Feb. 11th, 2010

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Went to the Maitland Regional Gallery yesterday, mostly to see :labelled queer. Despite two of the artists showing being my supervisor / ex supervisor, I didn't see that much that was queer on display (giant size drawings of tops and bottoms notwithstanding); rather it seemed more just gay & lesbian to me. I did really like Salvatore Zofrea's Days of Summer however.

This occupied most of the upper level. Zofrea works with woodcuts on Japanese paper and his degree of details shows an obsession with observation. I especially enjoyed a large oil painting at one end, that seemed very three dimensional - something missing in the prints.

Otherwise the excursion out to Maitland was hot and bothered. I hit the op shops (and also Sam's Warehouse) before going home, picking up a miscellany of books, CDs and kitchenware. Maitland seems to be the Hunter Valley's capital of cheap stuff (though I swear I saw a book in one bookshop that was there last time I'd dropped in, 2 years ago). I also discovered Foodworks though the only things I got there were can covers and a packet of musk drops.

Hot and exhausted when I got home, but art requires sacrifice.

Hot

Feb. 11th, 2010 04:32 pm
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Mowed the lawn this morning while it was still nominally cool. Totally exhausted afterwards, but it was still better than doing it in the afternoon in the middle of the heat. I suspect we've seen the end of cool rain for a while. Actually, not that hot, but humidity saps me of spoons.
30°C | °F
Current: Partly Cloudy
Wind: E at 21 km/h
Humidity: 48%
Thu
Partly Cloudy
26°C | 21°C
Fri
Partly Cloudy
28°C | 22°C
Sat
Mostly Cloudy
27°C | 22°C
Sun
Scattered Thunderstorms
26°C | 23°C

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