Yup
it is indeed another end of working week day.
Not
only that it is still sunny….goodness me it really must be summer after all.
I had
a really nice lunch with a friend, someone I used to work with at Canary Wharf
and who ha moved on. It was great to catch up with her. We sat outside in the
sunshine. They had a bit of bad luck at Christmas time. One of their much loved
moggies up and vanished on Christmas day.Despite searching and advertising he
hasn’t shown up.
Him
and me have been thinking about what to do tomorrow, and yes we do have a plan.
First off setting the alarm clock for an early wake up call, then if the weather
is grotty and it is rumored to be just that plan B will swing into action…and you
will just have to wait for tomorrows blog to see how it turned out.
I
check out ‘Stuff; most days and was slightly bemused to read that his picture
which is a drawing of a piece of paper has won a prize of $20,000. Can you believe
it.
I was
gobsmacked by the comments of the judge, see for yourself
Art prize
judge Heather Galbraith was looking for a drawing with "an intensity and
an energy that gripped the viewer and would not let you out of its clutches
until you surrendered yourself to giving it time".
The one
she chose is a piece of folded paper - for which Auckland artist Monique Jansen
wins $20,000.
Even the
man who put up the money - Wellington hotelier and arts patron Chris Parkin -
admits he was slightly surprised by Jansen's win, but says he is
"absolutely delighted" with the piece.
"This work has visual punch,
sucks you into a vortex of marks where you can get lost for some time,"
Galbraith said.
"The intricacy and character
of the individual marks hits you second, by which time you develop some concern
for whether the artist suffers from RSI, but the overall effect of the work is
cohesive. The technique does not dominate the work; the process - while
integral - does not render the work clinical."
Now I
ask you, did you get lost witin th pictures, were you sucked into a vortex?
More
like the so called artist is laughing all the way to the bank for ‘sucking in’
the judge…
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