Tag: Pablo Picasso

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Like a fish out of water…

Jo Dalgety

A personal painting deadline is drawing closer and I am floundering, flopping around like a fish out of water, with ideas and work. Reading an email newsletter, I came upon these quotes that proved very apt for me so thought I would drop them in here – just in case anyone else needs them too. A quote from Ernest Hemingway: “I learned never to empty the well, but always to stop when there was still something in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.” “Inspiration,” said Henri Matisse, “comes … Continue reading Like a fish out of water…

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Mystery of the rotting shark

Jo Dalgety

Saturday Apr 25, 2009 By Chris Barton NZ Herald In 2000, a work known as Lover Boys, comprising 355lb (161kg) of individually wrapped blue and white candies piled in a triangular shape in the corner of a room, came up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York. It was by the “very branded” artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who died of Aids in 1996. The intention was that the candy would be eaten by guests – representing Gonzalez-Torrez’s lover’s body wasting away from Aids. It sold for US$456,000 ($813,216). This is just one of the extraordinary anecdotes discussed in Don Thompson’s book … Continue reading Mystery of the rotting shark

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‘Art washes from the soul the dust of every day life.’- Pablo Picasso

Jo Dalgety

Love that quote from Picasso, seen on a cafe wall here in Auckland. Back to our last term of the year long course, and all is preparation for the exhibition in November. As there are 12 of us we will probably all have two works to show, unless we are doing smaller work. We have to design our own invitation and organise food and wine. I have completed my third ‘church’ painting and third time lucky, this one works for me. Reading about and looking at work (sadly only online) by William Crozier and Luc Tuymans. I’m now excited about … Continue reading ‘Art washes from the soul the dust of every day life.’- Pablo Picasso