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Sydney Biennale 2018
Some impressions from the 2018 Biennale.
Conflicted objects
I created this series in 2013.
The wind and the leaves
This series of photos dates back to a windy afternoon in 2013 at 1 Farrer Place in Sydney.
Switching on the lights
My entry for the GIF IT UP 2017 competition is derived from an advertisement for a gas lighting device.
Tying shoelaces
What am I on about here? Tying your shoelaces is one of those everyday things we do without thinking anything at all. Once we’ve learned this basic but essential skill, it can become a completely mindless activity for the rest of our life. By slowing down the action, we can once again appreciate how complex the skill actually is, and how strangely fascinating – fingers wrestling with and eventually taming two opposing ends of the same piece of string.
Archibald Prize 2017
Each year I visit the Archibald Prize exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. This year I was particularly impressed by the following works.
This portrait by Anh Oh of an aboriginal man with incredibly capturing eyes.
This almost three-dimensional portrait by Ashley Frost of Janet Dawson.
The deserved winner, Mitch Cairns’ beautifully composed portrait of his partner Agatha Gothe-Snape.
Almost sculptural is this painting by Noel Thurgate of Peter Powditch:
This vibrant painting by Wawiriya Burton depicting her father’s homeland.
And the painting I spent the most time with, this amazing large scale landscape work by Nicholas Harding.
