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  https://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/traffic-jam-galleries-coastal/ TRAFFIC JAM GALLERIES : COASTAL : WORKS BY REBECCA PIERCE AND SIMONE READ 25 JULY 2020   LYNNE LANCASTER   LEAVE A COMMENT The latest exciting exhibition at Traffic Jam Galleries, entitled COASTAL , showcases the works of Rebecca Pierce and Simone Read. It includes not just the obvious that the title conjures up, but the mood, freedom, optimism and spirit often associated with living by the Australian coast. Rebecca Pierce  uses mixed media including acrylic impasto , inks , resin and objet trouve’ ( found objects ) applied most enthusiastically via pallet knife, which creates at times a very thick surface texture and are often brightly coloured. Her works in this exhibition, like that of Read, focus on the Australian coast and recall days in the sun. Still Life with Coffee  (acrylic on canvas) is an explosively powerful, dazzlingly coloured heavily textured depiction of a vase of flowers with c...

  https://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/selby-and-friends-beethovens-ghost/ CLASSICAL MUSIC SELBY AND FRIENDS – BEETHOVEN’S GHOST 6 JULY 2020   LYNNE LANCASTER Part of the celebration of Beethoven’s 250th, (1770 – 1827 ) this is a most glorious concert with luscious , exquisite playing . Led by Kathryn Selby on piano, the trio also included Harry Ward on violin and Timo-Veikko Valve on cello in an all Beethoven program of three of the composer’s works – a special treat at any time, but especially given the current situation with the Covid pandemic. Each work was given a fascinating introduction by one of the three players, putting the work in historical context. First up was his Opus 1 – Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor (1793-95 ) dedicated to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky .It is considered one of Beethoven’s earliest masterpieces and was worked on both in Bonn and Vienna . The first movement was brisk and flurried , the piano skipping breathlessly , the violin and cello hurriedly joinin...

  https://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/kristian-fredrickson-by-michelle-potter/ A glorious book  I loved it  KRISTIAN FREDRIKSON BY MICHELLE POTTER 12 AUGUST 2020   LYNNE LANCASTER   LEAVE A COMMENT KRISTIAN FREDRIKSON BY MICHELLE POTTER August 2020 ‘ I’m the original Peter Pan : I never wanted to grow up ‘ ( Kristian Fredrikson ) Renowned dance critic Michelle Potter has produced a lushly, lavishly illustrated (both black and white and coloured ) meticulously and extensively researched biography of the eminent designer Kristian Fredrikson.The book is medium to large in size , of middling thickness and has a great index as well as a chronological list of productions that Fredrikson designed and a bibliography . The author, Michelle Potter ,is a prominent dance writer, curator and historian with a doctorate in art history and dance history from the Australian National University. Potter was inaugural Curator of Dance at the National library of Australia, 2002 – 200...

https://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/traffic-jam-galleries-talking-heads/ The current exhibition at Traffic Jam Galleries focuses on portraiture and the body. Five artists from across Australia are featured who have not exhibited together previously . The divergent works are occasionally challenging, playful, nurturing and at times melancholic and whimsical. The subject of the works vary from identifiable, enigmatic and iconographic through to evocative. We are invited to consider conversations surrounding the body, our relationships with other people and the art of portraiture and the figure. Anthony Breslin Anthony Breslin’s use of mixed media includes items such as toothpaste, jigsaw pieces, paint tubes, pencil sharpeners , paint tin lids and paint brushes , swirling paint often combined with paper and cardboard in collage like three dimensional results.There is a particular style Breslin frequently uses – a distinctive round face, huge eyes and long nose. His characters have an enorm...

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