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Melbourne Art Class

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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28.01.2022 Our latest blog post 'Mere Depiction Versus Conscious Endorsement Versus Caution' written by Tulika Bahadur is an interesting read. It's live now at https://melbourneartclass.com/mere-depiction-versus-consci/ Image: Paintings and sculptures by Cleon Peterson.

24.01.2022 Looking for some lockdown light reading on this rainy Melbourne day? Our latest blog post is live, 'Famous Examples of Preliterate Art' by Tulika Bahadur. Click the link below to read our award winning blog! https://melbourneartclass.com/famous-examples-of-prelitera/

24.01.2022 #MAChistorical: Bali is known for its rich tradition of theatre, dance and masks. Two charactersparticularly important in the local mythology that spectators find in performances are Barongand Rangda. The former is the king of the spirits and the latter, demon queen. Complex in appearance, the two are engaged in the eternal battle of good and evil. Here are Barong andRangda (with claws) by traditional Balinese painter Ida Bagus Made Poleng (19151999).

24.01.2022 This fantastic portrait is from Justine in our Studio Art class. In our Studio Art class, students are welcome to work on an artwork and in the medium of their choice. Wonderful work Justine! #MACstudentartwork

21.01.2022 #MACcontemporary: Invented by the Mexican artisan Pedro Linares (19061992), the alebrije is a brightly coloured figurine of a fantastical animal made of papier-mâché or wood. It is particularly very famous today in the state of Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico. The word alebrije doesn’t mean anything. It is related to a dream that Linares had in 1936 when ill. He saw a strange forest with strange creaturesa turtle with stars for eyes, a donkey with butterfly wings, a roos...ter with bull horns, a lion with an eagle’s head. All of them shouting, "Alebrijes! Alebrijes Alebrijes!" Image 1: Alebrije bird sculpture. Credit: User LoriLee, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. Image 2: Alebrijes in Oaxaca, Mexico. Credit: User Nsaum75, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

20.01.2022 Marco Corsini Exhibition Melbourne Art Class founder and teacher Marco Corsini's recent paintings will be on display next week at his exhibition in Hawthorn. We extend an invitation to you to join us next week, we would love to see students current, past and future! ... Sponsored by The Glenferrie Times @I Love Glenferrie. Featured artwork 'Dusk and plenitude, 2020' by @marco_corsini.

16.01.2022 #MAChistorical: Called the Romeo and Juliet of the East by Lord Byron, Layla and Majnun (literally: Layla’s mad lover) goes back to 7th-century Arabia. The star-crossed lovers here are the Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Mullawah and Layla al-Aamiriya. The narrative has been passed onto Persian, Turkish and Indian languages and explored in a variety of media over centuries. Rejected by Layla’s father for being mentally unbalanced, Majnun takes to wandering, while Layla is marri...ed off to a rich and noble merchant. Eventually, Layla passes away in heartbreak and Majnun is found dead in the desert. This is a miniature of the story from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland made during the Mughal rule in medieval India. It is based on a scene from book Khamsah of Sufi poet Amir Khusrow (1253-1325). Layla is seen meeting Majnun for one last time, in the wilderness.

14.01.2022 Our talented Studio Art student Andrew is in the Mission to Seafarers Exhibition. Andrew's painting called 'Storm en route to Staten Island' is pictured below. https://gallery.missiontoseafarers.com.au//andrew-littlej/

13.01.2022 MACcontemporary: On April 16, the ever-inventive @banksy posted a bunch of rowdy rats in his bathroom with the caption My wife hates it when I work from home. One rat is upon a toilet seat, another on a roll of toilet paper. Rodents swing from towel rings, play with nozzles, count days. The trompe l’oeil is made up of simple black drawings. The post, which has garnered over 30,000 comments as of now, is a brilliant example of the fact that resourcefulness is more important for a creative person than access to too many resources.

08.01.2022 Covid-19 Melbourne Lockdown update 27 May 2021 All current students should have now received an email regarding today’s classes (running as normal), and classes during the Melbourne lockdown over the next week. If you have not received an email, please check your junk mail or email us for an update. The Marco Corsini Art Exhibition will be open until 6 pm on 27th May 2021, the opening event scheduled from 6 8 pm will be rescheduled with details to be advised. ... Take care Melbourne, we will see you again soon!

07.01.2022 Our Term 1 Studio Art classes start 31st January for adults and 7th February for children and teen's, and we are really looking forward to seeing you all in the studio again. This beautiful work was created by student Brigitte in our Monday Studio Art class. Great work Brigitte! #MACstudentartwork

06.01.2022 #MAChistorical: In the discourse of art history, a veduta (plural: vedute) is a city view and a capriccio (plural: capricci) is an imaginary view. The first is a realistic rendering of destinations like Venice, Rome or London. The second is an architectural fantasy in which liberty is taken while displaying archaeological sites, old monuments, elements like fountains and statues. ... Here are the two concepts explored by the Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Canal (16971768) akaCanaletto. The veduta (from 1732) shows the entrance to theVenetian Arsenal, which is a cluster of former shipyards and armories. The capriccio (from 1742-44) shows some ruins and greenery. We do not know what place this is.

28.12.2021 While our school holiday workshops are currently underway, we are getting ready (and excited) to commence our 2022 short courses and term courses at the end of January. Most courses have limited spaces remaining and class sizes are kept small to ensure you get one-on-one tuition (and for covid-19 safety). Bookings are open at melbourneartclass.com, we can't wait to see you in 2022!

26.12.2021 #MACcontemporary: Here is an interesting excerpt from Linchpin (2010) by American authorSeth Godin (born 1960): Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, andpersonal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator. What makes someone an artist? I don't think it has anything to do with a paintbrush. There arepainters who follow the numbers, or paint billboards, or work in a small village in China,painting reproductions. Th...ese folks, while swell people, aren't artists. On the other hand, Charlie Chaplin was an artist, beyond a doubt. So is Jonathan Ive, who designed the iPod. Youcan be an artist who works with oil paints or marble, sure. But there are artists who work withnumbers, business models, and customer conversations. Art is about intent and communication, not substances. Art is a personal gift that changes therecipient. What is your personal definition of art and artists?

17.12.2021 David Palliser is a Melbourne born Abstract artist who has had residencies in Paris and Berlin, and is based in Melbourne where we are pleased and lucky to have him at MAC teaching Abstraction courses. David’s extraordinary work has been presented in numerous exhibitions and collections, including at the National Gallery of Victoria and Australian National Gallery to name a few. He is currently represented by @jacobhoernergalleries in Melbourne, Australia and you can virtual...ly view his works at @david.palliser David holds a a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting from RMIT, and Post Graduate Diploma in Painting from VCA and has had an extensive career of solo and group exhibitions for over 30 years. You can find David at MAC teaching Abstraction, with his next short course starting January 31stalmost sold out! Images, all David Palliser: 1) The Them, 2021, 153 x 137 cm 2)Probably Probable, 2021, 122 x 97 cm 3)One Hour Before Them, 2021, 153 x 137 cm #MACteacherfeature

09.12.2021 We are back for 2022 with workshops starting this weekend. Remaining places are limited but there are still some spots available in almost all workshops. So if you need to entertain the kids, or make some time for yourself, book in for our January workshops at melbourneartclass.com We can't wait to get creative with you in 2022.

23.11.2021 #MAChistorical: Dating back to the 11th Dynasty of ancient Egypt and approximately 4000 yearsold, the tomb of Baqet IIIa provincial governoris known for its murals. Located in the BeniHasan cemetery south of Cairo, on the banks of the Nile, the tomb features a very long series of images that apparently depict the sequence of events in a wrestling match. This is an earlyexample of human interest in "motion picture" and, interestingly, is studied in the history of... animation. Image 2: Tomb of Baqet III at Beni Hasan by User Don McCrady, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Flickr.Wrestling match is on the left.