Sometimes you need to launch a surprise attack #art #collage #caddyshack #poolscene
A few weeks ago, this was the disaster I was facing. Beneath this mess of gesso and paint and scribbles is another collage of a bathtub...
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Ray Monde
Jul 23, 2014
I can see just how you would have been as a kid #art #collage
Sometimes you meet someone new and you can immediately see how they would have been as a kid. In fact, it’s one of my favourite internal...
Ray Monde
Jun 2, 2014
The most incredible archaelogical site that you’ve never heard of #art #archaeology
For anyone who’s been to Herculaneum, Italy and seen the amazingly preserved buildings, the beautiful frescoes, grafitti on the walls,...
Ray Monde
May 28, 2014
Warhol versus Hulusi: a tale of two struggling artists #art #popart #design
Here’s the thing. As an artist, you’ve got to start somewhere. Today, in Istanbul I came across an amazing juxtaposition of two artistic...
Ray Monde
May 21, 2014
Face of a miner at Instanbul Modern, #turkeyminedisaster on my mind
Detail: Miner, Nedim Günsür While there’s protests on the streets, water cannon and armoured riot police in back alleyways, Instanbul...
Ray Monde
May 16, 2014
These portraits made of #Lego are strangely compelling
Ana, David Bullock, Lego, 2014 Waking the streets of beautiful Bath on a family outing, we stepped from the sunlit streets into the...
Ray Monde
May 12, 2014
A serendipitous encounter with Hassan Sharif in Al Quoz
There’s a dazzling brightness to Dubai that is almost too much to bear – a jammed brilliance that fills every corner of your periphery....
Ray Monde
Apr 10, 2014
The Good and Evil of #Collage #19BOS #MCANow
Collage is a funny thing, you’re always appropriating someone else’s work. For me, I love cutting up and reworking high-end glossy...
Ray Monde
Apr 1, 2014
LaserCat feeds on your art and he’s very hungry #art #bizarre #hungrycastle
“What did you do today, honey?” “Fed my art to LaserCat so he can project it on the moon.” This is the kind of conversation artists are...
Ray Monde
Mar 11, 2014
One of the best exhibitions in the world, ever: #darkheart at the Art Gallery of South Australia
It’s a big call I know but it’s true, Dark Heart at the Art Gallery of South Australia is magnificent. Sensation at the Royal Academy in...
Ray Monde
Feb 20, 2014
Dry your tears: the child within us #art #collage
I started this series almost on a whim. Experiences as children sharply determine who we will be as adults. As we mature, we become...
Ray Monde
Jan 7, 2014
SOLD, SOLD. Why sales validate artists.
SOLD. Idolatry, Acrylic and collage on canvas, Ray Leggott 2013. Stur Gallery, Xmas Group Show, 2013. Art for art’s sake is a beautiful...
Ray Monde
Dec 3, 2013
Six seconds of fame, post pop portraits
Sal, Six seconds of fame, post pop portrait This is a new beginning. Sometimes the best thing to do is just start. Put marks on paper,...
Ray Monde
Oct 23, 2013
Inspired by Picasso, an online exhibition curated by Rebecca Wilson
Saatchi Online is an enormous gallery that anyone in the world can step into and wander among hundreds of thousands of artworks by...
Ray Monde
Oct 2, 2013
When scrimping and penny-pinching are the artist’s enemies
Part of the reason I create collage is because it’s cheap. I tear up old magazines to create images and use boxboard as my canvas. It’s...
Ray Monde
Sep 26, 2013
Extraordinary curation at the Art Gallery of South Australia
Adelaide is a tricky place to get to, it’s surrounded by desert and is parked in the groin of Australia. I had to head down there for...
Ray Monde
Aug 28, 2013
Back to basics, re-learning to draw
Crushed espresso cup, conte on cartridge paper I’ve decided to go back to school and learn to draw all over again. After spending 20...
Ray Monde
Jul 5, 2013
What my teddy bear taught me about idolatry
When you think about religious art, the first thing that comes to mind for many is little baby Jesus with a golden halo. Not so, when it...
Ray Monde
May 14, 2013
What is smaller than matchbox but can move mountains?
It’s nothing much to look at. A few words in a column relegated to things to do to fill in lazy Friday afternoon. But for me it was a big...
Ray Monde
May 3, 2013
A mammoth work of staggering brilliance: Nolan’s Snake
If anyone knows anything about Sidney Nolan, they know his Ned Kelly series: an Australian bushranger immortalised in enamel on...
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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