Let’s wait and see how many deaths there are today before we go to the supermarket.
Art in a time of coronavirus. For me, the strangest thing about living the COVID-19 pandemic is how normal things take on a strange tilt....
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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
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
Jan 17, 2017
Rest well Michael Chamberlain, you fought hard for justice
4ENSIC, 1977 Torana Hatchback, collage, 2012. In a strange way, Michael Chamberlain is responsible for starting my life as an artist....
Ray Monde
Aug 16, 2016
Bringing Vincent Van Gogh back to life
There’s something truly audacious about creating a movie about Vincent Van Gogh that is animated in a painting style mimicking his own....
Ray Monde
May 31, 2016
Is it up to artists to decide who can buy their art?
Here’s a strange one for you. In 2010, I created a series of artworks about words that sound the same but have different meanings. I...
Ray Monde
May 24, 2016
Bumping in to M16 Artspace
In just an hour I set up my works for my new show, It’s for your own good. These works explore experiences from my childhood that inform...
Ray Monde
May 18, 2016
Why I love Heidi so much
There’s an art museum on the outskirts of Melbourne that has changed and informed the way I live my life. In many ways, it has set the...
Ray Monde
Mar 29, 2016
A sudden sale of artwork
Workers Hut at Tempelhof Airport by Monde Monde One of the things I try and do as an artist is get my work in front of as many people as...
Ray Monde
Sep 2, 2015
Is all art worthless?
I was sad but not surprised to find out this week that Bono has made more from his Facebook investments than all of his music combined,...
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
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
Apr 23, 2013
Art with a story is better than art for art’s sake
Jack Featherstone is an amazing man. He spent a great deal of his life travelling the Australian outback, giving dental care to remote...
Ray Monde
Apr 2, 2013
Is video art real art?
Sophie, 6 seconds of fame, post-pop portrait, click to view I’m looking at the months ahead and they look like a gaping yawn, a wide open...
Ray Monde
Sep 20, 2012
I’m on a horse
In April, I received a commission for a horse. It’s totally outside the scope of what I normally do and because it was a commission for...
Ray Monde
Mar 2, 2012
When it floods, head to the shearing shed
Normally I create my work on the kitchen table, it’s comforting and easy and close to hot cups of tea. With the rain falling constantly &...
Ray Monde
Jan 31, 2012
The sacrifices artists need to make
Like many artists, I need to do other things to support myself. Before committing myself to collage, I used to work in advertising, most...
Ray Monde
Jan 30, 2012
A strange thing happened to me today
Today, the latest edition of GQ Australia arrived in the post. That’s not the strange thing. I don’t remember subscribing but that’s not...
Ray Monde
Jan 26, 2012
Collage: Matinee release
This collage is very different in style to my other collages so far, I’m trying to use the way I tear and cut the paper to create...
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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