Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

mollwollfumble said:

Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

PWM

mollwollfumble said:

Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

I’d say thousands but then the beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.

mollwollfumble said:

Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

(sigh)

Let me pack a suitcase and get the car ready.

Interviewing and reviewing every living Australian artist and then tabulating and interpreting the results could take a while

Come back in ten years or so.

captain_spalding said:

mollwollfumble said:

Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

(sigh)

Let me pack a suitcase and get the car ready.

Interviewing and reviewing every living Australian artist and then tabulating and interpreting the results could take a while

Come back in ten years or so.

will there be a bell curve?

sarahs mum said:

captain_spalding said:

mollwollfumble said:

Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

(sigh)

Let me pack a suitcase and get the car ready.

Interviewing and reviewing every living Australian artist and then tabulating and interpreting the results could take a while

Come back in ten years or so.

will there be a bell curve?

I’m shocked that you doubt that there will be.

captain_spalding said:

mollwollfumble said:

Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

(sigh)

Let me pack a suitcase and get the car ready.

Interviewing and reviewing every living Australian artist and then tabulating and interpreting the results could take a while

Come back in ten years or so.

I have a feeling that there are a lot of great living Australian artists that I don’t know about. I keep seeing great art in public places such as the lift lobby of RMIT, in Docklands etc. As well as great sculptures throughout Melbourne suburbs.

Here’s a collection of artists from Docklands, https://www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au/docklands-public-art-walk-central-melbourne#.YUZ-A2QRX0M. “Cow up a tree”, “threaded field”, the “webb bridge” and “aurora” are the most eyecatching but not the best. I particulary like “silence”, “art wall”, “anchor”, “poise” (when lit up at night), “blowhole”, and the giant threatening toy bunny (a reference, I assume, to the rabbit plague). I would walk a mile to avoid artwork “eagle”.

I’ve seen occasional great Australian artitsts in art galleries of Ballarat and Bairnsdale.

But none of those, I feel, are quite up to the standard of Patricia Piccinini. Before her, surrealism was synonymous with horror. Her brilliant insight was to make surrealism represent all that is best in the world – beauty, motherhood, peace – with a gentle layer of horror underneath.

Can you cut that ten years down to something like two days? I asked for one that is better, not all that are better.

mollwollfumble said:

Can you cut that ten years down to something like two days? I asked for one that is better, not all that are better.

But, what if there is only one, and it take me years to find him/her?

Imants Tillers?

sarahs mum said:

Imants Tillers?

Wow. Right in the foyer of the Museum of Contyemporary Art.
Like these two. A bit violent?

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sarahs mum said:

mollwollfumble said:

Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

Dint check to see if he’s still among the living
but if you’re a fan of “Hyper Realism”
I’ve long admired Ron Mueck

Ogmog said:

mollwollfumble said:

Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

Dint check to see if he’s still among the living
but if you’re a fan of “Hyper Realism”
I’ve long admired Ron Mueck

Excellent. I’ve only discovered hyperrealism recently. And like it very much.
I only wish it was more realistic. Seriously ;-) LOL

I’d better explain that – so far, hyperrealism seems to me to be limited to the human figure. I’d like to see more hyperrealism applied to backgrounds and the natural world (eg. fabric, a door, a stream, microscopic creatures),

Some more Ron Mueck

The shy giant hiding in the corner was the first piece that caught my attention
but I became equally astounded by his miniature people in stark detail
You are never quite sure tof the scale of his work until you see it
with living people close enough to put them into perspective

mollwollfumble said:

Ogmog said:

mollwollfumble said:

Is there a greater living Australian artist than Patricia Piccinini?

Dint check to see if he’s still among the living
but if you’re a fan of “Hyper Realism”
I’ve long admired Ron Mueck

Excellent. I’ve only discovered hyperrealism recently. And like it very much.
I only wish it was more realistic. Seriously ;-) LOL

I’d better explain that – so far, hyperrealism seems to me to be limited to the human figure. I’d like to see more hyperrealism applied to backgrounds and the natural world (eg. fabric, a door, a stream, microscopic creatures),

Some more Ron Mueck

I remember being surprised by some Ron Mueck ‘people’ in the Saatchi gallery.

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

mollwollfumble said:

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

Can I put a shout-out to our very own Sarah’s Mum here? I have several pieces of her work in my collection, and it is her work that draws the eye of any visitors.

Dark Orange said:

mollwollfumble said:

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

Can I put a shout-out to our very own Sarah’s Mum here? I have several pieces of her work in my collection, and it is her work that draws the eye of any visitors.

Shouts out.

mollwollfumble said:

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

danie mellor

Dark Orange said:

mollwollfumble said:

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

Can I put a shout-out to our very own Sarah’s Mum here? I have several pieces of her work in my collection, and it is her work that draws the eye of any visitors.

Goodness. I should stop crying in the corner and make some real art.

sarahs mum said:

Dark Orange said:

mollwollfumble said:

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

Can I put a shout-out to our very own Sarah’s Mum here? I have several pieces of her work in my collection, and it is her work that draws the eye of any visitors.

Goodness. I should stop crying in the corner and make some real art.

Crying in the corner is often a vital part of the process.

sarahs mum said:

Dark Orange said:

mollwollfumble said:

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

Can I put a shout-out to our very own Sarah’s Mum here? I have several pieces of her work in my collection, and it is her work that draws the eye of any visitors.

Goodness. I should stop crying in the corner and make some real art.

And send it to me, so i can flog it for a fortune when your talent is finally more widely recognised.

Dark Orange said:

sarahs mum said:

Dark Orange said:

Can I put a shout-out to our very own Sarah’s Mum here? I have several pieces of her work in my collection, and it is her work that draws the eye of any visitors.

Goodness. I should stop crying in the corner and make some real art.

Crying in the corner is often a vital part of the process.

When we were moving house we offered a local artist the opportunity to babysit any she wanted as it saves us the effort of storing them. It took her 30 seconds to have one of SM’s pieces off the wall and in her car. :)

sarahs mum said:

mollwollfumble said:

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

danie mellor

My daughter, the muralist.

sarahs mum said:

Dark Orange said:

mollwollfumble said:

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

Can I put a shout-out to our very own Sarah’s Mum here? I have several pieces of her work in my collection, and it is her work that draws the eye of any visitors.

Goodness. I should stop crying in the corner and make some real art.

That’s be a great thing!

:)

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

mollwollfumble said:

Any other Australian or living artists that you admire?

danie mellor

My daughter, the muralist.

But that’s not your daughters work, yeah?

Peak Warming Man said:

Tamb said:

sarahs mum said:

danie mellor

My daughter, the muralist.

But that’s not your daughters work, yeah?

No. I was replying to the original question.

Julie Gough

>Is there a greater living Australian artist

Art isn’t like tennis, it’s not a competitive sport and there’s no top seed.

Some artists get a lot more media attention than others but that’s not necessarily because their work is particularly good.

Bubblecar said:

>Is there a greater living Australian artist

Art isn’t like tennis, it’s not a competitive sport and there’s no top seed.

Some artists get a lot more media attention than others but that’s not necessarily because their work is particularly good.

More like cricket.

I have a couple of the former (and one current) former and associated people’s art.

Displayed prominently and commented on a lot.

Arts said:

I have a couple of the former (and one current) former and associated people’s art.

Displayed prominently and commented on a lot.

Do you mean forumer?

sibeen said:

Arts said:

I have a couple of the former (and one current) former and associated people’s art.

Displayed prominently and commented on a lot.

Do you mean forumer?

sure… edit however you like