Hammer Horror
I’m not talking about the Kate Bush song from ’80s or the theme behind the song, which entailed productions from the Hammer Studios (UK) which ran horror movies (by the way – loved those Dracula one’s with Christopher Lee and … Continue reading
Posted in Sculpture
Tagged Hammer-thrower, Kate Bush, Pathfinder, Peter Paul & Mary, Queen Victoria Gardens, Sculpture, The Beatles
Leave a comment
