What to do when things go horribly wrong (in art)
Sometimes art goes bad. Look at her face. The horror. This is not intentional. I wasn’t trying to create an image of a women who had been...
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Ray Monde
Feb 14, 2020
Trapped in Vancouver, thinking about the coronavirus COVID19
There’s people quarantined in their homes, on cruise ships and in hospitals. International flights are cancelled, schools are shut and...
Ray Monde
Feb 11, 2020
Found a studio at 57 Biscayne – a room of one’s own
Studio space in Seattle is really hard to come by. I was fortunate that Clare Johnson had landed a residency and would be out of the...
Ray Monde
Jan 23, 2020
Suburban LA life for The Other Art Fair
Taking risks sometimes pays dividends. The risk is worth the reward. Other times, they fail terribly. Like at my high school dance....
Ray Monde
Jan 8, 2020
Looking for a studio in Seattle
It’s early January and I am standing in the gentle rain outside Blick’s. There’s a man in a glitter top hat reeling off tunes to passing...
Ray Monde
Sep 7, 2019
REID FAIR NOW - part of an Australian first at Sydney Contemporary
Sydney Contemporary kicks off Thursday 12 September and I'm almost bursting out of my skin with excitement to be there to see the...
Ray Monde
May 5, 2019
“Hurry, though – I turn 80 this year”, Les Murray’s urgent words to me
Around this time last year I wrote to Les Murray, Australia’s greatest contemporary poet, to ask if he would sit for me. His reply was...
Ray Monde
Jan 5, 2019
Art work, work, work: 2019
What's the future of art in 2019. Ray Monde takes a look at the year ahead and plans to get stuffed
Ray Monde
Oct 23, 2018
What does it mean for an artist to show in a public art gallery?
Last Friday night, I picked mum and dad up at the Goulburn South Caravan Park and drove them to the Goulburn Workers Club for a quick...
Ray Monde
Oct 22, 2018
What does it mean for an artist to be shown in a public art gallery?
Last Friday night, I picked mum and dad up at the Goulburn South Caravan Park and drove them to the Goulburn Workers Club for a quick...
Ray Monde
Feb 11, 2018
Art is dead. Long live art.
I’ve just gone through the most excruciating gestation for an artwork that I’ve ever gone through. And I’m still not sure the experience...
Ray Monde
Feb 11, 2018
Art is dead. Long live art.
I’ve just gone through the most excruciating gestation for an artwork that I’ve ever gone through. And I’m still not sure the experience...
Ray Monde
Sep 12, 2017
Quiet terror in the suburbs
I’m working late into the night on a new series that focuses on the suburbs. It was inspired by a recent trip to Madrid where I saw a lot...
Ray Monde
Aug 14, 2017
What makes a great work of art?
What makes a great work of art? How do you separate the best from the base? What makes an artwork worth $110.5 million such as a recent...
Ray Monde
May 22, 2017
This is what happens when artists collide at The Other Art Fair Melbourne
It’s rare to get up in the face of artists. See their work. Hear first hand what their work is all about. When you’re at exhibition...
Ray Monde
Apr 12, 2017
Gearing up for The Other Art Fair Melbourne
I play silly mind games with myself. I always have since I was a kid. Last year, before The Other Art Fair Sydney, as I undressed to get...
Ray Monde
Mar 23, 2017
Is Dan Kyle the next Arthur Boyd?
I’m going to say it right now, I love Dan Kyle. He’s a young guy, living in the mountains taking an obsessive look at the Australian bush...
Ray Monde
Mar 8, 2017
What happens next?
I love now. I love this moment. I love the start of something new. This week I started a new series. A series exploring childhood...
Ray Monde
Mar 1, 2017
Walking the tight-rope of an art commission
Getting a commission is an exciting prospect, being asked to create a bespoke artwork for a benefactor is exhilarating. But it’s also a...
Ray Monde
Feb 14, 2017
Is Trump the greatest president of all time?
Self Portrait as an Ultra Nationalist, 2013, Abdul Abdullah, c-type print 155 x 110cm The phrase ‘It’s a small world’ is being given a...
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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