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Over the past two decades, Carl Gopalkrishnan's artwork has garnered international recognition for his ability to forge meaningful connections between art & literature and the complex dynamics driving international law, intervention and global conflict. Carl transforms familiar cultural artefacts into new myths so legal and military minds can explore the creative, subconscious and emotional stories that shape their doctrines of war & peace. (Photograph copyright © Amanda Brown 1992)

Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal) Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal)

Life drawing nights in Melbourne CBD, rusty but fun return to live drawing.

I really enjoyed going along to my first life drawing session in nearly 28 years. It was fun. A lot of young artists and students, $1 beers and wine, a 3 hour session and professional models. I must find time to go back because I’m pretty rusty, but after 20 years I don’t think I did too badly.

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Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal) Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal)

Magazine Cover Art: ‘Front Magazine’, May/June 2008, Vancouver, Canada

[Edited 23 September 2023] I re-tagged this 2008 post and photograph under my 2023 AUKUS Chronicles because I can’t really add to it in terms of describing the stunning silencing and political acquiescence of Australians to the AUKUS agreement. Led like children, and in 2023 the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is literally trying to recruit children with nuclear submarine ‘school projects’ to acculturate them into a culture of war (and by default, to train them to distrust the Chinese from childhood).My photo from the 'Suburban Dreamtime' series… is featured on the 2008 cover of Vancouver arts magazine Front Magazine.

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