tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post6251265492968558684..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: 3 fake Brett Whiteley paintings: the nation’s biggest art fraud?Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-71060370361376475112022-04-01T21:50:12.690+11:002022-04-01T21:50:12.690+11:00cute, proactive-painting, but not really about Whi...cute, proactive-painting, but not really about Whiteley's art :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2010963142035619182022-04-01T18:12:31.246+11:002022-04-01T18:12:31.246+11:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.proactive-paintinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345959616401382198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-85871973849385224442021-02-08T22:22:01.149+11:002021-02-08T22:22:01.149+11:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323185232877101991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27875648681626534502017-07-25T11:06:29.277+10:002017-07-25T11:06:29.277+10:00AB
for me opposing the Vietnam War was important,...AB<br /><br />for me opposing the Vietnam War was important, but women's contraception and abortion rights were my biggest commitment. And protection for women and children from their man's abuse. Remember Justice Menhennitt ruling in the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1969? Followed by the Justice Levine ruling in NSW in 1971. And remember the first women's refuge which was opened in Sydney in the early 1970s? Those were great achievements :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60592586517096287862017-07-25T10:55:13.258+10:002017-07-25T10:55:13.258+10:00Yes indeed. it was a heady time in more ways than...Yes indeed. it was a heady time in more ways than one. another planet compared to now. esp 'Uni students' and hairdos: how weird that we can recall how longish hair could be so UPSETTING for The General Public. abuse was hurled by strangers from passing cars.<br />so weird.<br /><br />getting into uni required wealthy parents or a scholarship. my own sweetheart got into Melb Law on a Commonwealth scholarship in 66, joined The French Film Club, The Blues Appreciation Society, and failed first year. as you do. I used to wonder how the life went of the more diligent kid whose place he usurped (University has no cachet now. idiot tutors have no campus presence, go from carpark to classroom and the reverse, and have no idea beyond their tap-tap PowerPoint rote trick.) we went to Sydney in 69 because he auditioned for the Tribal-love rock-musical HAIR.<br /><br />criminal arsehole Harry Miller had the cast supplied with dope, we were suddenly in Kings Cross surrounded by rich Sydney cafe-society, GAY people, and american 'negroes' and our lives changed enormously.<br /><br />Arthur Rylah graciously allowed the onstage use of the f-word that we now hear children use in public too often, after silly swimmer Holt said "all the way with LBJ", the NSW Premier told his driver to 'run over the bastards" when students protested the war. for God's sake.<br /><br />Timing is everything: we were Mods, Hippies, punks, bought Fire&Rain, went to Daddy Cool's first gig, and we were the Internet Generation (in 1965 my boss said to me "learn computers, it's The Future" - he went to night classes after work, and I finally did in 1987.<br /><br />I'm obsessed with history. This week Corbyn mentioned The Tolpuddle Martyrs. a mystery to many, but not us. They did their time in Tasmania and went straight back afterward.<br />Now to the news to see if Trump has exploded yet ...<br />ABnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-22109347401510966282017-07-25T10:52:20.731+10:002017-07-25T10:52:20.731+10:00AB
I remember 1970 very well... my last year of u...AB<br /><br />I remember 1970 very well... my last year of uni and then a couple of weeks later, I married my sweetheart who had just finished his last year as well. The hair dos, fashions, Vietnam War, dope, music, conservative governments etc were very much of their time, unknown to today's university students. <br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54693885400122169822017-07-24T23:31:30.374+10:002017-07-24T23:31:30.374+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45055241867219673942017-07-24T13:51:09.197+10:002017-07-24T13:51:09.197+10:00Hi Hels,
apropos of your Brett post I tender the...Hi Hels, <br /><br />apropos of your Brett post I tender these two tiny reports of The Muse ...<br />trying to leave town with narcotics+cash. There were never any other reports whatsoever.<br />Imagine these days how it would be beat-up till we were sick of it.<br />oh and a conviction. 1970 was Another World.<br /><br />thanks for the joy of your posts<br />best regards from AB<br /><br />Canberra THE AUSTRALIAN in English 5 Apr 77 p1ABnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72704316164947276632017-07-16T10:29:51.523+10:002017-07-16T10:29:51.523+10:00Ann
it is very strange that some important people...Ann<br /><br />it is very strange that some important people are charged with serious crimes and are gaoled; some important people are charged with the same serious crimes and the court finds them not guilty on a technical issue; and other important people are not even charged. <br /><br />Lady Justice is an allegorical representation of the judicial system's the moral force but that blindfold is a slippery piece of material. It was meant to represent judicial impartiality, but I think it often represents wilful judicial blindness.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-17204733043810415582017-07-16T10:19:55.057+10:002017-07-16T10:19:55.057+10:00bazza
the value of any art is tenuous *nod*... wh...bazza<br /><br />the value of any art is tenuous *nod*... which was exactly what the owner of the Brett Whiteley estate was saying. Wendy's worse fear was that as soon as Gant and Siddique were found not guilty, Brett's _real_ legacy would be negatively affected. <br /><br />The value of art goes up and down, even if fakery is not involved. Rembrandt's worth dropped as rapidly as it had risen: he was declared bankrupt in 1656 and buried in an unmarked pauper's grave. Later you would have to sell a small European country to buy just one Rembrandt.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29362400404705474972017-07-16T08:06:40.283+10:002017-07-16T08:06:40.283+10:00oh the hypocrisy of the woman guarding the money.
...oh the hypocrisy of the woman guarding the money.<br /><br />c1970 the wife of a famous artist was apprehended at Perth airport leaving with a suitcase of cash and opiates. there were 2 small paragraphs published and nothing after.<br />I find it fascinating that this did not result in a criminal charge.<br />usurping land by making a garden on it is another trick.<br />and the turbans. a lifetime of turbans. how weird.<br />So sad for the child of 2 junkies to have a body wrecked by cancers.<br /><br />Agree with Bazza that the great artist's 'muse-y] oeuvre [of backsides and harbour views] leaves me cold too, whereas the ['cold' at first glance] works of Jeffrey Smart do not.<br />But your post, as always, was interesting and informative thank youAnn ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37560983855225609542017-07-16T07:08:06.771+10:002017-07-16T07:08:06.771+10:00It strikes me that if so-called experts can't ...It strikes me that if so-called experts can't easily decide if a picture is real or fake then the worth of an accepted genuine picture must be very tenuous. Setting aside the criminal intent of the forgers, it does shine light upon the bubble that is the art market.<br />I must say that I find little to respond to in Brett Whiteley's paintings; they seem to be rather devoid of any emotional. I can't accept the comparison with the work of Matisse but I suppose it takes all sorts!<br />I prefer the work of this artist:<br />https://todiscoverice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/painting-of-month-35-december-2012-alex.html bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-63051975591536043932017-07-15T22:51:46.264+10:002017-07-15T22:51:46.264+10:00Parnassus
art fakers have very mixed motives, agr...Parnassus<br /><br />art fakers have very mixed motives, agreed. But it is always the private buyer or gallery that pays the price... in lost money and lost reputation. And I don't think a buyer can insure each work he buys, in case it is a fake. <br /><br />Of course a faker could be gaoled for his crime, but even then, the tricked buyer will not get his money back.<br /><br />By the way, I am writing a post on a faker who _donated_ his art to museums, but not to enrich himself or to ridicule the establishment. Instead he hoped to be viewed as a charitable patron who would bring honour to his family.<br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-78358721898120528822017-07-15T22:29:13.545+10:002017-07-15T22:29:13.545+10:00Joseph
very good question. I might need to ask a ...Joseph<br /><br />very good question. I might need to ask a good legal mind to suggest some answers. <br /><br />In the meantime, potential art purchasers have been given no idea of what to look out for. Even those who know the artists Bob Dickerson and Charles Blackman well.... may not have heard of the successful court case against Peter Gant for selling fake copies of Dickerson and Blackman's works. Silence is not golden.<br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-28963925050353801932017-07-15T22:08:46.060+10:002017-07-15T22:08:46.060+10:00Deb
Brett, Wendy and Arkie loved the Hotel Chelse...Deb<br /><br />Brett, Wendy and Arkie loved the Hotel Chelsea in the late 60s, living in the penthouse. The Whiteleys were familiar with the hotel's reputation and particularly enjoyed spending time with Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Timothy Leary.<br /><br />He worked hard on a new show, held at the Marlborough-Gerson Gallery on East 57th Street. It might well have been the best two years in Whiteley's life.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-57232052513043785962017-07-15T21:48:04.613+10:002017-07-15T21:48:04.613+10:00Mike
The ABC News (27th Apr 2017) reported that i...Mike<br /><br />The ABC News (27th Apr 2017) reported that in May 2016, the pair was found guilty of obtaining and attempting to obtain financial advantage by deception by selling some paintings which resembled the late artist's Lavender Bay series. The men were sentenced in November 2016, but the sentences were _stayed_ because _the trial judge_ believed the guilty verdicts could be quashed on appeal. The judge Justice Michael Croucher noted there was cogent evidence that supported Gant's account that he had purchased the three paintings in 1988.<br /><br />The Chief Judge of the Appeals Court said the Court of Appeal was not bound by the Crown's concession. But having analysed the appeal and its submissions, the Appeals Court accepted the Crown's position that the guilty verdicts were unsafe and should be quashed. Thus the case will never be taken to court again!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-46996306190367033902017-07-15T21:35:19.094+10:002017-07-15T21:35:19.094+10:00Andrew
I know sod all about modern art, but the L...Andrew<br /><br />I know sod all about modern art, but the Lavender Bay paintings really do stand out. Whiteley's return to Australia in Jan 1970 saw a move to Lavender Bay and a passion for colour and beauty. If viewers loved Matisse, they would have loved this series of large scale paintings, done by Whitely himself or faked up by someone else.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-61991016061329657152017-07-15T12:06:27.100+10:002017-07-15T12:06:27.100+10:00Hello Hels, The problem with a unique, idiosyncra...Hello Hels, The problem with a unique, idiosyncratic style is that it makes it easy to copy. Whether or not fakes are attractive does not mitigate with me at all the serious of the crime perpetrated--not only the legal fraud, but the disrespect displayed to the art world in general. Of course, with some fakers, that is the primary goal, but that is not the case with those you told us about, with millions involved.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-74468908623066430122017-07-15T11:09:45.594+10:002017-07-15T11:09:45.594+10:00Why wasn't the jury allowed to hear about arti...Why wasn't the jury allowed to hear about artists Bob Dickerson and Charles Blackman’s successful court case against Peter Gant for selling fake copies of their works? The case had been adjudicated back in 2014 and were on the public record.Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-22668673840310753502017-07-15T10:25:05.508+10:002017-07-15T10:25:05.508+10:00Chelsea Hotel again. What a great place that turne...Chelsea Hotel again. What a great place that turned out to be for all sorts of artists.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-45939061979179427882017-07-15T10:13:57.069+10:002017-07-15T10:13:57.069+10:00That's absolutely astonishing; an intriguing t...That's absolutely astonishing; an intriguing tale. What's the answer?!Mike@Bit About Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741370413282813229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-8140018212234062882017-07-15T06:25:11.845+10:002017-07-15T06:25:11.845+10:00Fake or not I really like the Lavender Bay works. ...Fake or not I really like the Lavender Bay works. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com