Second album syndrome (MoMA at AGWA)
Having exhausted myself trying to find all the hidden faces in Jackson Pollock’s Free Form, and Shimmering Substance, I moved onto his next offering Easter and the Totem and was instantly perplexed.Shimmering…
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Where’s Wally? (MoMA at AGWA)
If I’m honest I first became interested in Jackson Pollock thanks to the movie starting Ed Harris, even though my art teacher had made several attempts many years prior. As they…
Trust and friendship begets ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ event in Perth (MoMa at AGWA)
Finally eleven shipments, making a total of over 100 pieces of art, have made it safely from New York’s prestigious Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) to the Art Gallery of…
The Cavalries Coming
With a tornado hitting nearby suburbs and a once in a decade storm raging outside, what better place to be than snuggled up under the blankets, or so I thought…
Picasso, by george she’s got it! (New York MoMA at AGWA, Film Festival)
I’ve never been to an Art Gallery Film Festival before but hey, if I can watch a film on a rooftop why not in a gallery foyer. This week I…
Signs an artist has made it (New York MoMa at AGWA: Film Festival)
The other night I went to the Art Gallery WA for a sneak peek of the Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters, Film Festival. The first movie put on by the…
Revealing Marketing: judging a mug by its cover
For some unknown reason I’ve always had a passion for packaging. When friends were stocking up on shoes I’d swoon over an usually packaged kitchen gadget, often giving the unopened box…
Hand, Sand & Soul (Sand Art by Ilana Yahav)
One of the aims of The Ponder Room is to profile inspirational people who enhance our world. On that note it’s great to see both James Foley and Lincoln Fenner…
A momentary peek into the celebrity lifestyle
The other night I went out with three female friends to celebrate their birthdays. While I anticipated an evening of lashings of fluid, exquisite food and infinite chatter, I hadn’t…
When residents design the city Part 6: Chaos
Meanwhile back at the Home Sweet Home charity design project things were getting more and more complicated …The animals had taken to grazing on the roof of the Butchers shop…
Milestone Marketing warning for young marketers
So you’ve been asked to develop of a new marketing strategy, but for some reason all the creative nerve endings in your brain appear to have retracted like a snail…
Forget Eat, Pray, Love give me sweet treats, a tea cosy and a voluminous heart (Mothers Day)
After two weeks of: back to back meetings; looming deadlines; computers with blocked sites (five minutes after workshop attendees sat down to start); a book launch; book deliveries; invoicing; a…
Magnetic domes stubbled not smooth
The other night I once again fell victim to the attraction of the dome, particularly humanoid dome-like shapes. When in the vicinity of a human dome my right arm moves…
Perth has stolen the heart of New York (AGWA Manhattan-style bar)
This morning I was summoned to the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) which I must admit wasn’t a top priority having had a particularly big weekend. Besides in terms…
When residents design the city Part 5 Neighbours (Home Sweet Home)
Back in the daylight hours, I was reminded that while we may try to be the rulers of our own domain, we have no control over what our neighbours do, or who they invite…
LSD legal in Perth
Last week I found myself in a Perth establishment that said it offered ‘the Byron Bay favourite’ … LSD. © The Ponder Room I have to admit that my…
When residents design the city. Part 4 Night Life (Home Sweet Home)
…marketing had however made it to …Drunken Dans, complete with signage, a cork (or is that an advertising balloon) on the roof and a drive-through section.The Ponder RoomHowever The Tuck Inn…
Rome wasn’t built in a day but … (Anzac Cottage)
Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Telethon House takes several months, and The Block contestants are going to take 10 weeks evidently, meanwhile …Back in 1916 work began on…
