Claes Oldenburg – Wood-Fired Pizza
Claes Oldenburg, Flying Pizza (1964), lithograph, 43.2 x 56.2 cm, edition of 200 The Swedish-born artist Claes Oldenburg is known for his sculptures of everyday objects ranging from spoons to hamburgers. The public works are often interactive and were initially scorned before being embraced for their playfulness. In addition to the colossal sized sculptures, the...
Margaret Olley – Orange Grapefruit Marmalade
On August 5th, the exhibition Slow Burn – A century of Australian women artists from a private collection, will open at the S.H. Ervin Gallery. I have spent the past four months working very hard on the exhibition catalogue and am very proud to be a co-author on such an exciting and important project. Of...
Édouard Manet – Bouillabaisse
The reduction of the genre of still life to its title produces a problem between languages. In English, the name ‘still life’ carries certain connotations. The word ‘life’ produces the idea of movement; the subject is living and has been captured or stilled within the painting. The title creates the idea that ‘still life’ is...
Paul Cézanne – French Onion Soup
Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Onions (1896-98), oil on canvas, 66 x 82 cm, Musée d’Orsay The balanced composition of Paul Cézanne‘s Still Life with Onions (1895-98) alternates between the broad flat planes of the wall and the tightly grouped objects on the table. The linear forms of the table and bottle are juxtaposed by...