In the weekend, suddenly struck by a sense of having spent too much time working, and not enough time living, I decided to get amongst it all for a couple of days. I had some pretty big nights in the process and was in bed by 8.30pm on Sunday, but it was worth it. Along …
Category Archives: Art
Caravaggisti Presents WORKING IN THE SHADOW Review by Franky Strachan Printed in the ODT 15/3/12
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist of the 16th and 17th centuries. He was of great influence to the baroque period in art history and has been said to have put “the oscuro (shadows) into chiascuro”. Renowned in the art world for his psychological realism, dramatic use of lighting and more broadly for …
Working in the Shadow, Craig Freeborn, Danny Brisbane, Flynn Morris-clarke, James Colin Bellaney and Philip Madill OPENING PHOTOS 8/3/12
loosley based on a series of events that never actually happened REVIEW by Erin Driessen eyecontactsite.com 27/2/12
Jay Hutchinson is deeply interested in concepts surrounding memory and historical fabrication. His father is a photographer and Hutchinson’s childhood is fully documented. How many events of our childhoods (and beyond) do we actually remember solely from our own experience? loosely based on a series of events that never actually happened presents memories as after-images, …
loosely based on a series of events that never actually happened REVIEW by Franky Strachan printed in the ODT 16/2/12
A Gallery currently evokes a high school classroom, complete with vandalised furniture.Artist and gallery director Jay Hutchinson has placed scholastic props to contextualise his latest printed and intricately embroidered creations.By screen-printing on to silk and cotton, Hutchinson has produced imitation school books, discarded paperwork, fast-food wrappers, photos, and even the contents of a classroom rubbish …
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