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Goulburn

"That's not how you make porridge" exhibition with art works made from lots of different materials, on now at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery.

RMIT 2112 Imagining the Future

We are in the RMIT "2112: Imagining Future" exhibition, with some really fantastic artists.

Check out the exhibition here.

And some interviews here.

Vogue Living

Thank you Madelaine Hinchy for the great article in Vogue Living

GV ART LONDON EXHIBITION, OPENING 6TH OCTOBER 6PM TOMORROW NIGHT!

Three Days to Go!

Three days to go until our big trip overseas. We hope to keep updates on this blog.

Ken + Julia

Palimpsest #8 - Salt work at Rio Vista!!

It was great to be able to show our salt work in the historic Rio Vista House in Mildura. Palimpsest was a wonderful weekend, with really fantastic works, including the Kar-rama Project curated by Kristian Haggblom. Thank you to all especially Mildura Arts Centre and Palimpsest.

Our salt works at Artereal Gallery, Sydney

Interviewed on ABC Radio National

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3233269.htm

Project in the Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/salt-sculptures-lay-consequences-of-salinity-on-the-table-20110531-1fegy.html

Project in the Daily Telegraph

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/whats-on/cystal-clear-intent/story-e6frexmi-1226060726693

Salt made Grape Chandelier (Work in progress)

Invite, our show @Artereal gallery Sydney

Breathing Tree at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

See the article in the Blue Mountains Gazette.

We lost the lottery. But it is fun being a friend amongst animals...

It was with more than a little surprise and a laugh that we heard our work was chosen as a finalist in the Sulman. A week before, we spent all morning packing and hauling the work into the ute, with a few swear words along the way, as I wondered about the point of it all.... We were entering the painting prize for the first time. With a frame, made of salt. From the outset, it was a kind of joke. If we got into the finalists, that would be a miracle, and a laugh. But was all this effort really worth it?

Then came opening night. It was our first time at the Archibald/Wynne/Sulman opening. Actually, Ken has to admit it was the first time he had ever seen the Archibald. A true artist - too much of a cheapskate to pay for looking at art. After a few too many glasses of champagne, we managed to bump into our friend and the judge of the Sulman Prize, Richard Bell. “Thanks for choosing us, Richard!” we laughed. “Well, I had to choose some of my friends didn’t I?”, his eyes gleamed, “I decided on a theme, you know, animals. But then I had to choose a few of my friends…". “And how did you choose the winner, Richard?” Ken asked. “Oh, that. Yep, well, I had to write a few titles down on a piece of paper, you know, and then flip a coin…”

Since then, of course, the story has come out in the media, so we can write about it. We didn’t mind. We entered the Sulman as a joke, just without realising that we were going to become part of another joke, Richard’s Joke! Prizes are arbitrary, and Australia’s obsession with them tiring. I had a kind of epiphany walking around a country fair when we were staying in small town outside Mildura last year. The wives were so competitive, checking out each other’s roses and eggs. Like how can you choose the best dozen eggs? The Archibald, the Sulman, whatever, it doesn’t seem much different.

I do kind of feel sorry for the winner, he must feel like a bit of an idiot after baring his chest to the world. But the joke had to be made. And trust Richard to make it!

So now we hang at the AGNSW, and are happy laughing, in between a chimp and a zebra.

AND it is in the little corner at the end, where you don’t have to pay...

Julia

Still Life: the food bowl Work in Progress

Chandelier base only - work in progress