Tag: art
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LIedekijn Interview
A year after co-editing and launching the sold-out Beginnings comics anthology, Emma-Jean will be opening Liedekijn, a sequential exhibition showcasing the fascinating work of twenty-four artists as they each tell a part of the medieval Dutch folk tale Heer Halewijn. Emma took some time out to talk about the upcoming show. J: So Emma, give…
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Front Gallery Exhibition
Before heading to a friend’s place for some zine assembly, I decided to head to The Front Cafe for the Centenary Collaborative Exhibition. A couple of friends and acquaintances had put up pieces as part of a celebration that this town is now a hundred years old. I took some photos of what was there,…
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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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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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Links of Interest
More art that’s graced my browser 9 Eyes Jon Rafman has, or is, compiling a blog of photos taken by the Google Street View Camera, its equally random, insane and beautiful James Jirat Patradoon How do you frame gif art in a gallery? (Some kind of LCD screen I suppose…) Vania Zouravliov (Probably NSFW) Wow,…
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L.A. Update
Here’s a few shots from LA, these were done around the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA for short. LACMA is a really decent campus of art, and in my short time there, I checked out the modern art, the Japanese art pavilion and American (United States/North American) art gallery, along with some contemporary…
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Links of Interest
Some art stuff this time around Mark Goss Boneface I really wish I could this as a print…maybe I should ask him.
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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…
The Screaming Wall 