Experiences and Art - Recommendations from the Team!
April has been a time of contrast. We have had rest and have hit the ground running on some new projects. We have caught up with family, eaten too much chocolate and all of us have had to work from home at one time or another. We have had time to enjoy the Perth Autumn sun, dodge the rain and use our Covid masks to avoid the smoke from the controlled burn-offs.
This month we are excited to wish Terri Preece enjoyable travels, as she ventures up the east coast on behalf of the Dementia Services Development Centre. Terri will be visiting Aged Care providers to introduce the DSDC range of services including the product accreditation logo that suppliers are awarded following their positive assessment by the DSDC.
If you would like Terri to visit you, send us an email!
Deb and Kathryn went to a Paint and Sip class, which they enjoyed immensely. Leaving us to decide that April is one of the best months for everything art; viewing, making and enjoying! In light of this we asked the de Fiddes team what and where was their favourite art experience. Read our reviews, recommendations and critiques below.
Deb: Deb had the wonderful opportunity of visiting the Art Islands in Japan when she spoke at a conference back in 20.. The Islands are located on the Seto Inland Sea and she visited 3 of the main islands on bike but by far Naoshima was her favourite. The art installations are everything from the actual architecture itself to a large pumpkin situated on a pier. Truly incredible.
Vanessa: Vanessa’s favourite artist is Salvador Dali. Many years ago she had the good fortune to visit The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. Many fine and well known examples of Dali’s work were on display but the stand-out piece was The Dream of Columbus. Not only is it vast in scale but the detail - pictures within pictures that photographs never capture - are simply incredible.
Katherine: One of her favourite art experiences was when she would go camping with her artist friend, Marianne Penberthy. They would camp out bush in the mid-west region experimenting with clays from the river beds and leaves and barks fallen from trees and they would dye silk fabrics in a cauldron… the results were always satisfying. They would also stitch books made out of paper bark layering them with the silks and anything from nature that recorded their time camping in the bush whilst around the camp fire!
Christine: As part of her thesis she referenced Jacksons Pollock’s paintings ‘One: Number 31’ and ‘Number 8.’ When she when to Canberra to present her work, she took a day and went to the gallery, where they happened to be on display! “I looked so closely at the lines and paint that I set the alarm off!!”
Sam: Sam recently went to a trip to Melbourne for the Formula 1. Whilst in Melbourne, Sam visited The Lume, which is a super immersive Digital Art Gallery. It was certainly a highlight!
Mollie: Seeing Walter de Maria in Chichu Art Museum in Japan. Mollie had just come from seeing Monet’s Waterlilies – an artwork her grandmother had a replica of. It was intimate, special and soundless. (Your shoes are covered with slippers to avoid echoing) Then walking into de Maria’s work, where the size, scale and the space combined to create a work she was unable to fully comprehend for a time because it was so surreal.