Comics on show at Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia

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

  100Objects  museum.wa.gov.au/ 

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.

Screen print skate art

End of Term Teddy

Digital media Youtube playlist available;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27n_F7vXeT0&index=4&list=PLydGkIHCFZ8Rwcqp7jQYXp-Clnt4zyWob

Underside print

Sheyi Bankale speaker at Research and Debate Visual Culture class

Editor of UK "Next Level" magazine; Sheyi Bankale gave us a talk on Sculptural Photography today. He will be giving another "Lunchtime Lecture" at Central's Main Lecture Theatre 12:00 5th April.

François Willème (1830–1905) was a French artist (painter, sculptor and photographer) who developed and patented a process for producing portrait sculpture using synchronized photo projections to create photosculptures. Above is an illustration explaining the process (1897).

Much of the work Sheyi referenced came from the The Photographic Object 1970 exhibition;
http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2011/10/photography-into-sculpture-at-cherry-and-martin/

Jack Dale — Untitled Cubed Woman, 1970

Sheyi Bankale speaks at open studio day PICA 

Ceramic colours

These ceramics based on the old style drink Stubbie have intensified bright colours. The message may have been lost as the subtle skate stencil designs did not show through. I may do another series.