Sunday Arts Magazine

6 Nov 2016

Films, Ross Watson, G.Smith & G.Singer, David Hockney-Current

Arts, LGBTIQ, Technology, TV & Film, Visual Arts

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Films, Ross Watson, G.Smith & G.Singer, David Hockney-Current

Co-hosting with David today are Daniel and Neil— while Brendan is away travelling! Daniel has been part of Sunday Arts before and now hosts a queer film show called Outtakes, and Neil has just finished the Taste Of Radio course. Daniel starts the show with mainstream film reviews starting with The Accountant which stars Ben Affleck. It’s the story of an autistic accountant in a small town auditing a sus company and the consequences of this. Daniel found it formulaic and predictable with a worrying ‘spectacularising’, of autism–2 stars! Next is The Light Between Oceans a period drama of an ex-WWI soldier with PTSD living with his wife in a lighthouse, and a baby that is not theirs. A moving film well worth seeing–3.5 stars.

Special guests today are:

17:34 to 21:18 mins–a No Show! Despite this, David outlines part of the topic that was going to be discussed i.e. the first Art and Industry Festival from 18 to 27 November at Hobson’s Bay. The missing guest was a jewellery-maker who creates art out of 3D printing. Daniel brings up the question–‘What is the medium actually contributing to the final piece of artwork?’

22:21 to 50:53 mins–Ross Watson is an internationally famous Australian artist and has been on Joy before. His latest exhibition is on from 12 to 27 November at the Ross Watson Gallery– 465 Nicholson St, Carlton North. It is open on Saturday and Sunday. Driven and self-motivated he never needed pushing when it came to art. After he won an art prize when at art school, he felt he could work full-time with his art. He had a ‘blind fearlessness about this. What set him apart about 15 years ago was when he re-painted masters and added a modern person in front–usually someone famous. Every year he goes to Europe to look at the great masters which has been very influential on his work. There are a lot of very personal works in his exhibition. Ross regards it as a narrative of the ups and downs of a challenging period he had. One of the main works shows Raphael’s Madonna and Child with a modern ‘daddy’ that Ross came across on Instagram and tracked down.

53:32 to 1:17:05 mins–Geoffrey Smith and Gary Singer are from Sotheby’s Australia and also great supporters of Joy. They are both passionate about Australian art and it is their priority–to the ‘scholarship’ of it and also bringing it into the commercial arena. They talk about a number of topics including–why Australian art, what IS Australian art, the amount of talent in Australia, older artists, a ‘found’ Streeton, gallery survival, buying online, technology, forgeries and street art.

1:17:15 to 1:32:24 mins–Simon Maidment is Senior Curator, Contemporary Art from NGV– here to talk about a major exhibition– David Hockney: Current from 11 November 2016 to 13 March 2017 at NGV International. Simon is excited about this show saying that Hockney is one of the most requested artists by patrons, supporters and others for an exhibition and explains why he thinks that is. David and Simon discuss a doco called A Bigger Picture–about Hockney making his giant painting Bigger Trees Near Warter–which is at the exhibition. It is screening at NGV and David encourages people to see it prior to the exhibition. As the artist is 79, Simon and team could have done a retrospective but decided they wanted to show Hockney as a contemporary artist. There are 1200 works in the exhibition with the giant painting being the oldest at 9 years old. Simon talks about the intense colour palette Hockney uses and the great speed with which he works. He has also embraced technology as a tool e.g. an iPad.

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