bLOGOS/HA HA: June 2018

30 June 2018

TAR : Bonus Track*

*Beyonce wore a Peter Pilotto suit,
Jay-Z rocked Puma sneakers.

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29 June 2018

The See

If The Field were The Sea ...

Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down,

'Twas sad as sad could be;

And we did speak only to break

The silence of the sea!

All in a hot and copper sky,

The bloody Sun, at noon,

Right up above the mast did stand,

No bigger than the Moon.

Day after day, day after day,

We stuck, nor breath nor motion;

As idle as a painted ship

Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, every where,

And all the boards did shrink;

Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink.

The very deep did rot: O Christ!

That ever this should be!

Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs

Upon the slimy sea.

About, about, in reel and rout

The death-fires danced at night;

The water, like a witch's oils,

Burnt green, and blue and white.

And some in dreams assurèd were

Of the Spirit that plagued us so;

Nine fathom deep he had followed us

From the land of mist and snow.

And every tongue, through utter drought,

Was withered at the root;

We could not speak, no more than if

We had been choked with soot.

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks

Had I from old and young!

Instead of the cross, the Albatross

About my neck was hung.

- from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1834)
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If The Field were The See ...

above : 'The Field Revisited' at National Gallery of Victoria (2018)

below : An original c.1873 watercolour painting, Attrib. Keeley Halswelle RI ARSA, Venetian Boats.

A colourful study in watercolour showing Venetian bragozzo fishing boats, attributed to Keeley Halswelle RI ARSA (1832-1891). Halswelle was a painter of genre scenes and landscapes, and a watercolourist and illustrator. He painted quite extensively in Italy in the 1870s, and in particular Venice, having moved to Italy in 1869. He also had a fondness for boats, and in later life owned a houseboat on the Thames.

This charming small sketch captures the colour and activity of the Venice lagoon. It shows the boats’ decorated square lug sails, traditionally emblazoned with cabalistic signs or heraldic symbols. Sponges and natural dyes were used to paint the sails in bright colours, which would help preserve the material and make the boats recognisable at a distance.

FIAPCE

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28 June 2018

TAR : The Musical

click to watch the video

Yesterday, a closing scene.
Another one today -
TAR

I can't believe we made it (this is what we made, made)
This is what we're thankful for (this is what we thank, thank)
I can't believe we made it (this a different angle)
Have you ever seen the crowd goin' apeshit? Rah!

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27 June 2018

Antipodean re. View

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Theatre of the Actors of Regard enjoyed the epilog scene in Sebastian Smee's review of Baselitz: Six Decades at the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington:

'Whatever. The comedy of watching art aficionados standing in front of these canvases and trying to resist the urge to turn their heads upside down, the better to see them, is a consolation, of sorts.'

Georg Baselitz is an overrated hack. Art collectors fell for him - but you don’t have to.
Sebastian Smee | The Washington Post

24 June 2018

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26 June 2018

An hour ago this was frozen | An hour ago this was frozen | An hour ago this was frozen | An hour ago this was frozen |

Theatre of the Actors of Regard

presents

The Great Thaw That Liberates!

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23 June 2018

post-semiotic

'I will need words.'
- Colin McCahon

Scared, Colin McCahon, 1976

Then we will need cataLOGOS/HA HA
- Museum of New Zealand |Te Papa Tongarewa

Item details

Name
Scared

Production
Colin McCahon; artist; 1976; Auckland

Classification
paintings

Materials
acrylic paint, paper

Material Summary
acrylic on paper

Dimensions
Support: 1095mm (width), 730mm (height), Frame: 1373mm (width), 1003mm (height), 34mm (depth)

Registration Number
2008-0007-1

Credit line
Purchased 2008

'I really don’t care, do u?'
- Zara / Melania Trump

First Lady Melania Trump left the country baffled and concerned Thursday when she wore a trendy jacket with a bizarre message on the back that read, “I really don’t care, do u?” as she traveled to meet detained migrant kids in Texas.

The 48-year-old ex-model was seen walking up the steps of a government jet in the $39 hooded olive-green Zara jacket to start her journey to the US border — and she wore it again while deplaning upon her return.

As photos of the strange statement jacket spread online — with some making meme images that replaced the jacket’s slogan with “Let them eat cake” and others just wondering if she was sending a cry for help — the first lady’s office insisted Melania’s sartorial choice was meaningless.

“It’s a jacket. There was no hidden message,” her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, told reporters. “After today’s important visit to Texas, I hope this isn’t what the media is going to choose to focus on.”

Melania Trump wears ‘I really don’t care, do U?’ jacket to border
Mark Moore / New York Post
June 21, 2018

'It’s a jacket. There was no hidden message,'
her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham,
told reporters.

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20 June 2018

Jump! Again!

Mind. Moon. Circle.
Ryōkan Taigu (1758–1831)

Ryōkan
Le moine au coeur d'enfant.
The monk with the heart of a child

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18 June 2018

Jump! ] House of Pain|t (

This was drawn a few days ago to House of Pain's
Jump Around.

I came to get down, I came to get down
So get out your seat and jump around!
Jump around!
Jump around!
Jump around!
Jump up, jump up and get down!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump!

Today, in Hyperallegic, this article :

Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Launch New Art Grant, Giving 20 Artists $5,000 Each

Swizz Beatz in front of a work from Nick Cave’s Tondo series
(image courtesy the Dean Collection)

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16 June 2018

John Mawurndjul at MCA

John Mawurndjul

I am the old and the new

A comprehensive survey of the artist's work, opening soon at MCA, Sydney.

MCA: Learn the stories of Arnhem Land as we celebrate the opening of John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new (6 Jul – 23 Sep). Hear from the Kuninjku elder and artist as he discusses kunred (places of cultural significance), stay for a panel discussion on contemporary Aboriginal art practices, join a curatorial tour, and drop into our Family Day for story time, activities and performances.

Curators' Insights | Fri 6 Jul | 12.30–2.30pm | Free

In conversation: John Mawurndjul | Sat 7 Jul | 11am–12.30pm

Panel discussion: Breaking Ground | Sat 7 Jul | 1.30–3pm

Family Day | Sun 8 Jul | 10.30am–4pm | Free