Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal) is a visual artist based in Perth, Western Australia. Experimental in process and intuitive in practice, he has been creating art for for nearly 25 years. On this page you can view his current 2010 work-in-progress - My Own Private Weltanschauung - exploring our post-Obama world through the lens of the chansons des geste and the Broadway/Hollywood musical. More about the exhibition soon. The gallery links above will to take you to slide shows of previous exhibitions (1987-2008) and published work. The Studio Diary contains the latest updates on Carl's visual art.

 

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Publishing: Lady Jane's Miscellany, USA, Interview Featured Artist 2010 + New Paintings

lady jane;s miscellany#2Now Available

Lady Jane's Miscellany magazine features the work of critically acclaimed poets, dramatists, essayists, short story writers, artists and more!  I'm extremely pleased to be the featured artist for their second issue with an interview and several of my recent paintings, especially given the high quality writing of this publication which includes several poets laureate. It's published bi-annually by San Fransisco Bay Press.

Chanson de geste-song of Hillary, Gopalkrishnan 2009

The images are in greyscale and include my painting: Dog Deity (2008); Viva Las Shiva (2006); Talk Show (2006); Elsewhere 2 (2008); a detail of Apocalypse the Game (2010); and my portrait of Hillary Rhodam Clinton Chanson de geste:Song of Hillary [pictured bottom left -see Galleries]. Poetry talks to our soul and this is a very very engaging collection of thoughts by talented American poetsI want to thank Jeff at LJM for being such an insighful interviewer. The interview deals a lot with my current work in progress, My Own Private Weltanschauung.

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Preview New Paintings

Here is a preview of my painting in progress Forieign Affairs2.0. Literally. it's sitting on my easel right this minute  I've been working for a month on this one, it's completed this week. It's a set of 4 canvases that work together and the themes are challenging to balance. 120x90cm. If I said it's only about the Afghanistan war and drone attacks in Pakistan,  it wouldn't be entirely correct. It is a broader issue which is leading into the new work. A lot of this painting has just come from my stream of unconscious. Part of what gives me pleasure in my painting is when the meaning in a painting stumps my rational understanding.foreingn affairs gopalkrishnan2010

 

Published by Carl Gopal | July 2010 | Tag : Media | 0 comments