Catch up

I've been very lax and neglectful of my Blog for months now, but as life started to accelerate towards Christmas I had  better things to do. . . .

There are some occurrence in December that deserve a mention:
Anish Kapoor Exhibition at MCA was great, very engaging for the viewer, he plays with your optical perception & spatiality which was disturbing for me as I lost my balance if I ventured too close the instillations, but equally fascinating and intriguing and very clever.
I loved the S & C Curve where this phenomena was most apparent for me. Sky Mirror.

Sky Mirror  2006 Anish Kapoor

My Red Homeland 2003 Anish Kapoor

C Curve 2006 Anish Kapoor

Memory 2008 Anish Kapoor

S curve 2006 Anish Kapoor

Francis Bacon Exhibition @ AGNSW Great the painting at large, the 2 iconic documentaries, offer fascinating insights to his work.

 Francis Bacon in his studio

One of the pieces in the show is Bacon’s Pope I – Study after Pope Innocent X by Velázquez (1951). By dedicating his paintings to an old master Bacon emphasizes a new chapter in the art discourse that he relates to: Velázquez was a master of representation and of documentation, Bacon on the other hand opened a third possibility for the development of painting beyond pure representation or pure abstraction

 

Francis Bacon used the format of the triptych throughout his career. The figure in this painting is his lover John Edwards.

"My painting is a representation of life, my own life above all, which has been very difficult. So perhaps my painting is very violent, but this is natural to me." Francis Bacon Quote

Francis Bacon: Three Studies for Figures at the Base of the Crucifixion (1944)

 

 

Lunch at Frechy's with Maggie & Madeline it was nice, Madeline has a new wheelchair.

Dear Fred Tulluck had stroke & is in an aged care facility near his daughter Pim.

Mezzaluna Restaurant

 
 Christmas party at Mezzaluna Restaurant with Marie-Aude

Doyle's @ the Quayinside

Doyle's @ the Quay outside

Lunch with aunty Kathy & Nancy at Doyls @ the Quay.

Dad's birthday on 16th December

                    Lovely afternoon tea at Julies place as always.

Lunch & catch up with Judi at Frenchy's

Found a wonderful Osteopath, Valerie @ Bondi Junction.




Kisten Birthday Lunch at Bar Reggio, it is always good, but I have to leave after 3 hours.

Saw 'The Sessions" with Lee and had luncgh at MCA 4th floor.

'The Sessions" 
I found The Sessions disappointing and predictable, although it received very good  reviews, the performances were very good, the humour expected and stale, it told the punch line. in the setting up of the joke.  Like an naïve adolescence telling a very old joke to even older audience. I was embarrassed it was so lame.

'The Sessions'