Profile for Tattler
Real Name:
Thomas Newton
Member Since: 20 Oct 2005
Total Topics: 6
Total Comments: 50
Bio: Prepared to go it alone without gloves to get my right wing conservatism into the left leaning art world.
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Post-modern writing for the masses.
I came across this article in one of my daily ramblings through sites unknown and while it has little to do with art, as a form of humorous prose I thought that it would delight some of the bloggers he...
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Tattler
5 Dec 2007
in Off-site Articles
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Peneloping
7 Dec 2007 12:29 pm
The comforting feeling of familiarity
Frostbite prevents the landscape artist from making a quick sketch, but undeterred, Sydney opens his utility belt and breaks out a digital camera!
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Tattler
30 Mar 2007
in Reviews
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william blake
6 Apr 2007 11:18 am
2005 Collection & "Stake"
It is not too often that I get the chance to see good, thoughtful art on a regular basis in Hawkes Bay. However, since the arrival of the Judith Anderson, I have been fortunate enough to chance my eye ...
Written by
Tattler
10 Jan 2006
in Reviews
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liz
24 Jan 2006 11:26 am
A Return to 1981
When an artist shows little or no progression over a period of almost 25 years, perhaps it is time to hang up their brush.
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Tattler
26 Dec 2005
in Reviews
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woofpavlova
17 Feb 2006 2:40 pm
Air New Zealand, Thunderbirds Are Go!
Far from being in a hospitable mood, today has found me in a somewhat destructive frame of mind. This is in due to a whole variety of things, not least the general liberal nature of this country’s me...
Written by
Tattler
30 Nov 2005
in Rants
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Dutch
1 Dec 2005 12:51 am
The Whiteboard Marker is Mightier than the Sword.
As with all good tales, this begins on a cold and not so stormy night. It was one of those witching hours when the dim orange glow of the university lights spill ever softly across . . .
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Tattler
19 Oct 2005
in Rants
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Chimp
3 Nov 2005 7:39 pm
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Fair enough John. Maybe I'm just a bit of a cock. But the art this blog tends to talk about falls into the commercial art category and hence I feel that my comments are fair. The art that you mention i...
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19 Oct 2007 9:29 pm reply to Ilam School of Fine Arts ...
Dear Bozoski, Art, regardless of whether or not it is good exists for two purposes in the cultural market. The first purpose is to quite simply make money for someone. The second instance is the impor...
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19 Oct 2007 2:55 pm reply to Ilam School of Fine Arts ...
Well, if the art school is running at a profit then I cannot complain. But for matters unclear to some, when I mentioned culturally negative art, a cleaner way of making my views clearer would be to sa...
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18 Oct 2007 6:15 pm reply to Ilam School of Fine Arts ...
Haven't been following this thread much at all, but considering things from my enlightened position here within the sewers of the Christchurch Cathedral I have to agree with the cuts. Ultimately the Un...
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18 Oct 2007 10:36 am reply to Ilam School of Fine Arts ...
Regionalism grew out of the 1940s particularly amongst the Christchurch and Dunedin artists. Regionalists from this era include Rita Angus, Rata Lovell-Smith, Doris Lusk and Toss Wollaston (although h...
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5 Apr 2007 12:10 pm reply to The comforting feeling of...
Mmmm, The Road of Excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom, in this case, an excess of Grill related merchandise. Capitalism, consumerism, para-grill-nalia, it's all far too much JH so I though I'd throw i...
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31 Mar 2007 1:56 pm reply to The Boys Club
The wall disks, to keep the toy theme, remind me of those nifty little retro spinning tops we all had growing up. Hail to the kid who had the version that lit up when it spun round (why was I so neglec...
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31 Mar 2007 1:30 pm reply to Distinct Lack of Gravitas
Sorry guys, I was using poetic license. I believe that Sydney used his camera because his paints froze in the cold. I don’t think he came near frostbite, just gave me an excuse to use utility belt in...
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30 Mar 2007 3:49 pm reply to The comforting feeling of...
