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Arts thread
For any peeps interested in the arts: what's new, what's on?, general info, etc..
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NGV Australia (Ian Potter) - Bill Henson from 23 April
Born in Melbourne, Henson is one of Australias foremost photographers. Well worth checking out. I went to the Sydney showing a month back. I can't recommend it highly enough. Strong, emotive, dramatic images and pieces.
more info here
to get us started...
NGV Australia (Ian Potter) - Bill Henson from 23 April
Born in Melbourne, Henson is one of Australias foremost photographers. Well worth checking out. I went to the Sydney showing a month back. I can't recommend it highly enough. Strong, emotive, dramatic images and pieces.
more info here
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I went to Saatchi Gallery in London last week.
INSANE works on show there at the moment. Love the stuff by Hermann Nitsch...
huge peices he makes a crazy sacrificial ceremonies they do with hundreds of people etc. when you go up close there is all sort of shit over the paintings, foodsteps, blood, bandaid, bits of paper etc.
would love to see more of his work - hopefully in australia one day!
sad news about the ngv in the paper the other day...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/Nati ... 04446.html
hope they still manage to do some of those great exhibitions!
INSANE works on show there at the moment. Love the stuff by Hermann Nitsch...
huge peices he makes a crazy sacrificial ceremonies they do with hundreds of people etc. when you go up close there is all sort of shit over the paintings, foodsteps, blood, bandaid, bits of paper etc.
would love to see more of his work - hopefully in australia one day!
sad news about the ngv in the paper the other day...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/Nati ... 04446.html
hope they still manage to do some of those great exhibitions!
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Cool, don't worry about me, just being bitter and twisted...stovequeen wrote:not at all GM.. i'm an artbeat member thats all.. preview parties etcgreat_magnet wrote:damn popular bitch you are...
It's been a long week and I need get out of the orifice...
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stovequeen wrote:some would say there's an art form to wanking..quick wrote:I like some art, but I hate that so called 'art wank' stuff, don't ask me what exactly that is, I'll know when I see it, and I think its crap... but geniune art is ace....
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It's the only profound thing that Whitney Houston ever uttered; learning to love yourself IS the greatest love of all...stovequeen wrote:some would say there's an art form to wanking..quick wrote:I like some art, but I hate that so called 'art wank' stuff, don't ask me what exactly that is, I'll know when I see it, and I think its crap... but geniune art is ace....
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NGV Membership Info
NGV Artbeat[/]
- created for peeps in their 20's & 30's interested in Melbs visual arts scene. All benefits of standard membership but geared more to the under 40's
- individual member $88 yr
- duo member (2 people at same address) $98 yr
- concession (full-time students) $66 yr
check here for info including benefits, discounts and events: http://www.ngvartbeat.org.au
Otherwise you can go for the standard membership... same price
p.s. Find a friend and go for duo... half price for each.. you just have to list one address on the memberships thats all
NGV Artbeat[/]
- created for peeps in their 20's & 30's interested in Melbs visual arts scene. All benefits of standard membership but geared more to the under 40's
- individual member $88 yr
- duo member (2 people at same address) $98 yr
- concession (full-time students) $66 yr
check here for info including benefits, discounts and events: http://www.ngvartbeat.org.au
Otherwise you can go for the standard membership... same price
p.s. Find a friend and go for duo... half price for each.. you just have to list one address on the memberships thats all
my kinda art.
membership is free.
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Internet pics and pics in books never do justice! On some of those Fauves paintings, you can actually see the canvas! I remember seeing "Blue Poles" for the first time only after seeing pics of it in books and being amazed at what I actually saw, by seeing it in the "flesh."mecka wrote:Yeh I love the colours. Internet pics don't really do the paintings much justice though - theres also a real texture to the brush strokes you can't see over the net.
oh Ag3nT[]0raNg3 re: Ken Done...thats not such a throwaway comment, Done would probably sight the Fauves early 20th cen.art movement as an influence!
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funny how Charles Saatchi is able to 'find' artists doing very similar stuff to his last 'discovery' not long after they tell him to get fucked. here's to the revolution pushing him and Nigella to the wall pronto.Friday wrote:I went to Saatchi Gallery in London last week.
INSANE works on show there at the moment. Love the stuff by Hermann Nitsch...
huge peices he makes a crazy sacrificial ceremonies they do with hundreds of people etc. when you go up close there is all sort of shit over the paintings, foodsteps, blood, bandaid, bits of paper etc.
would love to see more of his work - hopefully in australia one day!
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true, true. I heard that they've banned students sketching as of last year though, does anyone know if this is true?Friday wrote:sad news about the ngv in the paper the other day...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/Nati ... 04446.html
hope they still manage to do some of those great exhibitions!
DRS wrote:It’s uplifting while we drift through time,
‘cause we keep pushing the vibe.
i still reckon charles saatchi has done incredible things for the art scene...system wrote: funny how Charles Saatchi is able to 'find' artists doing very similar stuff to his last 'discovery' not long after they tell him to get fucked. here's to the revolution pushing him and Nigella to the wall pronto.
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he has definitely contributed and made people able to achieve things they otherwise would never have done...
he didn't discover nitsch by the way
he's been big since the 70s
yeah that's right.system wrote:true, true. I heard that they've banned students sketching as of last year though, does anyone know if this is true?Friday wrote:sad news about the ngv in the paper the other day...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/Nati ... 04446.html
hope they still manage to do some of those great exhibitions!
my boy is an artist / and teaches high school art - he was telling me a while back that they all received notice last year that pens / pencils etc aren't permitted in the NGV at all anymore...
so not only can the kids not scetch they can't even take notes!
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we'll have to agree to disagree! applying marketing techniques to art doesn't really add to much to the cultural values - it just leaves us with Tracy Emin!!Friday wrote:i still reckon charles saatchi has done incredible things for the art scene...system wrote: funny how Charles Saatchi is able to 'find' artists doing very similar stuff to his last 'discovery' not long after they tell him to get fucked. here's to the revolution pushing him and Nigella to the wall pronto.
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he has definitely contributed and made people able to achieve things they otherwise would never have done...
anyway, hasn't he been going on about painting being the new installation/video art?
I know, but admitting that would have ruined a good rant.Friday wrote:he didn't discover nitsch by the way
he's been big since the 70s
and they wonder why numbers are down. the ATO has also been a big factor in the reduction of private funding to the arts as well. meh.Friday wrote:yeah that's right.system wrote:true, true. I heard that they've banned students sketching as of last year though, does anyone know if this is true?Friday wrote:sad news about the ngv in the paper the other day...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/Nati ... 04446.html
hope they still manage to do some of those great exhibitions!
my boy is an artist / and teaches high school art - he was telling me a while back that they all received notice last year that pens / pencils etc aren't permitted in the NGV at all anymore...
so not only can the kids not sketch they can't even take notes!
DRS wrote:It’s uplifting while we drift through time,
‘cause we keep pushing the vibe.
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I'm with you on the Blue Poles comment. I remember the contraversy when it was purchased, and then probably 10 yrs later I get to stand in front of it.... and all I could think was OMG! It is a huge and amazing work.killeye wrote:
Internet pics and pics in books never do justice! On some of those Fauves paintings, you can actually see the canvas! I remember seeing "Blue Poles" for the first time only after seeing pics of it in books and being amazed at what I actually saw, by seeing it in the "flesh."
I'm nuts for art galleries but so rarely do i go in my home town. I've never even set foot in the NGV! It's something i do when I'm on holidays outta town. So big ups to Plasmo for taking me down to the Stencil Festival yesterday. I did spend a bit of time marvelling at the building more than the art tho
Art gallery trip in Wellington coming up!
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Check out whats new at Te Papa too PCPolecat wrote:I'm with you on the Blue Poles comment. I remember the contraversy when it was purchased, and then probably 10 yrs later I get to stand in front of it.... and all I could think was OMG! It is a huge and amazing work.killeye wrote:
Internet pics and pics in books never do justice! On some of those Fauves paintings, you can actually see the canvas! I remember seeing "Blue Poles" for the first time only after seeing pics of it in books and being amazed at what I actually saw, by seeing it in the "flesh."
I'm nuts for art galleries but so rarely do i go in my home town. I've never even set foot in the NGV! It's something i do when I'm on holidays outta town. So big ups to Plasmo for taking me down to the Stencil Festival yesterday. I did spend a bit of time marvelling at the building more than the art tho
Art gallery trip in Wellington coming up!
there has always been some confusion amongst the people working there as to whether or not this is allowed. i know that the insurance for the "blockbusters", like the Impressionists, doesn't allow people to bring stuff in that could potentially deface the work...this is ridiculous! artists have ALWAYS studied the work of old masters...i've said before that it's like telling a horticulturist they can't take notes in a forest. i hate the gallery for even thinking of not allowing the public to make notes from publicly owed work.system wrote:I heard that they've banned students sketching as of last year though, does anyone know if this is true?
there's an opening at ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 111 Sturt St, Sth Melb) next Monday, 14th March @ 6.30 for "new05" which is part of a series of new commissions for the space by australian artists. it's always been good in the past, so it should be worth a visit. it's on until 15th may.
wow what a visionary...and how convienient that painting is so much more tradeable.system wrote:anyway, hasn't he been going on about painting being the new installation/video art?
although i do agree that, with the development of digital media, painting and drawing is being appreciated more. it's not like installation/video has actually avoided the art market. and most of what i've seen is boring; the medium as the message/art for art's sake...
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That's nuts.Rob M wrote:http://www.richardmarchand.com/gallery_frames.html
check this shit out. i'm gobsmacked!!!!
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Rhys Lee. Melbourne artist and quite good. (pics are a bit under representative though )
Rhys Lee. Melbourne artist and quite good. (pics are a bit under representative though )
DRS wrote:It’s uplifting while we drift through time,
‘cause we keep pushing the vibe.
That is indeed nuts.TimmyG wrote:That's nuts.Rob M wrote:http://www.richardmarchand.com/gallery_frames.html
check this shit out. i'm gobsmacked!!!!
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one more vote for nuts.Hardy wrote:That is indeed nuts.TimmyG wrote:That's nuts.Rob M wrote:http://www.richardmarchand.com/gallery_frames.html
check this shit out. i'm gobsmacked!!!!
i like this one.
!!system wrote:http://www.helengory.com/lees.htm
Rhys Lee. Melbourne artist and quite good. (pics are a bit under representative though )
rhys is a good mate of me and my boy!
he's a lil insane
we went to the opening of that exhibition a couple of months ago
those pieces are HUGE canvases. very cool stuff.