Michelle Knowles

Blog URL:http://www.michelleknowles.blogspot.com
Blog Tags:art, contemporary art, performance, installation, sculpture, costume, craft, textiles, shaman
Country:Australia
State/Province:Queensland
Location:Brisbane

Contemporary art blog.



Latest Blog Posts



I have neglected this blog so much over the past 12 months. And honestly, I thought I'd never come back to it. You see, I lost my Art (the capital A is important) mojo - I lost my love of contemporary art and I didn't know who I was without that. It...

Well, it has been a little while hasn't it. Six months in fact! I've needed this break though. I was a little art-drained, directionless and lost about where my practice was heading. So I decided to take some time out from my own practice and redisco...

I'm currently exhibiting recent works on paper in a show titled Alone with the Moon. If you happen to be around Paddington (in Brisbane) then be sure to pop in and have a look! Here are the details:Alone with the MoonRecent works on paper by Michelle...

Autumn happenings...

on Apr 18, 2013 in: colour

It's a funny thing to finish a body of work, because it's not really finished. Those works that I took to the framers just represent another step in an ongoing journey. It's not the end of anything. It's a dot on the line. That's all. I can't slow do...

Alone with the Moon

on Apr 9, 2013 in: paper, art

Wowsers! After a frenzied and frenetic 6 weeks of studio madness I've finally finished the work for my next exhibition. Yesterday afternoon I carefully placed sheets of greaseproof paper between each work and bundled them all up into a large plastic...

The studio is a riot of colour at the moment. I've been frantically working on pieces for my next show. I really need to get them to the framers tomorrow but there are a few works that I'm not quite happy with yet. I think a late night of tinkering i...

Cut + Paste

on Mar 27, 2013 in: art, collage, paper

It's all about paper around here at the moment as I prepare for my next exhibition in April. I'm showing works on paper, and works made with paper - works that I wouldn't usually have the opportunity to exhibit but which inform my practice as strongl...