The Artist Lachlan Matthews
Lachlan Matthews works in oils, ceramics, bone, wood, metal, cement, resins and other media. Art is fantastical to me, an imperfect way of communication. Somehow real, a view of the matrix of life, but maybe only in your head – one of the mental mutants that make us human. Bones have always fascinated me. The skeleton is natures architecture of a living being and in the same way that one gets bad architecture and good so I see...
Turner Contemporary longlisted
Turner Contemporary has been longlisted for the Art Fund Prize 2012, the UK’s annual ‘museum of the year’ award, and the biggest prize for arts and cultural organisations in the country. Ten museums in total across the country are in with the chance to win £100,000 and the prestigious award, which will be announced on 19 June 2012. Turner Contemporary opened on 16 April 2011 designed by acclaimed architect David Chipperfield, the...
SA to showcase artistic talent
Pretoria – Government will use South African Week in Palestine to showcase its abundant artistic talent to the people of that country later this year. Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile announced this after signing a cultural agreement with the Palestinian Minister of Culture, Siham Mohammad Abdel Salam, on Wednesday in Pretoria. “We welcome with both hands the opportunity to visit Palestine later this year to be part of...