Art Gallery and attractions bucket list

Art galleries and works I must see, around the world

1. Musee Du Louvre- Paris
2. The Tate Britain- London
3. The Tate Modern- London
4. The National Gallery- London
5. Sistine Chapel- Rome
6. Uffizi Gallery- Florence
7. NAG- Melbourne                         (Feb 2011)
8. Peggy Guggenheim Collection- Venice
9. Vatican Museum- Vatican City
10. The Guggenheim- Bilbao Spain
11. The Hermitage- St Petersberg
12. Museu Nacional Del Prado- Madrid
13. The statue of David- Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze- Florence

Inspiration- June

Luke Dixon
http://www.dukelixon.co.uk/

Spanish Artist- Mesa

Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusama.

Have seen this exhibition twice now, absolutely love it

Such a surreal experience, and so clever

Radek Rola

Andy Denzler

Good example of using brush stroke to create movement

Ada Dobrzelecka

Reminds me of some work we did in a Uni Life drawing class where we were learning about bone structure, proportion and light and dark. To do this we would draw a skull, then the face over top, then the skull again and then continue the process over and over, eventually you end up with a blended picture. 

Street Art- June

Madmoiselle Maurice

http://www.mademoisellemaurice.com/

Tetris in a Sydney Alleyway 

Brisbane Alleyway

My own work- nudes

Being creative with advertising

Advertising the release of Finding Nemo 2. Maybe a little disturbing for little kids who like sushi?

Awesome idea, effective, easy to produce and cheap!

Ikea are the kings of clever advertising. Visually appealing, effective, clear message, and fun!

Australia's Commonwealth Bank are currently running their 'cant' campaign. This is a great example of a suspense or building campaign, deliberately using vague advertising that leaves people questioning what the product is and what it means. Initially using bus advertising, billboards and press to advertise the sole word 'CANT'- leaving people to question 'what is cant?' and then rolling into TV and further billboard signage to reveal the full message. Really effective at capturing audience attention and brand building. Removing one letter of the word 'cant' leaves you with 'can'- commonwealth bank can!

Quotes from the masters

"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things." - Edgar Degas

''All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.''
James McNeill Whistler

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
Henry Ward Beecher