Prints

These are the prints we have grouped in the hallway. Arranging them was fun (on the ground). Repeating that arrangement on the wall … not so much fun. But I think they look okay. All we need to do now is clean them!

Three of the prints are by Karin Ryan, a Gippsland artist. They were bought by M. and I from Tin Shed Arts Gallery in Malmsbury in 2004. We went for an Easter day trip and spent a lazy thousand dollars before lunch. (The colour one—"Blind Love"—is M's; the other two—"After the Flood" and "A Blanket of Peace Descends Upon the Earth"—are mine.)

The central print is Dürer's Melancholia, the most written about image in the history of art, and a personal favourite since I was a teenager. I bought the print from the Kupferstichkabinett [The Museum of Prints and Drawings] in Berlin in 1994.

The remaining print, the one at top left, I bought at a sale of work by art students at Tas. Uni. in 1992 or 93. I have no idea whose work it is. I wish I did. It would be nice to see what they went on to do.

In the background of the top photo is J's own—much superior—art school production, "The Water Test" of 1993; and in the background of the bottom photo is (the edge of) a wonderful Deco mirror that M. inherited.

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We watched Martin (1977) over the weekend, a very strange vampire film by George Romero that we should have watched ages ago (and which I should be discussing on our other, sadly-neglected blog). And like so many films of this era, we spent the evening saying to each other "Check out that carpet!" "Did you see those curtains?" "We are going to have to find one of those."

In terms of decor it doesn't quite equal Kiss Me Kill Me (1973), but …

[note wood-paneled ceiling, the row of ceiling windows and the cool phone]

[note the brown shag pile carpet: excellent (lollies are a bonus)]

[note the colour of the fridge]

[note cool red wall phone (at left) and the distinctive wallpaper-over-light-switch (at right)]