Tag arts

I like all kinds of art – music, theatre, film, sculpture etc – but in recent times, it’s visual art that interests me more, especially contemporary works. Here’s some of the stuff that I’ve found interesting lately.

Jason Wing Double Happiness, 2011 Offset lithograph Dims 70 x 50 cm Printer, Big Fag Press

New Art Work

There’s something very exciting about getting one of those “Australia Post Cards” in your letterbox, isn’t there? Sometimes you know what’s arrived at the post office, other times you don’t. … Read the rest “New Art Work”

Vivid Festival, Sydney 2011

Love This City – Vivid Festival

Sometimes the Opera Bar can be frustratingly crowded. In contrast to the “old days” when Opera Bar only attracted a handful of theatre-goers prior to an opening night, these days … Read the rest “Love This City – Vivid Festival”

Typing away in the Hawkesbury Video

Hawkesbury Exhibition & Video

Despite the fact I’m feeling a little crappy at the moment – health issues forced me to take a day off work – there was a bright spot in my … Read the rest “Hawkesbury Exhibition & Video”

Guo Jian

Hawkesbury One

Even though I’ve spent most of my career reading, writing and speaking, I realised today how hard it can be to get the words “just right”. I spent a few … Read the rest “Hawkesbury One”

Farley Jackmaster Funk – Love Can't Turn Around

House music all night long

For just a brief moment tonight I think I’ve had what they describe as a “flashback”. It was 1987 and I was dancing in what was the uber-cool Oxford Street … Read the rest “House music all night long”

West Dapto Catholic Cemetery

Attracting Crowds

As I wasn’t in Sydney for World Youth Day in 2008, I somehow missed the erection of a statue of Pope John Paul The Great (he used to be just … Read the rest “Attracting Crowds”