In the most recent issue of The Sunday Times, artist Banksy did not only create the cover art, but the magazine also published a 6 page interview with him.
“Readers of the The Sunday Times in the UK were greeted with a six-page spread on Banksy including a question and answer session with the stealthy street artist. The interview ended up being quite insightful despite the fact that he talks in his usual tongue-in-cheek manner about museums, CCTV, his reasons for anonymity, his hypocrisy, his family, his art background, his collection, and sure to disappoint fans everywhere, he says – “I won’t be doing any more big gallery shows for a while, it’s all a bit dodgy. I’ve come into contact with a lot more villains since I moved from vandalism into selling paintings. The art world is full of shady people peddling bright colours.” It’s perhaps this distrust of the art world that led to the way his film “Exit Through the Gift Shop” turned out and also to the creation Pest Control, an entity that still refuses to authenticate his artwork that is taken off the streets by speculators.”
In the most recent issue of The Sunday Times, artist Banksy did not only create the cover art, but the magazine also published a 6 page interview with him.
“Readers of the The Sunday Times in the UK were greeted with a six-page spread on Banksy including a question and answer session with the stealthy street artist. The interview ended up being quite insightful despite the fact that he talks in his usual tongue-in-cheek manner about museums, CCTV, his reasons for anonymity, his hypocrisy, his family, his art background, his collection, and sure to disappoint fans everywhere, he says – “I won’t be doing any more big gallery shows for a while, it’s all a bit dodgy. I’ve come into contact with a lot more villains since I moved from vandalism into selling paintings. The art world is full of shady people peddling bright colours.” It’s perhaps this distrust of the art world that led to the way his film “Exit Through the Gift Shop” turned out and also to the creation Pest Control, an entity that still refuses to authenticate his artwork that is taken off the streets by speculators.”
I fell in absolute awe and amazement with the work of Ron Mueck several years ago. And that was just from looking at photos of the man’s work online and in magazines. I had never had the opportunity to see his work up close and personal.
And it was with great excitement, anticipation and utter exhilaration when I found out the National Gallery of Victoria would be holding an exhibition of Mueck’s work here in Melbourne. I marked the date on my calendar and then began counting the days down.
What can I tell you? I’m a fan. Unashamed! I just couldn’t wait to finally get to see some of this work live… in the polystyrene flesh, and today, I got my chance.
Circa Nocturna 2010 is almost upon us. We’ve covered the last two year’s of this wonderful event and frankly, I for one cannot wait for this year’s gala!
Circa Nocturna brings alternative fashion to the world of high fashion as a participant in the 2010 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival.
WHERE:Fitzroy Town Hall – Cnr of Napier and Moore St, Fitzroy. WHEN:Saturday 6th of March 2010 TIME:Doors Open at 7 pm for pre show drinks.
The catwalk show will be followed by Carnival.
Carnival gives attendees the opportunity to meet the amazing designers they have just witnessed strut their stuff on the Circa catwalk. Guests will be able and see the work upclose. Designers will have catalogues, information on wholesale special offers as well as items for sale.
There will be spectacular performers and roaming entertainers and the bar will remain open.
Exit Through the Gift Shop is one of those films that comes along once in a great while, a warped hybrid of reality and self -induced fiction while at the same time a totally entertaining experience. The story is so bizarre I began to question if it could even be real… but in the end I didn’t care. I feel bad I won’t be able to shake the filmmaker’s hand and tell him how much I love this film. I think I will shake everyone’s hand that day and hope I hit on Banksy somewhere. I love his work in all forms.
Exit Through the Gift Shop is one of those films that comes along once in a great while, a warped hybrid of reality and self -induced fiction while at the same time a totally entertaining experience. The story is so bizarre I began to question if it could even be real… but in the end I didn’t care. I feel bad I won’t be able to shake the filmmaker’s hand and tell him how much I love this film. I think I will shake everyone’s hand that day and hope I hit on Banksy somewhere. I love his work in all forms.
Mueck’s sculptures are some of the most widely acclaimed, prominent and identifiable works in the international contemporary art arena. Often naked and suspended in states of self-consciousness, introspection or deep contemplation, his figures present both emotional and physical states of exposure. As viewers we experience a level of unease that is borne of a voyeuristic awkwardness, as though we have invaded some kind of personal space. However, we also identify with the human condition these poignant moments express. Astounding in their apparent realism and compelling in their ability to invite interaction Ron Mueck’s works have earned him a singular place as the creator of some of the most evocative sculptures of our time. This is the most comprehensive exhibition of work by the Australian-born, London-based artist to have been presented in the southern hemisphere. It includes four new works by Mueck in addition to some of his major, recognised works including the iconic Dead Dad 1996/97.
Having been a professional web-designer since 1997 and basically using Photoshop since its inception – I had made a career out of manipulating images and photos for various web-design projects I had been working on.
After doing that for many years, I took up hobby photography in 2003 to teach myself how to capture an image, how to be a photographer. Looking back at my early attempts, the photography was raw and very much naive. I knew that but it didn’t matter. I wanted to let the camera catch an image and I wanted that image to remain untouched. I kept Photoshop and my fledgling photography as two separate entities.
As weird as that may sound, there was a method to my madness. I wanted to learn a new discipline and leave the old discipline behind.
These days, I’m a little more advanced than in 2003 and the two skill-sets often combine, merge and create exciting results.
Whilst most of my Photoshop work on my photos is to color correct and fix stuff in post, I’m starting to try and create some art pieces with my live music photography. It is all purely experimental and at this stage I’m just playing with some textures but so far, some of these are turning out pretty cool!
As we’re about to enter our 6th year of Dogmatic goodness, I felt it was time for a new coat of paint.
Inspired by a photo I had taken back in 2006 of an antiquated office I stumbled upon, purely by accident one night. See below. This place looked like it had been frozen in time, a relic from days gone past. It looked old. Dilapidated. And something akin from a David Lynch movie.
Do yourselves a favor and head to Hosier Lane to check out Blek’s latest work. Not sure if he’s painted anywhere else in the city, but for any fellow photogs – you really need to get a shot of this.
He isn’t regarded as the godfather of stencil art for nothing.
Says Banksy, "every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier."
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