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March 19, 2006
watch me go all high brow on your ass
Harry Seidler passed away.
Why was it not on the news? Why am I the last to know?
Last year we finally made it over to the Rose Seidler house, a sleek post-modern house in the suburbs of Sydney. It is the house of my dreams. And every year they have a fab 50's festival, but some how we always miss it. But really, the house is well worth checking out if you are in Sydney, it so rocks!
Most Sydneysiders will be more familiar with Seidler's skyscrapers. (like the MLC and Australia Square). The Sydney skyline would not be the same without Seidler.
As with most bold artists, Seidler had his fair share of controversy. He was one of the architects that helped to create one of Sydney's eyesore buildings...The Blues Point Tower. Not the most, um, sensitive structure every built...but everyone is allowed one AI, right?
You can probably tell that I am a little bit of a architecture geek and when we moved to Sydney I was really impressed with Seidler's work. It's sensitive, bold and just a bit sexy.
I'll have to have a quiet moment next time I'm on my way to the US Embassy, it just happens to be in the MLC.
But I also have a new art crush. Sally Smart is my new most fav Aussie artist. She makes these amazingly huge cut out collages that are at once both delicate and bold. But get this, and Kate will love this, she has done a series about female pirates. FEMALE PIRATES! How cool is that?
Be sure to have a really good look through that last link, there are some great images there. It makes me want to hop on a plane to Melbourne to catch the show. Hey crumpet, have you seen it??
Well, that's a post in a half. I'll leave you with something a little more down to earth....rockin' out on a unicorn! whoo-hoo. (thanks snarky)
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at March 19, 2006 07:18 PM
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excellent. i love a good female pirate collage exhibition. :D
i'll have to check it out... i'm also coming out of the "i wanna do a podcast" closet for the first time here -- i'm thinking very seriously of doing an art based podcast, and if i can talk about female pirate collages, then all the better!
Posted by: crumpet at March 19, 2006 10:22 PM
how cool are you? I'll keep an eye out.
Posted by: gadgetgirl at March 20, 2006 08:31 PM
actually harry's death was all over the news - seriously - it was on tv, radio & newspaper. i was impressed by it. rose seidler house is so cool - we went there about 5 years ago and since then it is our dream is to build one of our own like this one day. have you noticed it appears in ads and different shoots from time to time? thanks for the sally smith tip.
Posted by: dani at March 20, 2006 08:37 PM
I must admit, I've been studying a lot for the last couple of weeks....so I haven't watched a much news.
Posted by: gadgetgirl at March 21, 2006 07:43 PM
How have I not heard of this woman???
Let's go to Melbourne - QUICK.
Posted by: Kt at March 26, 2006 10:58 PM