We’ve mentioned Michael Leavitt previously, he’s the guy who makes artist Action Figures. Unfortunately they are one-offs -unlike New Zealand's own Action Figure maker Ronnie van Hout who back in 2007 made himself cheaper by the dozen - but Leavitt's army of handmade mini-artists (some of them have up to 30 moving parts) is growing. A few of the recent additions are Jeff Koons, Matthew Barney, Takashi Murakami and Julian Schnabel. We’re figuring most of you will know who’s who but for those who don’t, here’s Leavitt's master chart.
Showing posts with label art heroes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art heroes. Show all posts
Saturday, April 02, 2011
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Notable
When it comes to New Zealand heroes we tend to go for ones from science, politics, sport and history so it was nice to pay our way in Switzerland with a couple of artists and an architect (Le Corbusier, Sophie Taeuber-Arpand, Alberto Giacometti) featured on the ten, fifty and one hundred Swiss Franc notes.
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Sunday, July 04, 2010
Enjoyable 2
We don’t usually post on Sunday but today, ten years ago, marks the birth of Enjoy, the art space across the hall from Peter McLeavey in Wellington. Another reason for our celebrating Enjoy’s longevity is that our first post back in November 2006 was about an Enjoy exhibition.
Happy Birthday, Enjoy.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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