http://www.velvetsfan.com/ http://www.velvetsfan.com/ http://e.asset.soup.io/asset/0181/5342_f0cd.jpeg 128 128 Richard's soup.io blog {"tags":["art","millar"],"type":"video","source":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k58kXvbAGQ\u0026videos=RY8uVBabXFQ","body":"I went and saw this exhibition, Judy Millar's Giraffe-Bottle-Gun, at Te Papa in Wellington. Millar is a thoughtful and innovative artist. I also relate to her a lot, for example this quote:\u00a0New Zealanders \"reflect on things from quite a large distance.\"\u00a0\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECertainly my favorite New Zealand artist and I'm really pleased I got to see this exhibition (it was originally displayed in Italy as part of the\u00a02009 Venice Biennale). The size and scale of the art works is what really bowled me over. But also she has a unique style, all her own, with painting - which I like and admire.\u003C/div\u003E","embedcode_or_url":"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k58kXvbAGQ\u0026videos=RY8uVBabXFQ"} <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7k58kXvbAGQ" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7k58kXvbAGQ" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425" /></object>I went and saw this exhibition, Judy Millar's Giraffe-Bottle-Gun, at Te Papa in Wellington. Millar is a thoughtful and innovative artist. I also relate to her a lot, for example this quote: New Zealanders "reflect on things from quite a large distance." <div><br /></div><div>Certainly my favorite New Zealand artist and I'm really pleased I got to see this exhibition (it was originally displayed in Italy as part of the 2009 Venice Biennale). The size and scale of the art works is what really bowled me over. But also she has a unique style, all her own, with painting - which I like and admire.</div>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:10:53 GMThttp://velvetsfan.com/post/67109056/I-went-and-saw-this-exhibition-Judyurn:www-soup-io:1:67109056videoartmillar {"tags":["art","millar"],"type":"image","source":"http://eyecontactartforum.blogspot.com/2010/05/judy-millar-currently-has-show-at.html","body":"Judy Millar: A Better Life; 2010","url":"http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/0900/9483_f7cd.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://eyecontactartforum.blogspot.com/2010/05/judy-millar-currently-has-show-at.html"><img alt="9483_f7cd_400" height="300" src="http://b.asset.soup.io/asset/0900/9483_f7cd_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Judy Millar: A Better Life; 2010</p>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:16:49 GMThttp://velvetsfan.com/post/63045770/Judy-Millar-A-Better-Life-2010urn:www-soup-io:1:63045770imageartmillar {"tags":["art","millar"],"type":"quote","title":"Anthony Byrt about Judy Millar; http://eyecontactartforum.blogspot.com/2010/05/judy-millar-currently-has-show-at.html","source":null,"body":"\"It\u2019s no secret that the New Zealand art world has had an \u003Ca href=\"http://eyecontactartforum.blogspot.com/2009/11/must-painting-require-painted-surface.html\"\u003Euneasy relationship \u003C/a\u003Eboth\nwith her international rise and with her work for a while now. I think\nthis is caused by three factors. First, her work demands time, and a\nlot of people either don\u2019t want to, or don\u2019t think they need to, give\nit the extended attention it asks for. Second, there\u2019s a fixation with\nthe idea that her work is primarily about abstraction, which it isn\u2019t,\nand it\u2019s therefore written off as decorative and out-of-date. Third,\nand perhaps most importantly, it looks out from New Zealand rather than\nin, participating in a global conversation about the relationship that\npainting has with the real world it both seeks to represent and be a\npart of.\""} <p>""It’s no secret that the New Zealand art world has had an <a href="http://eyecontactartforum.blogspot.com/2009/11/must-painting-require-painted-surface.html">uneasy relationship </a>both with her international rise and with her work for a while now. I think this is caused by three factors. First, her work demands time, and a lot of people either don’t want to, or don’t think they need to, give it the extended attention it asks for. Second, there’s a fixation with the idea that her work is primarily about abstraction, which it isn’t, and it’s therefore written off as decorative and out-of-date. Third, and perhaps most importantly, it looks out from New Zealand rather than in, participating in a global conversation about the relationship that painting has with the real world it both seeks to represent and be a part of.""</p><p>&ndash;Anthony Byrt about Judy Millar; <a href="http://eyecontactartforum.blogspot.com/2010/05/judy-millar-currently-has-show-at.html">http://eyecontactartforum.blogspot.com/2010/05/judy-millar-currently-has-show-at.html</a></p>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:14:00 GMThttp://velvetsfan.com/post/63045225/It-s-no-secret-that-the-Newurn:www-soup-io:1:63045225quoteartmillar {"tags":["art","millar"],"type":"image","source":"http://www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz/artists/judymillar/news.asp","body":"Judy Millar: A Better Life; 2010\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\"Millar's\ninstallation, then, is not just an object that we are asked to quietly\ninspect. Demanding, playful, and sometimes outright confrontational, it\npushes and pulls us towards new experiential discoveries. In doing so,\nit holds the promise of a better life; an optimism about our experience\nof the world around us, and the vital, human role that art plays within\nit.\"\u003C/em\u003E (see full quote here: \u003Ca href=\"http://www.likeyou.com/en/node/17586\"\u003Ehttp://www.likeyou.com/en/node/17586\u003C/a\u003E)\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003ERM: Judy Millar is my current favorite New Zealand artist. She lives half a year in Auckland, NZ, and the other half in Berlin.","url":"http://7.asset.soup.io/asset/0900/9367_db36.jpeg"} <p><a href="http://www.gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz/artists/judymillar/news.asp"><img alt="9367_db36_400" height="273" src="http://7.asset.soup.io/asset/0900/9367_db36_400.jpeg" width="400" /></a></p> <p>Judy Millar: A Better Life; 2010<br /><br /><em>"Millar's installation, then, is not just an object that we are asked to quietly inspect. Demanding, playful, and sometimes outright confrontational, it pushes and pulls us towards new experiential discoveries. In doing so, it holds the promise of a better life; an optimism about our experience of the world around us, and the vital, human role that art plays within it."</em> (see full quote here: <a href="http://www.likeyou.com/en/node/17586">http://www.likeyou.com/en/node/17586</a>)<br /><br />RM: Judy Millar is my current favorite New Zealand artist. She lives half a year in Auckland, NZ, and the other half in Berlin.</p>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:59:44 GMThttp://velvetsfan.com/post/63043205/Judy-Millar-A-Better-Life-2010urn:www-soup-io:1:63043205imageartmillar