Blog Archives

Blog Archives

Blog Archives

Blog Archives

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)

A repeat performance proves that The Lion, truly, Never Sleeps

An amazing night with a repeat walking performance of The Lion Never Sleeps by Noamie Huttner-Koros at The Blue Roome theatre (well, we started walking from there) for which I was interviewed in 2019 for her 2019/20 season. It tells stories of Perth's LGBTIQ community during the AIDs crisis in the early to mid 1980s, part of the largely undocumented and overlooked history of Western Australia that wasn't considered 'acceptable' history for decades.

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

Theatre: In ‘The Lion Never Sleeps’ I shared my personal stories from the AIDS crisis in the 1980s

I was invited to be a part of an inspiring interview experience for a new street-theatre oral history called The Lion Never Sleeps. Thanks to Noemie the director and creator who made this incredible audio journey that takes the audience on a live walk through the inner-city streets of Northbridge in Perth, Western Australia. They have re-created the stories of the people who were there (like me), and how we survived the AIDS Crisis in the 1980s. 

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

My Obama painting goes queer for London's Chroma Journal #9, UK

I have a painting in the current issue of Chroma Journal in London, themed "Americas". It's my acrylic and stencil/spray on canvas painting Obama in Conversation with Vishnu and Daleks (above). Chroma is funded by Arts Council England and it's literary pieces get positively reviewed in The Times.

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