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exhibitions, general, resources :: posted on April 14th, 2008
My painting class has begun and so is the journey of learning about all the amazing things you can do with paint. The painting we are doing is abstract, so it is a loosening up lesson as much as anything else. This is the first layer which needs to dry before the next is applied. Being oil paint, this will take the week between classes, but thats fine as I have heaps of print work to do! I feel a bit like a fish out of water there at the moment!
A website drifted my way - the London Original Print Fair looks like a fabulous place to check out some top notch prints. They have a fabulous page of exhibitors, which of course lead me on to another link, being the Glascow Print Studio. They have an artist database which is a good browse. This website lead me on to one that has a number of Chinese artists living in Scotland. Ricefield has some really interesting work on show and some good links too. Another exhibition floated in today - prints from the American scene from the early half of the 20th century. These are on show at the British Museum until September the 7th.
On Friday I head over to Melbourne to visit the Art Melbourne exhibition (I get a mention on the Ballan and Pannan page!) and the Otto Dix exhibition. This is a travelling exhibition, from the National Gallery of Australia and will be on show at the National Gallery of Victoria until August 10. There will be 51 of his etchings produced following WW1. This will be a moving moment for sure. So it is back to the print room to get as much in before flying out as possible!
