Posts Tagged ‘art’
Pippin Drysdale – WA State Living Treasure
How cool is that? Pip’s work has been recognised, awarded and collected worldwide. She was made a Master of Australian Craft in 2008 and now she’s been recognised here in WA as a State Living Treasure. Pip’s status as a treasure has been well known to us since we started photographing her works almost 20 years…
Read MoreDarren Smith – A Thousand Facets
Some time ago I was approached by sound artist Leah Blankendaal to collaborate with her on an installation based around distortions and refractions. Our ad hoc coffee shop manifesto nailed down one absolute: both of us wanted the exhibition to be experienced in fantastic reality, rather than virtual reality. This series carries a culmination of interests for me. I love pure…
Read MorePerth Arena
If part of the function of Perth Arena’s freak yachting accident exterior is to excite public debate it must be judged a success. Like an in-your-face youth with unresolved childhood issues and a new tattoo, its lumbering slab sides are confrontational and immediately polarising. Perhaps as the landscape around it changes over the next decade…
Read MoreGuy Grey Smith
There are just 100 of them, they’re slipcased and they’ve been hand numbered and signed by the illustrious Mr Gaynor himself. And we’re giving one away. Read on winners! Every West Aussie with a creative bone in their body knows that one of the most potent catalysts for great art is our comparative isolation. …
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