Category: art
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Recent Books
Here’s some recent books that I picked up. I should have given them their individual posts, but I’ve been busy. The Faith of Graffiti It’s a book containing the eponymous essay by Norman Mailer about the early days of graffiti in New York, along with it’s writers. An interesting read, although long-winded by today’s standards,…
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Megalo
So today, I took advantage of the recently purchased Megalo membership and learn to do some screen printing. So basically, I turned this set of hieroglyphs that I drew while I was at work and turned it into this: Pretty neat. I’ll probably give these out to some friends, whoever wants them. The whole screen…
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The Batman Follies of 1929
I am waiting in the lobby before the show begins, thinking about how Batman has evolved over the decades. I remember the Batman movie when it was directed by Tim Burton. This helped spawn the Batman The Animated Series was a Gotham set in an art deco eternity, the sleek lines of a golden age,…
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Art, Not Apart
I had some apprehensions on going to Apart (that’s Art, Not Apart) on the weekend. My problem with art festivals, and a larger chunk of the arts world, is that it’s pretending to be more than it really is. People readily apply labels like post-modern, transgressive and zeitgeist to things that are getting more praise…
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Hobart Visit – MONA
Over the last week, I visited some friends in Hobart and among the first and last things that I saw was the art collection housed in the Museum of Old and New Art. Because its a thing you have to see twice to get a real feeling for what is happening behind the battlements of…
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Street Art Workshop
Down at the Belco Art Centre, the May’s Street Art Exhibition is on display and as part of the event, there was a couple of workshops on today. I was most interested in the Street Art workshop and a chance to meet two people in particular, Byrd and Abyss. It was cool to see them…
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Ado’s Canvas
I almost forgot this. During the hiatus from the site, I picked this up from Ado, one of the proprietors of Midian Underground, which sold art, spray can and the occasional piece of fashion or designer toys. I had another canvas reserved on a deposit, but now the store has closed, with a sign on…
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Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art Night
I went to the inaugural Dr Sketchy’s for this town with Sam (twitter), one of my buddies from the ACT Comic Meet. Titled It’s A Private Affair and held in the Tuggeranong Art Centre was a fun outing. Local burlesque performers ran through a couple of routines and strike poses for us, the crowd to…
The Screaming Wall 