Artist George Tjungurrayi: POL OXYGEN

BY GEORGE: article on Australian Aboriginal Artist George Tjungurrayi, first published in POL OXYGEN by Siobhan O’Brien. What fun I had writing and researching this story! I could barely understand a word he said, but somehow the very famous George and I managed to have a great conversation with a few laughs! I adore his work and what a life!

To most people George Tjungurrayi still lives in the bush. But that’s not how George sees it. Although George lives in Kintore, a remote community with 300 residents, located 520 kms west of Alice Springs in Central Australia, it is not as isolated as the Gibson Desert where George grew up. As George sees it, life in “..the bush..” was when he wore “..no trousers, no shirt..” and was “…just a naked young fella..” who roamed one of the most unhospitable and arid places on earth with his nomadic father, his two mothers and his countless brothers and sisters. It was a time in his life when the blood-red sands stretched on for weeks and weeks; before he and his family came into contact with Europeans. (more…)

Yasumasa Morimura > Mock Masterpiece

Yasumasa Morimura > Mock Masterpiece: Text > Siobhan O’Brien (first published in POL Oxygen magazine)…Art and deception go hand in hand. For centuries, the artist’s brush has distorted the truth, with artists’s Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp leading the pack. (more…)

TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA

Japanese designer Tokugin Yoshioka (first published in POL Oxygen magazine). HONEY POP: Siobhan O’Brien. (more…)