25 February 2012

A Ritual Observed : Unveil Reveal Regard

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1. UNVEIL

We at bLOGOS/HA HA appreciate a good unveiling.
(Ditto for a dandy veiling.)

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Above, yesterday, Theatre of the Actors of Regard at the National Gallery of Australia perform unveil (black). This to reveal ...

2. REVEAL

... to reveal the latest NGV acquisition, Henri Matisse's Océanie, la mer (Oceania, the sea) of 1946 :


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After the Reveal, the Regard.

3. REGARD

In praise of ritual

Now, the Director and the Patron perform a favorite tableau of Theatre of the Actors of Regard : Double Regard.

Olé!



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Whatsmore, if you look closely at the veil of glass that covers this object you may notice there the silhouettes of other regardists, the audience of onlookers standing behind the two formal actors.

Possibly our two lead actors can also see these ghostly presences reflected in front of them, afloat upon Océanie, la mer.

Maybe you, too, are set to sea your own regard in all of this.

Not drowning
looking~~~



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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something ...


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