HangerBicocca Milano Anselm Kiefer

HangerBicocca in Milan is a private museum to house the Seven Heavenly Palaces by Anselm Kiefer. At present it has a special exhibition of Kiefer paintings. It is a vast space with an equally large space currently under construction for future temporary exhibitions.

The Seven Heavenly Palaces. The towers are all cast from shipping containers with concrete.

Me and Marinella at the exhibition

Each tower has a separate meaning including the twin towers New York and Noah's ark

Lead books prop up the towers. Nothing can be written on them. Knowledge is lost

Large work by Kiefer

Photographing a large work by Kiefer

Kiefer painting surface detail

Really very moving powerful work.

Fondazione Prada Milano

Selected works, great museum!

Painted Gold!

Piero Manzoni, Achrome, 1968.

Yves Klein, La Vague, 1957.

Louise Bourgeois installation

Thomas Demand installation

Damien Hirst sculpture

Me and Marinella.

Palazzo Reale Milano

Some highlights for me....

Giullo Paolini, Megara, 1966.

Daniel Buren, White Vinylic Painting on Striped White and Orange Fabric, 1968.

Piero Manzoni, Achrome, 1959.

Giorgio Morandi, Natura morta, 1943.

Fredrik Vaerslev

Painting by Fredrik Vaerslev

 

Painting by Fredrik Vaerslev

 

Painting by Fredrik Vaerslev

 

 

 

Fredrik Vaerslev, born in1979 and from Norway is making paintings influenced by what I term 'found marks'. Those random markings and scuffs found on building sites and just generally scattered on walls and walkways in any city. To see more work visit here

 

Melinda Harper

Opening crowd at Heide Museum of Modern Art

Small experimental collage work by Melinda Harper

Striped painting by Melinda Harper

Small tapestries by Melinda Harper

Bush winter night, Heide, Melbourne

I was fortunate to attend the opening of 'Colour Sensation' a survey of works by Melinda Harper, June 27 - October 25 at Heide Museum of Modern Art. I found myself drawn to her works in the side rooms including a room of early small paintings from the 1980s-90s and another containing a wall assemblage of small abstract tapestries. The main gallery contains the large scale colourful geometric abstractions that she is known for. For more information read here



 

Brett McMahon

Brett McMahon studio interior.

Brett McMahon, selected works

Distillation : The art of Brett McMahon, Newcastle Art Gallery, June 13 - August 30. Looks like a great show. Congratulations to the artist. To read more click here

Lucky am I to have the catalogue kindly sent to me by Anthony T O'Carroll.

Cover image: Brett McMahon, After nature series, 2013.

 

Winter Victoria



Shed, Central Victoria

It's winter in Victoria. This shed was stacked with summer produce...

 

Donald Judd

Installation in Marfa,Texas

 

To me the shadows cast in this work read like gates and a water tank on stilts. Beautiful contrast between the open field, tracks and the geometry of the structures and shadows.

 

Contemporary Bark Painting

Djirrirra Wunungmurra, Yukuwa, 2011, natural pigments on bark.

Nonggirrnga Marawili, Yathikpa, 2013, natural pigments on bark.

Nonggirrnga Marawili, Yathikpa, 2013, natural pigments on bark.

Fantastic to see these contemporary interpretations of traditional bark painting at the Art Gallery of New South Wales recently. Djirrirra Wunungmurra, born 1968, Arnhem region, Yukuwa 2011 is a depiction of yam tendrils and feathered flowers. Nonggirrnga Marawili, born c1939, Arnhem region, Yathikpa, 2013, is a contemporary depiction of fire.

 

Lorraine Connelly-Northey

Small bags at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Dilly bags at the Asia Pacific Triennial 7 at GOMA, Queensland 2012

I always enjoy seeing the work of Lorraine Connelly-Northey both recently at Federation Square NGV, Melbourne and at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney. I am still very happy I have in my possession a small tin and feather bag I purchased in 2005. Connelly-Northey is of Indigenous and Irish descent and her work is often made from salvaged materials including weathered scrap metal.