“Vietnam – land of contrasts.” While first uttered as an attempt at guide-book cliche among or group, the phrase proved apt as we travelled along the Southern Coast from Loc An to Mui Ne. Leaving Ho Chi Min City we
Vietnam Days 2-3: Mekong Delta
“Never get out of the boat.” Apocalypse Now references are in particularly poor taste, but hard to resist while in a small boat on the a tiny branch of the Mekong delta. Despite the delta’s claim to be an easy
Vietnam Day 1: Ho Chi Min City
After the regimen of our air travel to Vietnam, the near-chaos of Ho Chi Min City traffic left a distinct impression. The enduring image is of a mother zooming through traffic on her scooter with one child riding pillion with a
Dark Heart at SA Gallery – Worth Many Looks
At a time when institutional galleries struggle ever more for relevance, it is good to see the South Australian gallery struggle and succeed. The 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art has much to recommend it. Sex and Death worked for
Exhibition – The World We Live In
This post is about my most recent exhibition – a series of six works inspired by the LIFE Magazine book The World We Live In. In 1954 the US Magazine LIFE brought out an ambitious series of twelve articles under