art: social dysfunction celebrated as ritual
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News, news, news... exhibition, exhibition, exhibition! (opens the original)
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One of the reasons for starting this substack was to announce shows and the like, in the place of the old subscriber mail list. So that’s essentially all this episode of ‘old man walking around with a phone on a stick’ is about. But after this tramsmission, and up to the end of the year, I should have more time to get back into a regular flow of me talking out of my hat.The shows I’m talking about are as follows:Opening September 10 – ‘The stories we tell ourselves’ solo show – Galerie Lagrange,
Answer 1 to question 1 from me to the people of Gympie, Queensland, Oz. (opens the original)
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Another day, another transmission. When the current exhibition was organised, at the artist run space ArtPost in Gympie, I was asked if I’d like to do some online Q and A sessions with the gallery goers. I said yes, but also being aware of some of the technical problems live video conversations can turn up, I thought it might be prudent to make some straight (gob on a stick with a phone on a stick) videos also… just in case it all went windows-update, blue-screen.So here’s the first of those que
Current exhibition. (opens the original)
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Just a quick on the new show that’s opening in Queensland, Australia.
Street art stylee, the dole office and anarchy football. (opens the original)
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People have asked why I made the mural of the Pilhaouer (rag and bone) couple using sprayed stencil texts. So here, eventually (you know me…) is the reason for that stylistic choice.
Seven months on, Colleen's last job... (opens the original)
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Since Col’s passing last December, through the varied vicissitudes of life, circumstance and weathers… I’ve been slowly working through the project of the mural for our home commune of La Feuillee; now it’s done. So here’s the finished thing, our last actual artwork of partnership.
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