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The Marimekko retrospective exhibition

      The Marimekko retrospective exhibition, Marimekko: Design Icon 1951 to 2018, is currently on at the Bendigo Art Gallery. Here is the blurb that accompanies the exhibition: Established during the golden age of post-war modernism, Marimekko is the Finnish textile and fashion company that achieved international fame in the 1960s and 70s with its bold

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Week 2:

Week 2: This week students used Yayoi Kusama’s work to explore colour theory. We examined primary colours and mixed our own secondary colours from the primary colours. We explored the relationships between colours and also played around with the amount of colour used when mixing. We aim to create a colour poster in a few

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Term 1 2018

This term in Visual art we will be exploring the artist, Yayoi Kusama. Yayoi Kusama ‘Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama approaches dots from more of a metaphysical perspective. She incorporates polka dots into her work as three-dimensional forms, as subject matter, as content, and as transcendental symbols. She covers surfaces in polka dots, makes polka dot covered clothing

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