tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post7613865139964565160..comments2024-01-13T23:40:11.599+11:00Comments on tachisme: Tribute to GulpililHarry Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-3396213279945860282011-05-14T09:18:34.083+10:002011-05-14T09:18:34.083+10:00Thanks for the encouraging comment, Darel, and wel...Thanks for the encouraging comment, Darel, and welcome to my blog. Love your neo-Picasso work.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-88920162875687709312011-05-14T08:59:37.635+10:002011-05-14T08:59:37.635+10:00YOU ARE A REAL VISUAL ARTIST! YOUR IDEAS AND STYLE...YOU ARE A REAL VISUAL ARTIST! YOUR IDEAS AND STYLE ARE AMAZING AND ORIGINAL! :)Darelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067320016320428021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-91375095725673960522011-05-10T08:29:23.536+10:002011-05-10T08:29:23.536+10:00Thanks, Liz. And thanks for adding your South Afri...Thanks, Liz. And thanks for adding your South African experience to the mix. It seems to a story repeated in so many 'new world' and post-colonial countries.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-5727899717561378872011-05-10T06:15:16.999+10:002011-05-10T06:15:16.999+10:00Oh Harry, firstly what incredible artwork. All th...Oh Harry, firstly what incredible artwork. All these paintings of David Gulpilil are superb. And secondly, you have brought home so many home truths to all those who listen from all the continents of the world. Those special indigenous people (here they are the San or Bushmen and not the Xhosa or Zulu as everyone imagines) have been so maligned but can still teach us a lesson in being human. Thank you for a wonderful post.Art with Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03433688529703445847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-4315201398400704732011-05-08T22:35:37.875+10:002011-05-08T22:35:37.875+10:00Thanks, Celeste. I know from your previous comment...Thanks, Celeste. I know from your previous comments that we of one mind on this.<br /><br />Hi Manel. Ah yes, you love tonal drawings that celebrate form, and you do it so well yourself.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-27546189385775811402011-05-08T17:46:41.432+10:002011-05-08T17:46:41.432+10:00Hi Gary. Yes, it's a complex issue (otherwise ...Hi Gary. Yes, it's a complex issue (otherwise it would have a simple solution) which is why i didn't really go into the intricaies of it. The inhmanity also exists on the other side, with family violence and child abuse, and high crime rate. Anglo Australians become afraid. Tourists become afraid. That fear feeds back into a loop of discrimination and avoidance of issues. <br /><br />Fortunately there are many articulate and very aware Aboriginal leaders around the country. They don't all agree with each other either, which is probably a healthy sign. <br /><br />Meanwhile it's become the vogue to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land before commencing a public lecture or opening a supermarket. A feel-good ritual that serves in place of actually giving some land back or signing a treaty that enshrines some legal rights for a conquered and dispossessed people.<br /><br />See, you shouldn't get me going, haha.<br /><br />Yes Gulpilil was in Corc Dundee. And the recent movie 'Australia' where Baz had David act out the stereo-type image that we used to have on decorative wall plates in the 1950's.<br /><br />Gulpilil is also a dancer of renown. Indeed, that is how he first came to the attention of the movie industry in the 1970's. But i just love the way he moves in various film parts, his voice, his special Oz accent, his expressive face. <br /><br />Let's hear it for David Gulpilil! Yeyeeeeeeee!!!Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-29704987433737562672011-05-08T15:56:03.018+10:002011-05-08T15:56:03.018+10:00Hi Candace. Thanks for dropping by. These are just...Hi Candace. Thanks for dropping by. These are just quick things, a long way short of the magnificent classical sitting of your daughter. I'll never have your draughsmanship, focus or discipline, i'm afraid.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-30417380108944691442011-05-08T15:25:17.312+10:002011-05-08T15:25:17.312+10:00Thanks Carolann. I can see your dreaming in those ...Thanks Carolann. I can see your dreaming in those wonderful Turneresque paintings of yours of the Suffolk landscape.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-72862483415366787662011-05-08T15:20:34.586+10:002011-05-08T15:20:34.586+10:00Thanks Rhonda. Yes, Gulpilil is a very strong huma...Thanks Rhonda. Yes, Gulpilil is a very strong human being. Yet it's all taking its toll. He had pneumonia while working in the film "Australia". He has been arrested for being drunk and disorderly on a few occassions (hey, that's almost a qualification in Hollywood). He is looking older than his years. At least native Americans managed to secure a treaty in places. Not so our indigenous Australians who also want a formal treaty.Harry Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025438150292484846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-18958894839030421642011-05-08T06:51:40.463+10:002011-05-08T06:51:40.463+10:00The first one is the one I like the most. Absolute...The first one is the one I like the most. Absolutely amazing!Manelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04856881574849674416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-14032255668291090112011-05-08T01:04:27.573+10:002011-05-08T01:04:27.573+10:00Beautiful portraits and a most thought provoking p...Beautiful portraits and a most thought provoking post. My mind also went immediately to "our" Native-Americans. I like the final sentence in your post. So true.Celeste Berginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06791708298070342301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-88650741535394010652011-05-07T18:26:32.136+10:002011-05-07T18:26:32.136+10:00Me again, Harry,
I knew David looked familiar, tha...Me again, Harry,<br />I knew David looked familiar, thanks to your superb likeness, so I just took a look at the cast of the movie, "Crocodile Dundee". <br />Sure enough, there was his name listed in the principal credits.<br />The film still runs here on the telly, quite often in fact, and I almost never miss it. Now it will have special meaning, not just for me, but also for the folks I'll tell about him.<br />G'Day HarryGary L. Everesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02343464132076469808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-64822529330113161952011-05-07T18:18:13.668+10:002011-05-07T18:18:13.668+10:00Evening Harry,
It's a wonderful tribute in pai...Evening Harry,<br />It's a wonderful tribute in paint, with words equally honoring. Those not-be-discussed-here issues are well-known in the U.S., of course. <br />It never ceases to amaze just how inhumanely we often treat our fellow humans.<br />Great work, Harry.<br />Sincerely,<br />Gary.Gary L. Everesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02343464132076469808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-85712562218599677842011-05-07T10:57:50.422+10:002011-05-07T10:57:50.422+10:00Beautiful, Harry. Thank you.Beautiful, Harry. Thank you.Candace X. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12480412562968169022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-47684531955344738612011-05-07T06:46:07.971+10:002011-05-07T06:46:07.971+10:00Very interesting reading and amazing portraits, se...Very interesting reading and amazing portraits, sensitively painted. I learnt a lot about Aboriginal culture. My son brought me back a wonderful painting of Aboriginal art which I love. <br /><br />I dream all the time I make sure I get quiet times just to dream my thoughts away, it's very important to let yourself go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3065694115454910742.post-65870512050125007212011-05-06T22:05:16.619+10:002011-05-06T22:05:16.619+10:00All of these incarnations of this portrait are pow...All of these incarnations of this portrait are powerful, but the final one is the strongest - in your face portraiture of a strong character. Thanks for sharing his information with us. Here, in the US, there should be the same shame and consideration given to the treatment of Native Americans. Alas, when we claim foul over a football team name or when using an Apache hero like Geronimo to name a terrorist, we are told we are being "too sensitive." And I'm sure the stories of our Native American actors are similiar to David's.RH Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497161758269292809noreply@blogger.com