tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post4715481158671924681..comments2023-07-07T23:45:10.170+12:00Comments on Pointless and absurd: Telling it like it isDavid Cauchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18128116971441583803noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-86264373153634111352008-07-22T14:33:00.000+12:002008-07-22T14:33:00.000+12:00I went to the Rita Angus exhibition a week ago. I ...I went to the Rita Angus exhibition a week ago. I enjoyed it, but I also felt that there was <I>too much</I> there. It was like they just kept filling the exhibition space until all the wall were covered.<BR/><BR/>The exhibition seemed to have a really strong autobiographical and chronological focus, which isn't necessary a bad thing, but it just meant a couple of crap sections of too much of her early stuff when she was finding her feet.<BR/><BR/>What I thought was most telling was the range of merchandise in the Te Papa gift shop. Among the postcards and posters were a range of t-shirts, a scarf, a tote bag, printed not with images from her paintings on them, but with quoted text from Angus's letters.<BR/><BR/>She's a painter, not a poet. I think the exhibition curators forgot that.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278675946018423652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-34725444034457504422008-07-21T19:49:00.000+12:002008-07-21T19:49:00.000+12:00Incoherent drunken rant.Incoherent drunken rant.David Cauchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128116971441583803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-28264225817940442832008-07-21T18:54:00.000+12:002008-07-21T18:54:00.000+12:00What would you rather have seen? I agree that NZ a...What would you rather have seen? I agree that NZ art is rather cosy - perhaps to do with those that formulated our art history still sitting about spouting wonderful lines that maintain their position. But how can you redefine 'good work' when the careers of art historians and critics are built on the foundations of that which we now are made to revere? <BR/><BR/>Just a little question!!!Jeremiah Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016814960793682303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-57214324704035382152008-07-16T12:00:00.000+12:002008-07-16T12:00:00.000+12:00Even while driinkinf Laphroag tea things get prett...Even while driinkinf Laphroag tea things get pretty costy?Mr Stephen Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17907905625399573484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-271544421265765342008-07-15T13:03:00.000+12:002008-07-15T13:03:00.000+12:00Yeah man, good old Russian Caravan. No messing aro...Yeah man, good old Russian Caravan. No messing around.David Cauchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128116971441583803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-45395078755943701762008-07-14T21:05:00.000+12:002008-07-14T21:05:00.000+12:00I guess Russian Caravan would be ok then? (The Lap...I guess Russian Caravan would be ok then? (The Laphroaig of tea)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-9631836250420144562008-07-13T12:32:00.000+12:002008-07-13T12:32:00.000+12:00Ah, but it all depends on the tea! As long as it's...Ah, but it all depends on the tea! As long as it's not adulterated with milk and sugar, you should be all right.David Cauchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128116971441583803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501525.post-22018101124922304482008-07-12T21:17:00.000+12:002008-07-12T21:17:00.000+12:00I knew it was a mistake to give up coffee (a stron...I knew it was a mistake to give up coffee (a strong long black for me) for tea :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com