Friday, March 14, 2008

vita brevis est

Just a quick blog about a photography exhibition which is on in Sydney at the moment. It is called Vita brevis est (life is short), and is an exhibition of photographic montage works by George Schwarz. It is on at Stills Gallery.






George has a long history as a photographer, and teacher at Sydney's College of Fine Arts. To view George's poetic visualisations is a meditative, dreamlike experience. He says "These images come to me unbidden and speak for themselves in a sort of visual poetry, or songs without words. They approximate the dreams and visions making up the texture of my days; occupying the spaces between clear brilliant austerity, muted shades of the past and the beautiful sombre nuance of the real".


Tropic of Cancer, Mexico




George and his wife Charis are lovely people. In a previous exhibition, Highlights of the Road (Stills gallery 2004) George documented a journey that he and Charis took around the world by motor cycle (1965 -68) . They produced a limited edition of 1000 books of the photographs, and donated all of the proceeds to setting up a Motor Cycle Accident Rehabilitation Initiative, to help motor cycle accident victims piece their lives together again. An amazing achievement by two very generous hearted people.


Charis in the Rain, Maz




So if you live in Sydney do go along to see George's latest exhibition!

And last but not least:
A BIG thank you to the lovely Holly from Decor8, who featured yellow monday on her marvelous blog today. Holly's blog is a fabulous resource of art and design. She also takes the trouble to critique what she finds, which makes a visit to her blog so enriching. Thanks again for your support Holly!

5 comments:

Dick & Dora said...

I love the piece with the boat. Clever chap. Thanks for posting them. Dora

Dick & Dora said...

We'd love to know what's happening in Yellow Monday land ... we haven't heard from you for a while.

yellow monday said...

Nice to get your message D and D. It's true that there hasn't been much blogging going on in yellow monday land lately, and there are some yellow monday stories to tell.

But to work first, and later a blog update for sure!

Dick & Dora said...

phew, as long as you are ok!

yellow monday said...

Hey Dick and Dora! - thanks for pushing me into action. I've just published a new post about my adventures.