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Category Archive: Art

20 Jun

Sleeping beauty #1919

Rocked down to an exhibition at Galerie Metzger in Johannesburg on the weekend…er…Johannesberg, about an hour’s drive. Excellent gallery, currently featuring some very good ceramics from some artists we know…
20 June, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
02 May

Shades of Alphaville #1884

This is like walking through a crowd and hearing snatches of conversation. This graffiti took me straight back to a 30 year old lyric Sort of.
2 May, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
01 May

Monthly Theme Day – May 2013 – The creative artisan #1883

Frank Jung learned potting as a apprentice production thrower in a factory in Höhr-Grenzhausen, one of the centres of ceramics in Germany, First, you do menial tasks (clean up after…
1 May, 2013 at 10:00 10 Comments
28 Apr

A rose by any other name….#1880

..would smell as rusty. Detail on the Maler Becker school wall in Gonsenheim.
28 April, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
17 Apr

My thoughts entirely…#1870

The clue to yesterday’s puzzle. Needless to say, I’m still none the wiser….
17 April, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
16 Apr

The things you see #1869

Breidenbacherstrasse. The answer tomorrow…..
16 April, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
14 Apr

Die Mädels… #1867

In my spare time (and as a favour to these 2, although I charge other people), I set up web presences for artists. Ute Matschke (l) and Maria Meyer (r)…
14 April, 2013 at 13:00 3 Comments
09 Apr

My Grandma went to Mainz….#1862

..and all I got was this lousy postcard. Which I can’t read….
9 April, 2013 at 13:00 4 Comments
28 Mar

My ring-a-ding #1850

I can’t help it, but when I saw this sign, I was immediately transported back to to 1972 and Chuck Berry’s ” sophomoric, double-entendre-laden ode to ….ahem…” as one critic…
28 March, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
16 Mar

Through a glass darkly – #1838

The view from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla. As cold as it looks….
16 March, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
13 Mar

Artistic – #1835

Even the stormwater drain manhole covers aren’t safe from these arty types.
13 March, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
02 Feb

Man overboard! #1796

Someone throw him a lifejacket! Failing that, this is his imminent (not a happy one, I might add…) future: Hypoosmolar water affects the surface tension of alveolar surfactant, causing an…
2 February, 2013 at 13:00 4 Comments
01 Feb

Monthly Theme Day – February 2013 – Umbrellas #1795

The Määnzer Mädcher fountain outside the Maria Ward school on Mainz’s Ballplatz
1 February, 2013 at 12:00 12 Comments
19 Jan

Graffitigasse #1782

Until last week, that is. Power-washers and sandblasters took care of it. Until next time, that is…
19 January, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
17 Jan

Firing on all …. #1780

..24 (?) cylinders. Definitely NQM, but my links to Höhr-Grenzhausen couldn’t be described as tenuous. This is the “Kannofen”, a cross-fired salt glaze kiln that lay dormant for 50 years…
17 January, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
11 Jan

Knick-knack paddywhack… #1774

…Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. “True love” says the graffiti artist. Here’s a good one: A frog goes into a bank and approaches the…
11 January, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
05 Jan

Skeletal #1768

A winter sky through winter trees
5 January, 2013 at 13:00 2 Comments
04 Jan

Bullseye #1767

Either the centre of the Universe or circling the drain. Take your pick…..
4 January, 2013 at 13:00 1 Comment
17 Dec

Things are looking up – #1749

The 2012 Craftsmens Guild Christmas Market in the atrium of the Chamber of Trade building. (Is it REALLY 5 years since I last visited…?
17 December, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
28 Nov

Pottering around #1730

The annual ceramics market in Alzey last weekend. I’ve helped them with social media and marketing strategy stuff and it seems to be working quite well. Place was packed on…
28 November, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
21 Nov

Desecration #1723

Who’s been desecrating Mainz with these high-tech stickers? Probably the same idiot who runs this website…
21 November, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
12 Nov

Gaudi…#1714

…in the Gaustrasse
12 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
07 Nov

Pictures from an exhibition #1709

Gloria Hasse asked me to open an exhibition at her Keramikum gallery in Darmstadt the other day. A pleasure. As usual. Very good art. As usual. Excellent lunch. As usual.…
7 November, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
26 Oct

By special request #1697

It’s that time of year again when we teetotalers are forced to partake (my cousin Ruth taught me that word..)  of the new wine. The things I do for science………
26 October, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
18 Oct

The things you find ….. – #1690

…under an autobahn flyover. Royalty on the left doesn’t look utterly convinced that it’s going to hold…
18 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
01 Oct

Tagged – #1673

I’ve put this through Google Translate, but that didn’t come up with a legible version either….
1 October, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
29 Sep

Paper Art – #1671

Work this out for yourselves. A university lecturer (lost her card…) does this sort of stuff in her spare time. Makes a box out of cardboard (phenomenal artisanal skills, believe…
29 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
21 Sep

Tools of the trade – #1663

At Ulla Nelles-Halft‘s studio
21 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
18 Sep

Fast forward….. – #1660

  …oh, about 24 years. We first met Ulla Nelles-Halft in 1988 at an amateur artists’ market in a small village way out in the woops. She was waaaay best…
18 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
06 Sep

On reflection – #1648

Late in the day on the Rhine
6 September, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
23 Aug

Greenhough – #1634

Buying wine in New Zealand is a bit tricky, especially if you come from a traditional wine-growing region. There aren’t many small vineyards where you get to meet the vintner…
23 August, 2012 at 23:00 Leave a comment