Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Empire (red wattlebird), oil on canvas, 180 x 150cm

Another painting in the current exhibition 'Go, Said The Bird' at 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne CBD. The central concept of this group show involves the perception of time, and the title comes from a line in a T.S. Eliot poem, Burnt Norton:

Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.
Time past and time future
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.

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8 comments:

  1. Unknown3 September 2015 at 01:22

    Hi Shaun

    This reminds me of the wonderful work of Fred Tomaselli. completely different approach to your illustration but this bird has a hint of his work about it. I think you might find his work interesting

    http://whitecube.com/artists/fred_tomaselli/

    Sam

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    1. shauntan6 September 2015 at 03:04

      Thanks, will check it out.

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    2. shauntan6 September 2015 at 03:12

      ... And yes, there is a fascinating synchronicity here. Maybe a lot to do with the powerful spirit in birds, a feeling of concentrated energy contained in them, and a great ancestry too.

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  2. 55502043 September 2015 at 02:31

    Xo

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  3. Emmanuel Ayala3 September 2015 at 09:36

    This is so surreal and real at the same time! So many stories could be written just with this image. Wonderful!

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  4. electricwave3 September 2015 at 10:09

    this is a perfect integration with the poem..each detail suggests a story... really great work . ew

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  5. Darryl16 September 2015 at 06:59

    Great artwork, the fear and majesty of the magpie, within the urban setting is what I see.

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  6. Unknown6 October 2016 at 22:38

    This is absolutely beautiful. Do you offer prints of this work?

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