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WOhooo! #yes to #marriageequality 🌈🇦🇺 - artwork by @designani . . . . . . . #australia #vsco #vscocam #feminist #artoftheday #rainbow #equality #comeonaussie #drawing #art #melbourne #equalityforall #equallove #marriageequalityau #fuckyes #fuckyas
(FINAL WEEK - 21 JUL - 22 Oct 17) HOKUSAI : Katsushika Hokusai at @ngvmelbourne ~ photos by @designani - ARTWORK : ‘The craftsman’s workshop near Mt Fuji’ (Fujisan no sobani aru shokunin no shigotoba) from The mist of Sandara (Sandara kasumi) album by Hokusai, Katsushika 1798, colour woodblock. This sensitively composed print is one of Hokusai’s finest from his Sori period. A traveling samurai passing Mt.Fuji has stopped at an artisan’s workshop. He gracefully leans over to light to his ‘kiseru’ (pipe) while a young maiden offers him tea. In the studio, an artisan is lathing ivory rings to make toggles known as ‘kagamibuta netsuke’. Produced for a poetry album, this print indicated the New Year season and the coming of spring. A folding screen features prints of the rising sun with pine trees., plum blossom, bamboo and chrysanthemums. The traveller has collected some real plum blossom and attached it to his baggage. . . . . . . #melbartdiary #vsco #vscocam #instaart #artgallery #artexhibition #exhibition #art #artist #contemporaryart #arts #artistic #artoftheday #gallery #painting #artwork #melbourne #japan #japaneseartist #hokusai #katsushikahokusai #hokusaipainting #ngv #ngvmelbourne
(FINAL WEEK - 21 JUL - 22 Oct 17) HOKUSAI : Katsushika Hokusai at @ngvmelbourne ~ photos by @designani - Katsushika Hokusai is regarded as one of the most influential and creative minds in the history of Japanese art. His unique social observations, innovative approach to design and mastery of the brush made him famous in Edo-period Japan and globally recognised within a decade of his death. The self-described ‘Old man mad about drawing’ was known by at least thirty names during his lifetime and was renowned for his unconventional behaviour. Despite his fame, Hokusai never attained financial success and his years of greatest artistic production were spent in poverty. He travelled and moved his resting place and studio regularly, finding inspiration for his unique style through close observations of nature and interactions with ordinary people. In 1909 the NGV purchased five works from Hokusai’s iconic Thirty-six Views of Mt Fuji series, including his most celebrated image The great wave off Kanagawa (The great wave), 1830–34; two works from his A Tour to the Waterfalls in Various Provincesseries; and four other major works. These astute acquisitions established a legacy of Japanese art in Australia that has now extended for more than one hundred years. . . . . . . . . #melbartdiary #vsco #vscocam #instaart #artgallery #artexhibition #exhibition #art #artist #contemporaryart #arts #artistic #artoftheday #gallery #painting #artwork #melbourne #japan #japaneseartist #hokusai #katsushikahokusai #hokusaipainting #ngv #ngvmelbourne
(EXHIBITION 5 - 21 Oct 17) LONG WAY HOME : Marc Martin @marcmartinillo at @lamingtondrive ~ photos by @designani ~ Marc Martin is an illustrator, designer and artist based in Melbourne, Australia. His work is a world of dense colour, rich textures and the odd scribble. He draws inspiration from his surroundings, nature, and travel. Inspired by his own roamings through foreign streets and suburbs, this is a show about enjoying the moment, taking in your surroundings, and experiencing the journey – no matter how long it takes to get home. . . . . . . . #melbartdiary #vsco #vscocam #instaart #artgallery #artexhibition #exhibition #art #artist #contemporaryart #arts #artwork #artistic #watercolour #landscape #painting #drawing #japan #marcmartin #longwayhome
(EXHIBITION 5 - 21 Oct 17) LONG WAY HOME : Marc Martin @marcmartinillo at @lamingtondrive ~ photos by @designani - ARTWORK DETAIL : 'This way' 2017 watercolour and oil pastel on paper 560mm x 755mm framed . . . . . . #melbartdiary #vsco #vscocam #instaart #artgallery #artexhibition #exhibition #art #artist #contemporaryart #arts #artwork #artistic #watercolour #landscape #painting #drawing #japan #marcmartin #longwayhome #dog #park
(EXHIBITION 5 - 21 Oct 17) LONG WAY HOME : Marc Martin @marcmartinillo at @lamingtondrive ~ photos by @designani ~ Marc Martin is an illustrator, designer and artist based in Melbourne, Australia. His work is a world of dense colour, rich textures and the odd scribble. He draws inspiration from his surroundings, nature, and travel. Inspired by his own roamings through foreign streets and suburbs, this is a show about enjoying the moment, taking in your surroundings, and experiencing the journey – no matter how long it takes to get home. . . . . . . . #melbartdiary #vsco #vscocam #instaart #artgallery #artexhibition #exhibition #art #artist #contemporaryart #arts #artwork #artistic #watercolour #landscape #painting #drawing #japan #marcmartin #longwayhome
(EXHIBITION 5 - 21 Oct 17) LONG WAY HOME : Marc Martin @marcmartinillo at @lamingtondrive ~ photos by @designani - ARTWORK DETAIL : 'Sunbather' 2017 watercolour and oil pastel on paper 560mm x 755mm framed . . . . . . #melbartdiary #vsco #vscocam #instaart #artgallery #artexhibition #exhibition #art #artist #contemporaryart #arts #artwork #artistic #watercolour #landscape #painting #drawing #japan #marcmartin #longwayhome #dog #park
(EXHIBITION 5 - 21 Oct 17) LONG WAY HOME : Marc Martin @marcmartinillo at @lamingtondrive ~ photos by @designani - ARTWORK 01 : 'Crest' 2017 watercolour and oil pastel on paper 560mm c 765mm framed - ARTWORK 02 : 'Scavenger' 2017 watercolour and oil pastel on paper 560mm c 765mm framed . . . . . . #melbartdiary #vsco #vscocam #instaart #artgallery #artexhibition #exhibition #art #artist #contemporaryart #arts #artwork #artistic #watercolour #landscape #painting #drawing #japan #marcmartin #longwayhome
(EXHIBITION 5 - 21 Oct 17) LONG WAY HOME : Marc Martin @marcmartinillo at @lamingtondrive ~ photos by @designani - In this new series of original works, Marc Martin invites you to wander through the streets and landscapes of places in between. Meandering through parks, alleyways and backstreets, this collection of watercolour and oil pastel works is a quiet contemplation on place, time and memory . . . . . . #melbartdiary #vsco #vscocam #instaart #artgallery #artexhibition #exhibition #art #artist #contemporaryart #arts #artwork #artistic #watercolour #landscape #painting #drawing #japan #marcmartin #longwayhome
(STREET ART) Budd St, Collingwood - artist @t_w_o_o_n_e . . . . . . #melbartdiary #vsco #vscocam#melbourne #melbourneart #instaart #ngvmelbourne #australia #collingwood #streetart #mural #streetartistry #streetartist #graffiti #graffitiart #wallart #twoone