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Just Looking: Jee Young Lee

January 19, 2014by artmusette 1 Comment

                                   

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Artists’ Profiles: James Cousins

January 19, 2014by artmusette 1 Comment

  To call James Cousins (Christchurch, New Zealand, 1965), a landscape painter is quite an understatement – although a significant proportion of his work is largely influenced by local flora […]

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Short Essay: Essence, dynamism, vitality and humanity in 20th century sculpture

October 31, 2013by artmusette 1 Comment

  The turn of the 20th century brought on exciting new changes across the world. Socially, the rigid confines of the 1800s weakened, allowing citizens to lead a freer and even […]

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Artists’ Profiles: Michelangelo

October 27, 2013by artmusette 3 Comments

The High Renaissance consisted of a continuation of the Classical ideologies which were ‘re-discovered’ in the quattrocento, during the Early Renaissance. Evidence of the Classical past not only influenced the […]

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Whaddaya lookin’ at? Braque’s Analytical phase of Cubism!

October 26, 2013by artmusette 1 Comment

The Analytical phase of Cubism involved, despite forms still remaining legible, the breaking of closed form, and the incorporation of illusionism. As seen in Violin and Palette, Braque has fragmented […]

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Whaddaya lookin’ at? Picasso’s Still Life with Chair Caning!

October 26, 2013by artmusette 1 Comment

Like the Analytical phase of Cubism, the Synthetic phase conveyed a sense of the tableau-objet (painting as a subject in itself). However, this was brought to a new level where […]

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Artist Interview: Matt Molloy (NZ)

August 21, 2013by artmusette 2 Comments

“My practice scrutinizes ideas relating to the body and the grotesque. I draw my inspiration from Science Fiction, Horror, Surrealism, Cartoons, Comic books and folk art. Undecidability is utilized within […]

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Whaddaya lookin’ at? Tracey Emin’s My Bed!

July 16, 2013by artmusette Leave a comment

Tracey Emin is a name that even when uttered through the tightest pursed lips breathes a brutal honesty across nations, cultures, and ages. Her work is as raw and wretched […]

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Whaddaya lookin’ at? Max Gimblett’s Undertow!

July 6, 2013by artmusette Leave a comment

  The quatrefoil – the symbolic canvas with which Max Gimblett (b. 1935, New Zealand) is most commonly associated. This symbol dating back to pre-Christian times has been found across […]

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Whaddaya lookin’ at? Stephen Bambury’s Four Truths (to El Lissitzky)!

July 5, 2013by artmusette Leave a comment

As an exponent of Colour painting, Stephen Bambury’s work revolves around persistent explorations of colour, paint, and surface as a subject in itself. Unlike his contemporaries who busied themselves with […]

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