OK that last effort didn't work, so posting to Adam was a bit too literal for my luddite's mind. Adam tells us we can blog without passwords so I am giving it a second go. A life without passwords. Imagine the possibilities. Jake posted Brushes with Fame so I will segue with that (check the spelling).
If in Sydney and haven't yet visited the Picasso exhibit at the Art Gallery, and were intending too, you might drop by the Asian Gallery and see some Kimi donated treasures on display. This exhibit attracts some famous faces! But no flash photography. Guess who?
These pieces are part of a dowry Kimi brought here 25 years ago, much of which had been safely stored in the back cupboard, though some we have used some as curry plates over the years. Nice curries too. Three 'pieces' on permanent display so far (one set in the foreground), with Kimi and her mum's name duly acknowledged. Google Kimi's name and you might think the Gallery is building a new wing to accommodate the remainder. The Gallery now invites Kimi and 'partner' to opening nights where it helps to blend in, rub a few elbows and brush up your fame card. But no flash photography. Guess who? I'd like to know too.
Anyway, a Seage in the Art Gallery. Imagine that.
Kimi's donations are part of our downsizing campaign that has seen us toss, bequeath, donate, pack up, sell and sayonara out of Manly. We are now coming up to a year of bringing out our Inner Westie, renting in Dulwich Hill, with dreams of snapping up a bargain in a plummeting market. Dream on. In the meantime we curse our landlord, tend a veggie patch, and have become registered apiarists, all free of the confines of body corporate life.
Dulwich Hill is somewhere between a dressing gown and cardigan town –tellibly British - and being on the set of The Slap, but without the sub-titles. Our welcome included stealing our car in week two, and expecting the house to be a target any day since. Two 'Protected by Wild Horse' stickers please. If the Wild Horse franchise extends to home & car security.
Other items in the downsizing exercise are finding photos left unsighted in drawers for many years. This is Aunty Betty at Thursday Plantation in Ballina in one of the Lismore years. 2006? I've always meant to post it. But confronted by passwords.
Behind her is one of Shane Forrest's installations on exhibition at the time. Shane's design was appropriated into Mudgee, to deter the bush junk from attacking our Pistachios that are enjoying the summers of rain. These are Pistachios on the tree. I'd never seen them in situ before.
Brendan
And if in the neighbourhood: Mick Seage and band (Music Sound Dance) will play at the Sandringham (Newtown) on 29th February on a list that features Will and the People (UK), exponents of the Pogo. Check it out.
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Adam even sent in a Picasso picture to Wild Horse!: Bather Opening a Cabin!
Is that Gotye in that photo?
Go Kimi and go Brendan. You cant be a real westie if you are an apiarist and display at the art gallery. Get with the program. Break out the bourbon and coke and ugg boots. Incidentally apart from Kimi's art, my favourite painting in the Art Gallery is the big one with the cows in it. I think it is called first light or something. Im not sure of the artist but I think his name is Elliot Gruhner. Its a beauty.
My brush with fame will be knowing Kimi! Good work and I look forward to seeing it next time I'm in Sydney.
When Cathie and I were at Sydney Uni and living in the inner West, Dulwich Hill was a dream, like living at Vaucluse. Can we come and stay for a while?
Great to hear the news, Brendan and Kimi, but I fear for you as Dulwich Hill looks a little too close to the evil offspring who dwell in Redfern. Sorry I missed you when you visited yesterday and I was in Melbourne. I hope that now you know where we live and the beach is so close you will pay us an official visit. (I'll see if I can get hold of another bag of oysters!!)
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW - Brendan and his partner (not Kimi) are one of the FOUR entries left in the judging of an art work to mark the history of the former BHP at Newcastle. This is a BIG DEAL here in Newcastle so fingers crossed for you Brendan - this would be a real BRUSH WITH FAME for me. "My cousin....."
Stuart Le Roff
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