Comic Tragics exhibition opening at AGWA.
I attended a talk with AGWA Curator Robert Cook with artists Ron Rege Jr, Tommi Parrish and Emma Talbot. I had not yet seen the exhibition but luckily I had been to pre talk-talk at Central. I thought the exhibition was a lot better than what had seen at Supanova in the past. I also enjoyed reading the actual comics either the original artwork on the walls or the published books at a table with chairs. Some of the humour was reminiscent of Larson's Far Side, but otherwise more on the side of alternative rather than mainstream. The content was of a personal and introspective nature. The presentation of work was also often unexpected such as the scale of Emma Tabots work. This is the type of experience you can only get from going to the gallery and seeing the work in person.
Emma Talbot had a chat with me and signed a program
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Katsushika Hokusai: Illustrated 'manga' (14 book set).
Among other things, the collection includes a number of Papua New Guinea shields that exemplify the artistic warfare culture of the region.
