Just Looking: Jee Young Lee
Artists’ Profiles: James Cousins
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 […]
Short Essay: Essence, dynamism, vitality and humanity in 20th century sculpture
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 […]
Artists’ Profiles: Michelangelo
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 […]
Whaddaya lookin’ at? Braque’s Analytical phase of Cubism!
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 […]
Whaddaya lookin’ at? Picasso’s Still Life with Chair Caning!
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 […]
Artist Interview: Matt Molloy (NZ)
“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 […]
Whaddaya lookin’ at? Tracey Emin’s My Bed!
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 […]
Whaddaya lookin’ at? Max Gimblett’s Undertow!
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 […]
Whaddaya lookin’ at? Stephen Bambury’s Four Truths (to El Lissitzky)!
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 […]
