Archive for the ‘New Zealand’ Category

A Name Writ on Walters

Monday, October 6th, 2008

It pleases me that Ed Hanfling’s review of the Walter’s Prize 2008 finalists in the latest Listener, accords almost entirely with my own hysterical ranting in Artbash not so long ago. It still amazes me that dreadful bumf like John Reynold’s Cloud and Lisa Reihana’s Digital Marae can even qualify ...

The Pain of Rebirth

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Goodness me, it’s been too long since I last posted, but I’ve been rather tangled up in other projects and the day to day complexities of trying to survive in the modern world when you have no employable skills other than binge-drinking (though I know better, but in my own ...

The Hand-Made’s Tale: William Morris at Christchurch Art Gallery, 14 March – 29 June 2008

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Of all Eminent Victorians, William Morris, a bushy stockbroker’s son from Walthamstow, perhaps comes closest to fulfilling the ideal of a Man for All Seasons. His position in British art is set in concrete and armour-plated. He was a superbly gifted author and only his proto-socialist beliefs caused him to ...