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BETWEEN THE OBSERVED AND THE IMAGINED – Peter Booth: Gestural handling and release of forms from the artist’s subconscious.

When the vision remains bleak. A smell, or a taste just caught, can awaken details and visual details (but, also emotions) connected to those sensory expressions. This happens even years later, so do not forget to add these “travel memories” when you arrive in Melbourne. Here, you can experience Ricotta Hotcakes, Baller Bucket and Lamington Jaffles. Welcome into 658 Church …

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RECONCILING PEOPLE, BACK TO MOTHER EARTH – We are all visitors to this time, this place.

Whe are here to grow to love, then we return home (Australian Aboriginal saying). Australia. His Grandmother did that, too. At the Sunrise Ceremony he had meditate, asking the Great Spirit for direction. His hands had fill with electricity, healing people. For Guboo, we learn to respect the elders who hand on the Law that comes from the mountain. You …

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A GIFT, ONLY IMPROVED WITH PRACTICE – Albert Namatjira / The extraordinary life of aborigenal painter.

First Australian Aboriginal artist to receive acclaim from the white community. With a cultural heritage going back 50,000 years, before European settlement there were almost 600 different Aboriginal nations within Australia. He it is remembered as an artist whose treatment highlighted the inequalities of Australian society. In both the indigenous and European communities, his Western style has earned him detractors. …

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