'You don't choose art. Art chooses you.'

(with apologies to Charles Bukowski)

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Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
Hi. I'm an emerging Australian artist who hopes you might find something on here to inspire you, or to maybe hang on your wall. If you see anything you like, please let me know. Apart from the original works you'll find dotted around this blog, I'm also happy to work from any emailed photo, and I can organise to have your finished piece shipped anywhere in the world.

'The Back of Beyonce'

'The Back of Beyonce'
Acrylic on canvas, 180cm x 60cm, AUD$2300

Thursday 19 May 2011

Modi's the man


My very real love affair with art history has led me to the wonderful Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920). Modi is my new main man: a rollicking, boozing, mad bastard who lived his art and lived like artists used to. He was good mates with Pablo Picasso (my until now main man), yet these two giants of their time maintained a blistering, sometimes violent rivalry until Modi succumbed to tuberculosis - brought on by his serious drinking, his equally serious and on-going enjoyment of hashish, his work rate and his grinding poverty. Spending a lot of time frequenting 'disreputable parts of the city', Modi embraced the underbelly way in much the same way that Toulouse-Lautrec (my all time main man) had done in Montmartre years before. Despite dying penniless, Modigliani's time to show 'em all did come - albeit a bit late to make much difference to him: his La Belle Romaine (1917) made a new record for his work in a 2010 New York auction. How much you say? How about US$68.9 million...

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  1. Anonymous21 May 2011 at 03:49

    Good Blog Matt, not one I'd aspire to as a person though ;) I'm keen to see the DVD. Keep going with this.. :)Jen

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  2. Matt Drewett - Visual Artist21 May 2011 at 15:28

    Thanks a lot Jen - the blog is very much a work in progress but I think that's the idea. Hope you enjoy the DVD....Matt

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  3. Annabella31 July 2011 at 03:05

    Cool-didn't know the Modigliani story-sounds familiar........lol, just make that million BEFORE you leave us hey, Got my fingers crossed :)

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