‘Affairs of the Art’, The Australian Voices, and New Beirut with Eastside’s Arts Margaux Dombkins on Arts Monday 13 May 2013
Katrina Strickland, Gordon Hamilton, and Paul Blackmore are my guests today. My first guest: arts journalist, Katrina Strickland chats about her new book ‘Affairs of the Art’ – Love, Loss and Power in the Art World.
Many artists are more famous in death than in life thanks to the careful management of their myth, most often by the widow.
The reputations of artists are influenced by factors beyond the quality of the work. Through interviews with those handling the estates of artists including Fred Williams, Brett Whiteley, John Brack, Howard Arkley, Bronwyn Oliver, George Baldessin and Albert Tucker, as well as a raft of art dealers, academics, curators and auctioneers, Katrina Strickland explores the role their benefactors play in burnishing an artist’s reputation after he or she dies.
‘Affairs of the Art’ traverses the strange alleyways of the art market, where power resides with those who hold the best stock, and highlights the sometimes heart-wrenching way emotion and duty intersect in the making of decisions by those left behind.
‘Affairs of the Art’ is published by Melbourne University Press (MUP) and available in bookstores.
My next guest: conductor and artistic director, Gordon Hamilton talks about the world renowed a cappella group, The Australian Voices, and their choral concert which includes their unique new 10-movement choral-theatre work, MOON.
MOON features a 20-strong choir that has performed more than 600 concerts of new Australian music to audiences in more than 20 countries. This new multi-movement work was created by Gordon Hamilton and acclaimed Australian writer, Venero Armanno. It lncludes photography by David Collins, movement by Jan Baker-Finch as well as Zen Zen Zo physical theatre, costume design by Felicity Boevink and set design by Joshua McIntosh.
The Australian Voices’ diverse repertoire includes classical choral works by Rachmaninoff, Bruckner and Beibl, contemporary Australian works by Gordon Hamilton and Nigel Butterley, and MOON.
MOON by The Australian Voices
Thursday 16 May 2013, 7.30pm City Recital Hall Angel Place
Bookings: 02 8256 2222 www.cityrecitalhall.com – The Australian Voices CD is available from www.theaustralianvoices.com
My next guest: photojournalist, Paul Blackmore chats about his latest exhibition, ‘New Beirut’
– observations that function as both valuable records of social change and stunning fine-art images.
Australian born photographer and photojournalist, Paul Blackmore, has established himself as a much sought-after and highly collectable fine-art photographer.
His many photo essays and stories have been published in prestige international media including Time, L’Express, Le Monde and Geo Magazines. He has published two books of photo essays – ‘At Water’s Edge’, published in 2012, explores the intimate relationship between humanity and its most vital natural resource – water.
“For all its grimness, the world Paul Blackmore presents is aglow with life, little incidental beauties, and an abiding mystery”. David Malouf
Paul Blackmore has won many national and international photographic awards and prizes: his work has been exhibited around the world in both solo and group exhibitions and is held in many private collections and in the public collections of the State Library NSW, Australian Museum and the National Maritime Museum of Australia. New Beirut is a featured exhibition, Head On Photo Festival 2013.
New Beirut by Paul Blackmore 15 May – 22 June 2013
Opening: Saturday 18 May 3-5pm Artist Talk: Saturday 1 June 3.00pm
Stanley Street Gallery, Stanley Street, Darlinghurst
Wed-Sat 11am-6pm - 93681142 www.stanleystreetgallery.com.au
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Thanks for your company
Margaux