Art

[2020hindsight]

Almost borders on procurement on the part of the Principal who has surely breached her position of trust.

Principals losing their principles you reckon
Strange that she's arguing she'll be cleared when the facts come out

 

[2020hindsight]

.... Pole - vaulters Melbourne, Commonwealth Games (apparently) , stainless steel, Gilbert.
How good is that sculpture! sheesh.

Not sure why the vaulter is still holding the pole on the way down lol.

 

[Green08]

The parents were not asked for their permission.

Whilst I admire Henson's work, and have no problem with individual families participating in it, I think this is completely unacceptable. Almost borders on procurement on the part of the Principal who has surely breached her position of trust.

Henson's photographs have had a history of challenging the 'civil acceptable' point. I have found him a master of ambiguity and chiaroscuro through his work. He has struggled for nearly a 25 year period of complex issues.

He strongly resembles Robert Mapplethorpe in stylisng, strong contrast and use of B & W photography to perfection also the innocence which is captured. In Mapplethorpe's era his subject matter of iconiclising the gay popluation was not accepted openly ( this stems from his fathers abuse). He did to work with Lady Lisa Lyon again suggestive and beautiful. He was equally heatedly denounced or lovingly accepted. His exibitions were sold out.

In answer to your question Julia, there has always been a fine line between art and pervsity through out history. I do believe in this case the works on show a Roslyn Oxley were not appropriate. Not just to viewers but more so to the children/adolescents giving them a falsehood taste of fame through nudity. And the unauthorised opportunity to take them with out full parental consent.

As you know youngters are highly influencal and the results may not become obvious to them for years. Through the developed age of civilzation in many different cultures the acceptable standards have changed so dramatically.

In this age of fast speed media through many various links. The lack of doctors to treat the mentally ill, and in many cases untreatable on rape, abuse, incest and torture from childhood. The pedophilles being caught now, though only a small fraction.

The average child now at 10 emulating an 18 year old, with the influnce of toys, play cosmetics, TV, peer pressure, adult lingerie for kids! It is like we have missed a whole generation of innocence, one we cling and try to produce.

I do not denounce all his previous work, who knows what the true impetus for this collection was, only he will. Like all exhibitions one should look at it's entirey to understand the emotion and conveyed message.

Though we can appreciate his former work as an artist.




Paris Opera Series 1991


He is heavily influenced by the old masters Caravaggio’s, Rubens and Rembrant in this use of chiaroscuro. Some of those painting were challanging at their time.


Ajitto by Robert Mapplethorpe (1981). a direct model of Jean Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864) was a Neo-Classical painter

 

[Doris]

Green08...

RE: Ajitto by Robert Mapplethorpe (1981)

Awesome photo! Lovitt!

Nigerian?

 

[2020hindsight]

Actually there are a stack of Salvador Dali pictures already on ASF ...

#203 to about #207 on this thread :-

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=182730

(and also #232 for Brett Whiteley - actually I used to live a couple of houses away from him in North Sydney - except the missus - then girlfriend - and I used to eat more normal mushrooms than him :eek777: )

 

[2020hindsight]

Bill Leak on ABC - 8.00 pm Mondays - brilliant (so far anyway )
doing a posthumous painting of Pro Hart at the moment.

 

[2020hindsight]

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=SOV1srK0hhg
embedded :-
Julian Beever Chalk Drawings

 

[white_crane]

2020Hindsight, have you seen the works of Kurt Wenner?

http://www.kurtwenner.com/gallery/Street_gallery/index.htm

 

[2020hindsight]

2020Hindsight, have you seen the works of Kurt Wenner?

white crane, thanks - I have now brilliant sheesh

 

[white_crane]

Here's another extraordinary artist, Willard Wigan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Wigan

And his website:
http://www.willard-wigan.com/

 

[noirua]

Is this painting Australia's greatest art purchase?

Blue Poles - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bought in 1973
From the New York-based Australian gallerist Max Hutchinson, he discovered that Blue Poles (painted in 1952) was available for sale from the original owner for $1.3 million ($11 million in today's money).
The painting was Jackson Pollock's near five-metre wide work Blue Poles and today its estimated value is about $350 million.14 Apr 2022

 

[noirua]

 

[noirua]

 

[Dona Ferentes]

Margaret Forsyth ... watercolour