tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159547052844731702024-02-20T16:07:14.115-08:00Australia's Worst ArtistBen Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-28474386658352209982016-07-14T03:51:00.000-07:002016-07-14T03:52:49.294-07:00Media coverage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This video was from 2 serious looking state news via this site: <a href="http://www.shtv.net.cn/nInfo/View.aspx?id=20178">http://www.shtv.net.cn/nInfo/View.aspx?id=20178</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This from an arts website :<a href="http://www.peoplearts.cn/News/News_57827.html"> http://www.peoplearts.cn/News/News_57827.html</a></span></div>
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Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-66512695891906037892016-07-11T22:21:00.001-07:002016-07-11T22:25:53.384-07:00So, I did something a little bit sneaky at the NGV.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I really should update this blog more often, but I've been busy on holidays, eating raw licorice root, and visiting the <a href="http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/">National Gallery of Victoria</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then after I did this, I let a few friends know. Now some media have reported about it. It started with the <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/selfproclaimed-australias-worst-artist-hangs-his-own-painting-in-the-national-gallery-of-victoria-20160701-gpwhi1.html">Sydney Morning Herald</a>, then the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3673162/Ben-Butcher-sneaks-National-Gallery-Victoria-Melbourne-puts-painting.html">Daily Mail,</a> and spread from there. I think <a href="http://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/vermischtes/artikel/739185/australischer-kunstler-hangt-eigenes-gemalde-im-museum-auf-2">this one written in German </a>and<a href="http://www.aoweibang.com/view/32505746/#google_vignette"> this Chinese one</a> are my favourites to run through the google translating program and read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After about a week of deafening silence from the NGV, I called to ask if they had my painting in their lost and found department. 24 hours later their lost and found department called back and asked me to come and collect it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I did. I wasn't spoken to by anyone from gallery staff. They just handed it back and sent me on my way.</span><br />
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Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-34870361412400862792016-06-30T21:53:00.001-07:002016-06-30T21:53:47.087-07:00A great opening nightThank you to all who came to my exhibition opening. It was a great success, and I even managed to sell over half the show.<br />
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There are a few good paintings left. Please let me know if you are keen.<br />
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Behold! Both types of commercials!<br />
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One for the hip movers and shakers, the taste-makers with the fingers on the pulse of what's cool and what's stool.<br />
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And then there's a second commercial for the more refined and discerning art aficionado. The collector with both highly cultured tastes and a massive wad of cash in their pockets ready to shell out for the most important art produced in the Australia since Howard Arkley had a go.<br />
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<b style="background-color: red;">Warning: Do not watch the ad from the category that does not describe you. I can't be held responsible for whatever it might cause.</b><br />
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<u><b>For the Hip Groovy Set</b></u><br />
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<u><b>For the Finer Art Connoisseurs </b></u><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Former recipient of the now-defunct Itchiball Prize for Bad Art Ben Butcher once again puts two-dollar-sho</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">p paintbrush to hard-rubbish-scavenged canvas in his typically enthusiastic style capturing mundane and glorious moments, weird dreams, and re-imagined barroom anecdotes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A retired Black Caviar earns some petty cash by acting as a jousting horse at a medieval fair while Ned Kelly sells balloons to kids.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Vladimir Putin joins Ivan The Terrible in throwing dogs and a spare dolphin from the Kremlin tower at Pussy Riot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Julian Assange and his schoolyard friend Paul Cregan using tractor tyres as an army tank and a stick as a cannon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Oh, and of course there are unicorns and rainbows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">After selling out his 2013 exhibition at the Old Bar gallery, Butcher has returned with a new collection of works fusing his trademark colour palette and unique perspective in a painstakingly-rendered display of exuberant jouissance. Butcher is a Melbourne musician, photographer, and teacher whose work has been described as 'like Sidney Nolan on acid' and addresses questions like 'what does God do in his spare time?'</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> and “how come Tolstoy spent his whole life looking for the secret of universal happiness while David Walsh managed to find it quite quickly?</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">”<span style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Ben Butcher’s Art Show can be viewed at the upstairs gallery at The Old Bar (74-76 Johnston Street, Fitzroy) for a strictly limited time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><br />Opens : 6pm, </span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Tuesday 28<sup>th</sup> June</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Final Day: Saturday 2<sup>nd</sup> July</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">All enquiries, contact Ben<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">e. <a href="mailto:long.exposure@gmail.com">long.exposure@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">w. <a href="http://australiasworstartist.blogspot.com.au/">http://australiasworstartist.blogspot.com.au/</a></span></div>
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Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-88636668483870583842016-04-25T04:46:00.001-07:002016-04-25T04:50:07.459-07:00I'm Having An Exhibition...again!It's hard to believe that someone who's constantly being told they're the worst would bother putting themselves through the humiliation again... but here I go!<br />
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The exhibition is only on for 5 days! Don't blink, or you'll miss it.Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-23465392784431300332016-01-01T01:53:00.004-08:002016-07-23T20:34:50.047-07:00The All Important Whisky PageAs an "artist" I am notoriously difficult to work with. Often I ask to be paid in part with whisky, but not whiskey.<br />
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I ask that buyers of my paintings buy me a great whisky that I either love or have not tried before, and so this page is here to help you, the potential buyer of one of my paintings, with some guiding information to help you buy me a whisky I will be glad to receive.<br />
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In general, I would rather be given a bottle that:<br />
* I have not tried before<br />
* is heavily peated (or smoky flavoured)<br />
* is really yummy<br />
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Ardbeg - Corryvreckan<br />
Ardbeg - Supernova<br />
Ardbeg - Ardbog<br />
Lagavulin - 12 year old<br />
Laphroaig - PX Cask (available via duty free only)<br />
Laphroaig - An Cuan Mor (available via duty free only)<br />
Laphroaig - 10 CASK STRENGTH (not to be confused with the regular 10 y.o.)<br />
Kilchoman - 2007 or 2008<br />
Port Ellen - (anything)<br />
Hakushu Heavily Peated<br />
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<b><span style="color: #e69138;">Whisky I've had before and could happily have again</span></b><br />
Bruichladdich - Octomore (any version)<br />
Caol ila - Cask Strength<br />
Caol ila - 12<br />
Laphroaig - Quarter Cask<br />
Big Peat - either Christmas Edition or normal version<br />
Lagavilin - 16 year old<br />
Bruichladdich Pot Charlotte - Peat Project<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Whisky I have tried and do not need to try again</span></b><br />
Johnnie Walker - Green<br />
Talisker - 10<br />
Talisker - Storm<br />
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If you are still unsure, print this page out and take it to your whisky specialist and let them help you.<br />
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Cheers!<br />
<br />Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-65787333311184327732015-12-13T04:10:00.000-08:002015-12-14T22:26:36.578-08:00New Work : Boundless Plains To Share<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>"For those who've come across the seas</b></i><br />
<i><b>We've boundless plains to share"</b></i><br />
These are lyrics to the often unsung second verse of our national anthem Advance Australia Fair.<br />
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This painting will be for sale this Tuesday night at an art show to raise money for the <a href="http://www.asrc.org.au/">Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.</a> They are a fantastic and very necessary organisation. Please lend them your support.<br />
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The exhibition called<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/151084198580401/"> Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is</a>, and is on show for a very limited time at The Old Bar, in Fitzroy.Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-69399361879632439502015-03-22T04:14:00.001-07:002015-03-22T04:21:19.116-07:00Coach Savage And Her Unicorns - painting sale this week!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This new painting will be sold this week, to raise money for the mighty Old Bar Unicorns football team's 2015 campaign. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Team supporters will recognise Mapo's brilliant mark over the head of Old Bar figurehead, Joel Morrison; whilst a lonely figure facing the bar seems somehow to be psychically pulled, guitar-in-hand, towards the footy oval, along with the viewer's eye. Amidst all this, the artist (presumably) wields a beer and bat, as if momentarily forgetting the nature of the drunken game being celebrated by his team-mates, in a veritable maelstrom of strong, primary colours. A tiny penguin divides the frame in the foreground, as if to affirm what followers of Butcher's art have long suspected - forget about Australia, Ben Butcher is quite possibly the Worst Artist in the World! And more power to him, and the pub football team he represents." - Matt Gleeson</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Paul was telling me how as a kid he went to school with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange">Julian Assange.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a scene of them in tractor tyres for an army tank, with a stick as a cannon... I don't know who the two kids playing basketball are.</span>Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-65235688217386146702014-07-15T05:11:00.002-07:002014-07-15T05:29:31.513-07:00Hiccups are an attention seeking device - serious medical theoryMedical Theory : Hiccups are linked to the need for social attention. (or, Hiccups are an attention seeking device.)<br />
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I can't be arsed writing a proper paper so I'm publishing the idea here.<br />
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But basically, I propose that as an infant, hiccups are the one thing that gets you adoring attention without you being blamed or accused of doing it on purpose. You hiccup, then everyone goes "ooowww.. isn't that cute". Free attention gained!<br />
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In my own research conducted by and on myself, I have found that hiccups are far more difficult to get rid of, until the point of time where someone notices the hiccups. Then I can get rid of them far more easily.<br />
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As a life-long hiccupper (or perhaps hiccuppee) I have tried every method to get rid of bouts of hiccups, and although they have worked for a while, eventually that method was no longer effective. I guess the novelty had worn off for spectators. "Oh he's doing that thing again". Attention wane!<br />
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The "cures" that are more elaborate and comical or complex and enjoyable for outsiders to witness, are usually the more successful. It has been said (by people, needs citation) that it's because the brain is working hard on the complex task that distracts the body from hiccuping, but I also reckon the added attention from drinking a cup of water upside down, whilst standing on one leg may also help satisfy the human in question and diminish the need to hiccup. Attention gained!<br />
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I call upon the medical community to do some research and prove my theory... but in the meantime, remember where you heard it first.<br />
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p.s. I googled it once, and there didn't seem to be anyone else claiming this idea...Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-79889342346954772182014-05-28T04:50:00.003-07:002014-05-28T04:51:30.541-07:00the only thing worse than being talked about......is being panned in the media for "having standards"<br />
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<a href="http://www.thebigissue.org.au/blog/2014/05/26/moan--moan--mona/">Ricky French has written about MONA in the Big Issue this week</a>, and has used me.... (ME?!) as a barometer as to how bad he thinks MONA is.<br />
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(loosely hints at an exhibition yet to be organised, now that I have about 20 new paintings... mumbling off into the distance...)Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-70738464247373424472013-10-31T01:04:00.000-07:002013-10-31T01:04:04.629-07:00Self Portrait - Icon Style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the artist's ego gets out of control, he has elevated himself to saint-like status. What a wanker!</div>
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Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-18886293892704472672013-06-22T20:40:00.000-07:002013-06-22T20:42:06.268-07:00Black Caviar Rides Again - Art Prize Entry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have entered this new painting, Black Caviar Rides Again in to the prestigious<a href="http://www.australianartsales.com.au/InglisEquineArtPrize.html"> Inglis Equine Art Prize.</a><br />
For those who have been living under a rock, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Caviar">Black Caviar</a> has recently retired after being undefeated, 25 sprint races...champion! Now days, Black Caviar is available for parties, medieval fairs, and having sex with other awesome horses.Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-87180790092808020092013-06-14T20:48:00.002-07:002013-06-14T20:49:38.895-07:00Artist StatementSometimes the typed word is not enough to broadcast the more vital messages that need to expressed.<br />
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Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-12076642614903050352013-05-17T02:01:00.000-07:002013-05-18T00:53:38.731-07:00Daft Punk Play The Wee Waa Agricultural Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tonight, Daft Punk launch their album called Random Access Memories in the Northern New South Wales town of Wee Waa. Here's the very first image of them playing at their agricultural show, which also happens to be on this weekend.</span>Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com1Wee Waa NSW 2388, Australia-30.2238886 149.4465189-30.6625651 148.8010719 -29.7852121 150.0919659tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-9557943432121940212013-03-26T02:06:00.000-07:002013-03-26T02:07:11.581-07:00Dogs Vs Pussies (Pussy Riot)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNSdgZ__2HWDTQNrWK4nrwiN5FnyGiej1wivg_dAj3GQ70Xa1foqBW6zhyeZW-YJGc6EGjAZ2yVmhQUR8REaEGyce6pZpAHn5GBr16NByREHRPndn95LN7UDcEFVmGJ2OF_RRk6Bx9WYm/s1600/Dogs+Vs+Pussies+by+Ben+The+Butcher+Preview.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNSdgZ__2HWDTQNrWK4nrwiN5FnyGiej1wivg_dAj3GQ70Xa1foqBW6zhyeZW-YJGc6EGjAZ2yVmhQUR8REaEGyce6pZpAHn5GBr16NByREHRPndn95LN7UDcEFVmGJ2OF_RRk6Bx9WYm/s640/Dogs+Vs+Pussies+by+Ben+The+Butcher+Preview.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />
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Ivan the Terrible and Vladamir Putin throwing dogs and dolphin at Pussy Riot as a couple of members flee Russia. This image is included in the recent A4 Book publication.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course, commissioned jobs require clients to pay me more, and to give me finer whisky... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's non other than kraut rock legend Mani Neumeier and local psychedelic master Paul Kidney holding aloft my painting that became the gig poster for a recent Mani and the Paul Kidney Experience performance... </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A brand new painting of mine is being included in a brand new book!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Produced by the dynamic duo, Mira + Lara, the A4 BOOK is filled with<span style="line-height: 14.545454025268555px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">writing, images, photographs, drawings, poetry and ideas. Work included is visual, conceptual, literary or analytical.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">I believe all artists are local to Melbourne and Adelaide.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">In fine style, the ladies have organised 2 launch parties. The first is to be held<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/550943028267846/"> this Friday at the Old Bar,</a> featuring my own band High Tea, Bodies, Pioneers of Good Science, and Wiley Red Fox.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">Copies of the book can be bought at the gig for just $12!! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">There'll also be an Adelaide launch!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14.545454025268555px;">I can't show you my submission right now (you'll have to come to the launch, or buy the book), but I can let you know that it may include Ivan The Terrible throwing dogs at Pussy Riot... and perhaps Vladamir Putin might be on the scene also...</span></span></span><br />
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Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-69951216048549878332013-01-21T18:25:00.000-08:002013-01-21T18:27:13.660-08:00Interview in ArtsHub<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh no! I've been interviewed and misquoted and published in an industry journal!!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crap!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made the fatal mistake of suggesting that my art maybe isn't bad, but<span style="color: #eeeeee;"> <span style="background-color: black;">"<span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Maybe my art is awesome".</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Here's a link to it</span><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">: </span></span><span style="line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://au.artshub.com/au/news-article/features/arts/are-you-a-bad-artist-193394">http://au.artshub.com/au/news-article/features/arts/are-you-a-bad-artist-193394</a></span></span>Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-63863719185573685522012-09-22T21:44:00.003-07:002012-09-22T21:44:28.254-07:002012 AFL Grand Final - As the Siren Blows<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hawthorn will no doubt beat Sydney in a thrilling game. As the siren blows, this will be the scene in millions of pubs around the country...</span>Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-91210742140532334382012-08-27T03:43:00.001-07:002012-08-27T04:28:29.921-07:00Pussy Riot (work in progress)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As news comes that Two Pussy Riot members have fled Russia in fear... I'm working on some new paintings in their honour!<br />
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Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115954705284473170.post-70702053876313969112012-08-11T20:39:00.000-07:002012-08-11T20:40:13.471-07:001st Wedding Anniversary - Paper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since kindergarten, I've quite enjoyed cutting paper and making pictures out of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy Anniversary Nell!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Not for sale</span>Ben Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465434345804392399noreply@blogger.com0