#Venice

Ray Monde

Aug 18, 2015

Death in Venice. How I died from overwrought, self-indulgent art.

If you’ve read Death in Venice by Thomas Mann, you’ll know the protagonist Gustav von Aschenbach dies a self-indulgent painted-fool...

Ray Monde

Aug 11, 2015

F%#k pretty pictures: how one artist brings a tender approach to loss

Art is emotional. Art is worthless unless it gets a reaction. Fuck pretty pictures and lovely things to hang on your walls. Art needs to...

Ray Monde

Jul 22, 2015

There’s a lot of shit at @la_Biennale but Grisha #Bruskin is crazy wild #art #videoart

I’m going to say it straight out. There’s a lot of shit at the Venice Biennale. Two planks nailed to a wall? Shit. Self-indulgent video...

See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.