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Archibald Prize 2022
Welcome one and all to my review of what I believe are the ten best paintings for the 2022 Archibald Prize. I am an opiniated bastard and will forthwith offer my views. Mostly praise, but where I see something that is wrong with the artists work I will say so. Every year the judges announce…
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Getting kicked in the guts
No matter how many times I try to make some sort of inroads towards getting ahead in the ‘art world’; I get kicked in the guts. I have great faith in my ablilty and it’s endlessly frustrating when I see endless artists with little or no talent making a living at it. I am not…
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Adam Mazzon Deadlift
My photorealist painting of Adam Mazzon started with a 4K video I shot at his gym PTC Eltham. So check out a strong bloke picking up 300kg twice. And bursting some blood vessels in his nose. Note: there is no sound on the video because YouTube have muted it. It was AC/DC’s Highway to Hell.
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Masterpiece vs the good, the bad and the ugly
Challenging the art world with their tribal and elitist position within the larger framework of the wider world
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50 SQUARED ART PRIZE 2021
I went along to Brunswick Street Gallery to check out the 50 Squared Art Prize in which I had entered my painting Siemens PLM – The Conquest of Bread. There were several hundred artworks on display. All of which were smaller than a 50 cm square – hence the name of the prize. Out of…
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