Monday, July 06, 2009

Brackish

Just one more post on Brack, who seems to be lying in wait everywhere I happen to go this visit to Australia. At the Gisborne Public Library this morning I found a (not just) children's book called The Aussie A to Z by Heath McKenzie. Its "J is for Jumbuck" page for some reason apes John Brack's most famous painting, "Collins Street, 5 pm" (1955). As Brack's works often refer to earlier paintings, a not unfitting tribute...