tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.comments2023-08-19T22:25:56.854+10:00ArtKritiqueJohn Matthewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06061878645180816697noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-41563296406225274022013-06-21T07:13:46.902+10:002013-06-21T07:13:46.902+10:00Thank you for this wonderful post. It was so infor...Thank you for this wonderful post. It was so informative and inspirational. I love all the different forms of art. Picasso was such a brilliant person and his work will last forever. <br /><br /><a href="http://online-phd-uk.co.uk/online-phd-uk-what-is-a-phd-by-publication-list-of-uk-universities/" rel="nofollow">from Dorothy Fleming at What is a PhD by Publication?</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-15786448324704531132013-04-07T22:15:57.195+10:002013-04-07T22:15:57.195+10:00I actually had someone come out a couple weeks ago...I actually had someone come out a couple weeks ago to give a bid for a checkerboard kitchen floor...so classic!<br /><a href="http://mosaictiledirect.net/flooring-tiles/marble-tiles/18-x-18-tiles/18-in-x-18-in-michelangelo-marble-polished-flooring-tiles-4-in-x-4-in-sample-5-00-free-shipping.html/" rel="nofollow">michelangelo marble</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065953403625312396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-2576467224500442082012-02-14T12:34:53.862+11:002012-02-14T12:34:53.862+11:00Very well done. Great commentary.Very well done. Great commentary.Norman Engelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134224583293620249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-18125976696656545132012-02-08T19:09:34.834+11:002012-02-08T19:09:34.834+11:00I recently saw the show in Melbourne and thought i...I recently saw the show in Melbourne and thought it was 'interesting' and gave valuable insights into how people were responding to the contemporary zeitgeist. However, I couldn't buy the catalogue because I couldn't imagine sitting down over a cuppa to revisit those graphic images!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09753218592055346135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-61315320078966044292011-10-20T22:28:57.330+11:002011-10-20T22:28:57.330+11:00Personally, I think you have missed a good joke.
...Personally, I think you have missed a good joke. <br /><br />Adding a title is a waste of time for these paintings. It does nothing but detract from the marvel of the work.<br /><br />So I think Dale is saying "forget this titling crap, I can't put a title on this... but if I have to, I guess I'll make it something completely ridiculous". <br /><br />"Twenty nine paintings Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13367784285170764119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-82022385506684869832011-10-02T11:29:51.256+11:002011-10-02T11:29:51.256+11:00Thank you John for this piece, you've describe...Thank you John for this piece, you've described the show well and highlighted important aspects. It was a difficult show to 'like' though the work was certainly thought-provoking.moira kirkwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06191269026713869514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-64649853845088778362011-09-17T16:46:46.726+10:002011-09-17T16:46:46.726+10:00This post spoke to the insides of me - raw, honest...This post spoke to the insides of me - raw, honest, perplexed and vulnerable. not giving up. it's good for all of us.<br /> I value these posts, sometimes grappling, groping on an edge, often decisively lucid, having found some ledge, this one transcribes a universe, like a shimmering, raw, open body, full of little clear and beautiful stars. It encapsulates a mind.<br />It speaks so laurie leverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01631222767338611731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-40378932031409985402011-09-16T22:02:56.216+10:002011-09-16T22:02:56.216+10:00Tremendously honest and heartfelt post, Matthew. I...Tremendously honest and heartfelt post, Matthew. I, for one, always appreciate when abstract theories give way to "love, flesh, death, care and beauty." As a working painter/artist my whole view of the world, life and art changed the day I held my first baby in my arms. Lovely poem by Auden. It is my intention, both intuitively and consciously, to bring forth images for a revived era. Holly Friesenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110924172596530370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-44835420215976540862011-05-13T00:38:14.693+10:002011-05-13T00:38:14.693+10:00Your post is my first introduction to O'Brien&...Your post is my first introduction to O'Brien's work and after looking at his paintings the first thing that came to my mind is that his works remind me of Petrov-Vodkin's paintings...Natasha Sazonovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386193320878889934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-9612545899367113562010-12-20T21:06:08.755+11:002010-12-20T21:06:08.755+11:00Spot on.Spot on.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02754794356310756571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-52191952063397849952010-10-20T22:53:31.798+11:002010-10-20T22:53:31.798+11:00An awesome and pinpoint-accurate assessment of wha...An awesome and pinpoint-accurate assessment of what is wrong with contemporary art in this country- and doesn't shy away from putting the blame squarely where it belongs. A great many curators should be whacked across the snout with a hard copy of this post!Mark Calderwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228653921788202849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-33471702403439267332010-10-11T15:59:23.201+11:002010-10-11T15:59:23.201+11:00Well said.
The film overall was a bit of a let-do...Well said.<br /><br />The film overall was a bit of a let-down in terms of expectations. All the footage of street art being made in the first half of the film made the second half drag on in comparison.<br /><br />That said, it was a compelling hoax in some cases. Fun to watch at times, but I'm not sure I'd pay money to see it. I guess you could say the same about alot of Banksy's Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116136608246666511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-92040572759513450292010-06-07T20:55:54.349+10:002010-06-07T20:55:54.349+10:00Hilarious and quotable words... "what might b...Hilarious and quotable words... "what might be beautiful would be a greater distance between the art world and its own navel".Nicola Moirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694465554864338497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-78857359622575961182010-06-05T21:36:11.984+10:002010-06-05T21:36:11.984+10:00love the art! -garden cartlove the art! -<a href="http://www.cartsonthego.com/garden-carts" rel="nofollow">garden cart</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720668611437329185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-65847161592290690132010-02-21T09:27:03.811+11:002010-02-21T09:27:03.811+11:00A very helpful analysis, thank you.
Dale's ti...A very helpful analysis, thank you.<br /><br />Dale's titles do sound like a w_nk.maple leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768694779009509583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-31523346326627109292010-01-21T13:01:41.841+11:002010-01-21T13:01:41.841+11:00Hi John
It is good to read what has become of you...Hi John<br /><br />It is good to read what has become of your frustration with the disparity between art experience and art criticism. Hope that more people continue to be moved and inspired by creative people's wrestling with what is to be human.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-2941671563804998302010-01-21T12:23:33.722+11:002010-01-21T12:23:33.722+11:00John do you have a twitter profile? if not, consid...John do you have a twitter profile? if not, consider one to help share you critical and thought provoking words around... PWRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-19051381291050687762010-01-09T18:14:55.223+11:002010-01-09T18:14:55.223+11:00Hi John,
Good to read your response.
like the li...Hi John,<br />Good to read your response. <br /> like the line "conversation thrives best when we are confident and dies when we are defensive." That says it all for me.<br />The best and most memorable conversations I have had are always the ones where I was not backed into (or withdrawing into) a defensive mode....where I could feel another's interest in hearing my thinking Sophie Munnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-41711961227215022682010-01-05T09:58:08.783+11:002010-01-05T09:58:08.783+11:00Thanks Sophie,
I think the point you make about R...Thanks Sophie,<br /><br />I think the point you make about Robert Dessaix is valid beyond Australia too. <br /><br />Public discourse is all too often simply an exchange of opposing statements. I'm sure this is compounded, if not actually caused by, the reliance upon television for dissemination of information - the very nature of the medium where where the soundbites of two opposing points John Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061878645180816697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-57922345923326153062010-01-01T12:47:41.045+11:002010-01-01T12:47:41.045+11:00One of the most curious conversations I ever overh...One of the most curious conversations I ever overheard was 20+ years ago in the bar at London's Centre for Contemporary Art. Its so long ago I've even forgotten if that was the name of the institution not having been back since!<br />A young woman and man (late 20's) sat for at least an hour engaged in a fast and furious repartee on what was in and what was out at that time in London Sophie Munnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-83628478212648565022009-12-23T01:30:28.695+11:002009-12-23T01:30:28.695+11:00there seem to references to henry darger too, espe...there seem to references to henry darger too, especially in that long painting with the long title.<br /><br />thanks for writing, i enjoy your eye, stern though it is.<br /><br />cheers,Miles Allinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02557884090367589862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-21032763536750931592009-11-17T08:38:50.602+11:002009-11-17T08:38:50.602+11:00You're more generous than I thought you'd ...You're more generous than I thought you'd be. Nice.BecMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07425807728992429058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-72567514247574285452009-09-29T16:41:19.911+10:002009-09-29T16:41:19.911+10:00'Unshackled and unshorn'...Nice!'Unshackled and unshorn'...Nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-73430041807202986612009-09-11T13:48:51.668+10:002009-09-11T13:48:51.668+10:00Nice to read your thoughts on his work!
MarcusNice to read your thoughts on his work!<br /><br />MarcusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656212276125134801.post-24899125631904650472009-08-07T16:28:26.649+10:002009-08-07T16:28:26.649+10:00Amazing - am now desperate to see some of these wo...Amazing - am now desperate to see some of these works for myself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com