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2004 Revolution - Feminism:
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 Bob Stewart
  Spiraling Alphabet numbers summing up the Revolution
Digital Print
VIC, Australia
See more work by Bob Stewart
in the 2001 'Nature' portfolio
in the 2002 'Art and politics' portfolio
in the 2003 'Music' portfolio
in the 2005 'Landscape' portfolio
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Artists Statement:
The background image is taken from video footage where at the time strong wind gusts swirled up loose sand in a spiral motion on a steep incline. It provides a hint to the Artist's past as well as the present - the spirals enclose the scene - in a circular motion following a path returning to the original position, leading from past to present and back again. At strategic places there are placed equations not entirely of the expected numerical kind but instead using letters of the alphabet - more algebraic. An off center equation provides a clue 1+2 = a + b, thus placing a suggested numeric equivalent on the lower case letters, to help solve the attempted change in current theory or method by swapping letters for numerals, although another look reveals alphabet characters in upper case reversing again to some extent even challenging both new and old theory now to be revolutionized and superseded.
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 This is an interesting piece, the work boarders between video still and digital drawing, with some sort of mathimatical formula floating in cycular space. Bobs tilte say's it all like a wirlwind sucking up time and information building into a revolution, or not. But in some form, somewhere revolutions do happen.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 BS, This is a visually well crafted mood print. Thanks.
. -Z
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 Anthony Sullivan
  3 Heroes of the Revolution (Iraq)
Digital Print/Stickers
QLD,
See more work by Anthony Sullivan
in the EPNP gallery
in the 2001 'Love' portfolio
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Artists Statement:
Along with this portfolio. 1400 stickers were put up in the eve of the 2004 election in Townsville, Macka, Rockhampton, Brisbane, Kismore, Sydney and Melbourne.
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 This is cool work, orginal public art works placed around Sydney and Brisbane prior to being included as an edition in the portfolio and EPNPM web pages. The individual 3 parts were split and stuck up around street etc prior to the 2004 Australian elections. I myself stuck up some around Bondi Sydney, only to see them disapear of the street in a couple of days. Just shows you the public space is a hostile one where only paid advertising will servive.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 AS, this print goes up on the wall in my home for 2005. I value the way that it is also an extension printed concept eg stickers. Not only has the image been used for private appreciation, it is also used for public viewing and is useful in some way. Well done. The words in your image 'The American Way' brought to mind another living artist's work I value and holistically respect: Carlos Latuff. You may know of his work already but you can see what I'm talking about by checking it out @ http://www.consafos.com/latuff/pages/Ronald_McMurderer.htm What do you think? Thanks for this progressive and current print.
. -Z
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 Marie-Therese Wisniowski
  1. The Digital Hunter 2. The Bird of Prey
Digital Print X 2
NSW, AU
See more work by Marie-Therese Wisniowski
in the EPNP gallery
in the 2002 'Art and politics' portfolio
in the 2003 'Music' portfolio
in the 2005 'Landscape' portfolio
Writing by Marie-Therese Wisniowski
"Another Brick" Exhibition Notes and Pics (18/12/2004)
Pop Art
Legitimizing Prints as an Art Medium - A Generator of Future Processes and Art Movements.
(7/02/2004)
Printmaking (20/07/2003)
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Artists Statement:
The Bird of Prey
Gliding on high winds, which stream above the clouds,
The bird of prey was searching for food on the ground.
He hunted and was hunted, but lie never cared to kill,
Using the emotion of a moment or to exercise his skill.
He saw a black snake wriggling, towards a burnt-out truck.
He dived to gain more knowledge of an animal in bad luck.
He saw a child crying, clasping to his dead mother's heart.
A truck heading northward, struck by a deadly origami dart.
A woman blackened by fire, a small child dying from pain.
Crying for his mother within a habit black, but bloodstained.
He swooped for food but heard the tears, darkening his sky,
The stench of death filled his sense, he could not rid the cry.
"Humans kill with dark emotions, and politicians kill for power.
This child knew of no evil, yet these heathens were built so sour."
Talons gripped. he snatched the child from those charcoaled arms.
Soaring high above the cloud-line, he dropped a child becalmed.
The food. he deemed, was secondary to stifling this child's cry.
Why disrespect the kill, he thought, why leave this child to die?
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 MTW, Excellent poetry and verse in your artist's statement - definately not prose (the ordinary form of written language). Your words 'a woman blackened by fire' reminded me of another living printmaker whom I respect as well. See what I mean by checking out Latuff's print titled: 'Proud of what?' at http://www.consafos.com/latuff/pages/Proud_of_what_9.htm Your printed images are simply top-flight. It's concept and final printed product places it in the front rank of this portfolio. The digital hunter concept is really exactly whats happening globally today - personally challenging - as to not become the prey (not that I want to become the raptorial predator either). An optimum and dual, art work which is now on my wall for 2005. The recent written article you have uploaded on this site is first class as an example of exactly what's needed for the medium/site (layout plus visual images). Thanks.
. -Z
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 Ummm not sure, on the ground the digital revolution seems thin. Communications between the masses or a way for goverments to keep track of us all. Big brother or big hacker. Like the title though, like an eagle circling around a rat on the ground. But in this case not visable to the naked eye. Like to see more.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 Talking about a rat? How did you know what image content I'm currently working on? Is this ESP or coincidence?
. -Z
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 Michael Zschech
  Revolution
Digital Montage
TAS, Australia
See more work by Michael Zschech
in the EPNP gallery
in the 2002 'Art and politics' portfolio
in the 2003 'Fashion' portfolio
in the 2004 'Green Worlds' portfolio
in the 2005 'Landscape' portfolio
in the 2005 'Still Life' portfolio
Writing by Michael Zschech
"Oieh! Oieh! Oieh!" (11/03/2006)
Visit this Wilderness World Heritage Site - Blind Man's Bluff (7/09/2004)
Not every person ... (22/01/2004)
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Artists Statement:
Message found in a bottle: "To the unfaithful, disloyal, recalcitrant and dissident. The multicultural experiment has failed in practice. You brought it all on yourselves, 'Love'! Over here, over there - right over it? I order you to keep me in the lifestyle I'm accustomed to! No flies on me when it comes to a Republic! Even corgies bark for diversity - dog diversity style. Howl's it like in your state? Acting depressed? Playing dementure? Pretending on the other hand? Go flies in your own name. Go in peace. Go in joy. Go in love and fly away."
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 This was a great choice for the 2004 best print. The fly's were scanned into the shape of queen E, in a very tastefull arrangement. The Republic text a lttle to late for the Australain people but hey next time. And anyway maybe that's what Michael means we love the monarch and where not ready yet. Still this baffles me as so much of our mass culture in Australia is American. I mean this XMUS the advertising around town is every ones a star, this quote is on about everything from rave posters to bread wrappers. You can't get much more like Andy mr pop himself's quote everyone will have their 15 min's of fame.
Anyway excellent work.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 love this image-what can i say,there's loads of flys on her!
. -gerard
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 So now you know I do not love her but I "LUUV" her!
. -Z
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 Congratulations Michael for winning first prize with this antipodean wrenching piece of artwork. As a republican I appreciate the many layers that this print is communicating to the interested viewer. It is claimed by academics in the area of statistics that when we reach population figures of 40 million that Australia will become a confident major player on the international scene . . . I hope that we don't have to wait that long ! ! Many thanks for your very thoughtful print.
. -Marie-Therese W
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 Interesting to see the royals celebrating the Queens Birth day. At much the same time the so called G8 meeting announced the debt to third world countrys would be struck off. Seems like the royals could hand over their empire to the third world and that would feed every one in africa at least. And as much as I like the idea of no third world debt, ill wait and see just what happens on this one. I mean feed the world was a great feel good for the rich nations but I hate to say it there seems to be a lot of staving war torn people still out there.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 It all makes me so, sooo sick! I try not to think about it during the day-time and especially just before trying to go to sleep at night-time.
. -Z
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 Narelle Adair Coxhead
  Between glass slippers and glass ceilings: falling out of the fairytale
Digital Print
NSW, Australia
See more work by Narelle Adair Coxhead
in the 2002 'Art and politics' portfolio
in the 2005 'Still Life' portfolio
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Artists Statement:
Text from the image
Back when the airwaves were full of George, Johnny and Tony telling us of the necessity to go to war I was amused to hear talkback shock jocks suddenly discover feminism…
In the West, they mainstream media treats feminism as a joke. But here these same commentators were now passionate champions of the crusade to liberate the repressed women of Iraq…
Feminists had been criticising regimes like the
Taliban and Saudi Arabia for years before “9/11/”…
Why are we so confronted by a woman wearing a scarf around her head.? Is it really any more strange and inhibiting than high heels?
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 Lush work with wonderful text. The luxury of having the word feminism, as an application into a reality of living is there just waiting for the individual to take on the ideas, set up in the past and carry them boldy into the future. Don't believe the hype of the the media though as messages get distorted and the mass media in general did not do much in the invention of the practice of feminism.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 NAC, Great colour, tone and use of line. Your artist's statement is forth-right in it's message. Looking forward to seeing more of your works.
. -Z
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 Deborah Bunce
  Whose Baby
Etching
VIC, Australia
See more work by Deborah Bunce
in the 2001 'Nature' portfolio
in the 2003 'Culture' portfolio
in the 2005 'Landscape' portfolio
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 DNA or cloning whose baby? Maybe some times with some couples conciving children in a natural or maybe normal state is a problem. Perhaps this is when other methods can be put into practice. I for one think there are to many children in the world with out parents in poor countrys and even in rich country's like Australia. Maybe parents who can't have children of their own should think about raising some of the lost children of the world. I mean we are talking about millions of staving children.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 So the poor people of the world can hand over their babies now. Well we've taken everything else I suppose. Is this work about cloning? - I don't think so. That is an issue with stem cell research. Deborah is posing questions about how DNA technologies challenge constructions of identity and ownership.
. -Rob
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 Yo Hold on Rob no ones talking about taking baby's away. The meaning was there are enough children in the world with out and family's care. Perhaps any one living in a rich country like Australia could give a helping hand with eductation , money foster care medical help etc. DNA does it really mean ownership, do we really own anyone else but our selves. Identity, whats that mean some sort of class system that identifys us as something. Wow however we come into the world and where ever we end up is one of lifes major cycles, get off your high horse Rob and stop politicalizing every thing.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 DNA means ownership alright, parts of your code is already owned and not by you. And these poor little brown babies that want our foster care - we did that to the abos already, aren't they ungrateful bastards. Almost as ungrateful as those wog kids we watched drown in the timor sea.
. -Rob
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 Ok Rob on your conclusions of what DNA means we will just leave the billions of staving children who have no foster care or parents to die. Your political correctness is killing millions Rob, and I don't like the words you use to describe different races either. Are you a racist if so don't come back here.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 The population of the world is 4 billion. There are not billions of starving children. All parents, rich or poor, love their children so keep your do gooder hands off them.
. -Rob
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 Yes well you really are out of control Rob, for a start wheres you head at man, there are so many homeless children in the world. You must be living in a fantasy world not to have noticed. And you must be out of your head not to think help is needed by these homeless, parent - less kids etc etc. Man get a heart, are you really this rude about staving children, I can just imagen what you think about homeless adults. What about war Rob is that ok as well, ohhh lets just sweep it all under the carpet and don't even give the victums of war a thought is that you Rob. Vote Liberal did you Rob like the other 77% ok well that explains you callas nature say no more byeeee.
. -Michael F
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 THIS IS NOT A REPLY AS SUCH TO THE PREVIOUS ENTRY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I HAVE THIS PRINT IN MY EXCHANGE FOLIO AND AESTHETICALLY I THINK IT 'SINGS'.
WELL DONE DEBORAH.!
. -Aine Scannell
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 Don't know what you mean about not a reply, I agree that the subject matter discussed is a little of the track but hey, we intend the site comments pages to go where artists want as far as discussion is concerned. I agree this is a cool print. And hey it's causing quiet a stir. No offence intended.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 DB, these two twin boys look like they are having fun spinning around in their mother's womb as she does a few laps in the pool. Let them enjoy it while it lasts (9 months) before forced to enter the 'political' world of DNA and art. Cool image.
. -Z
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 Harh-arghh! Is this the next image for the front cover of Art Monthly Australia? I am not interested in knowing the opinion of these two children portrayed in this photographic print, just as I'm not interested in the opinion of the child, Olympia Nelson or that of her coaching father, Professor Rob Nelson or that of her mother, the artist. The Federal Government will be setting protocols on the representation of children in art. Bring it on I say!
. -Kevin Thud - 7/7/2008
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 Well, "Has the censorship of art gone mad? A local (Tasmanian) artist's show has been axed. The Sheffield artist believes she has been caught up in the hysteria surrounding the Henson photo controversy and the recent front cover of Art Monthly Australia magazine. Michelle Miller snapped some photos of her children playing innocently (in their underwear) near a waterfall on the East Coast. The photos were to be part of a show at the Ulverstone Visitor Information Centre at the end of this month. Last week the centre cancelled the exhibition claiming it only wants to show scenic works and landscapes. However, Ms Miller is convinced it was axed because the venue manager became nervous about the Henson and Art Monthly Australia headlines." Well, a stone thrown into a still pond creates many ripples. Yes or no?
. -Michael Zschech - 7/12/2008
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 Kristian Doyle
  M
Digital Print
NSW, Australia
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in the 2001 'Nature' portfolio
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 Like a mask or the beauty myth, one must ask the questions of our contempory obsession with what is supposed to be beauty.
. -Michael Florrimell
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 KD, I like this image. Trechnoff (spelling ?) did a lot of prints of striking looking women from diverse cultures while he lived in South Africa. I think he eventually lived in Australia (not sure). Type his name into "google" search to see. KD, looking at the subject matter in CD's print below, do you think that if it was done in digital medium that there would be complaints that it 'soft porn'? If so would that then suggest that 'traditional' printmaking mediums allow the artist to 'get away' with more than realist digital printmakers can when it comes to 'what is considered porn and what is considered not too porn'?
. -Z
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 Here is the correct spelling of the artist's name previously mentioned. Vladimir Tretchikoff. His image "Chinese Girl" can be seen at http://en.easyart.com/arthistory/artist/Vladimir Tretchikoff
. -Z
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 Cathi Duff
  Skin
collagraph and chine colle
NSW, Australia
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 CD, "Skin" - a notable print. I like how you have given us texture in your image. Texture that is actually there on the printed surface and not just a 'copy' or impression of texture. This swell image of skin, pre-birth and possibly an imaginary spirit guide leaving the body reminds us of our physical roots and how we all came into existance. Thanks for this substantial art work.
. -Z
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 Thanks for taking the time to comment on my work.
The piece is about changing skin/s during pregnancy and after. You are right about the spiritual side...keeping one's spirit and spirituality has helped me through motherhood. (my oldest baby is nearly 20 now!) Texture is something that features in most of my prints regardless of what print medium I work in, I guess it comes from being a painter to start with.
Cheers
Cathi
. -Cathi Duff - 14/03/2006
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