MIÉRCOLES, EL QUINCE DE JULIO, DOS MIL NUEVE
LAST SATURDAY, I WENT OVER TO THE FLOOR TALK FOR THE BLUE ROOM AT TE MANAWA (THE ART GALLERY PART) IN PALMERSTON NORTH. THE SHOW'S BEEN CURATED BY PIPPA SANDERSON AND FEATURES 13 ARTISTS LOOKING AT OCCULTISH OR SPIRITUAL THEMES, HEAVILY BASED ON VICTORIAN-ERA SPIRITUALISM, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO CONAN-DOYLE STYLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CARDBOARD CUT-OUT PIXIES. THE WORK, WHICH IS ALL VERY CONSISTENT IN IT'S GROUPING, SEEMED TO BE A CONCERTED MOVE AWAY FROM THAT POST-COLONIAL AESTHETIC TO A SLACKER-CUM SKEPTICAL ART-VIEW OF THE VAGARIES OF THE ESOTERIC.
MY FAVOURITE GROUP OF WORK WAS BY 'EOS', WHICH REMINDED ME OF ASPECTS OF KENNETH ANGER'S LUCIFER RISING AND THE SYMBOLISM IN ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY'S HOLY MOUNTAIN, A FANTASTIC FILM WHICH INCIDENTALLY, WAS BANK-ROLLED BY ROLLING STONES AND BEATLES MANAGER, ALLEN KLEIN, WHO PASSED AWAY A FORTNIGHT AGO.
LAST SATURDAY, I WENT OVER TO THE FLOOR TALK FOR THE BLUE ROOM AT TE MANAWA (THE ART GALLERY PART) IN PALMERSTON NORTH. THE SHOW'S BEEN CURATED BY PIPPA SANDERSON AND FEATURES 13 ARTISTS LOOKING AT OCCULTISH OR SPIRITUAL THEMES, HEAVILY BASED ON VICTORIAN-ERA SPIRITUALISM, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO CONAN-DOYLE STYLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CARDBOARD CUT-OUT PIXIES. THE WORK, WHICH IS ALL VERY CONSISTENT IN IT'S GROUPING, SEEMED TO BE A CONCERTED MOVE AWAY FROM THAT POST-COLONIAL AESTHETIC TO A SLACKER-CUM SKEPTICAL ART-VIEW OF THE VAGARIES OF THE ESOTERIC.
MY FAVOURITE GROUP OF WORK WAS BY 'EOS', WHICH REMINDED ME OF ASPECTS OF KENNETH ANGER'S LUCIFER RISING AND THE SYMBOLISM IN ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY'S HOLY MOUNTAIN, A FANTASTIC FILM WHICH INCIDENTALLY, WAS BANK-ROLLED BY ROLLING STONES AND BEATLES MANAGER, ALLEN KLEIN, WHO PASSED AWAY A FORTNIGHT AGO.
BELOW: e. l. august and l. a. clifton, channeling eos, 2008.
