It's that time again, with the latest edition of My City Life hitting the news stands this week. Such a pleasure writing for these guys, presenting new ideas in art and visual culture. We are living in a rapidly changing world with technology evolving at a rate never experienced before thanks to digital advances. They say it's only going to get faster until we hit the Singularity, at which point artificial intelligence will surpass that of the human. How are artists and their art adapting to this new digital world? It's no longer something of science fiction, it is happening around us as we speak, but are we ready?

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Last Thursday night we premiered our collaborative project with Queensland Ballet dancers Jack Lister, Sarah Thompson & artists Gert Geyer & Greg Henderson. Marie Claire Up Late on James Street in Fortitude Valley saw a celebration of all things fashion and to activate the street, we projected Entangled onto the the blank canvas of the Scanlan Theodore store. Passers by were treated to a wall of moving contemporary art that illuminated the neighborhood. The production was created by a fantastic group of talented, dedicated and visionary individuals who combined forces to create a work of art that fused ballet, film and digital art into one pretty spectacular, moving artwork. Art for the 21st Century!    

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Artist Matt Sheridan has been in residence for the past couple of months in Japan creating some wonderful new works. Matt's paintings in motion have been exhibited all across the country thanks to his sponsor Paradise Air. The projected 4 dimensional works have activated not only the facades of buildings but also the internal spaces, transforming the static architecture into  living, breathing monuments. Matt has engaged not only contemporary buildings, but also historical monuments including the last shogun's residence in Kyoto. From loud, engulfing works to small subtle installations, Matt has been busy lighting up Japan and we can't wait to see the new work that will arise from his travels when he returns to LA later this month. [caption id="attachment_14496" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Vanishing Point by Matt Sheridan[/caption]

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Gertrude Stein has long been a source of inspiration for us; from her rule breaking writing to her infamous salon where she hosted meetings and discussions with the avant-garde artists of her generation like Picasso & Matisse. Always a keen lover and supporter of the visual arts, Stein has an infamous quote ' You can either buy clothes or you can buy pictures.' It is this quote that has served as an inspiration for our latest shoot. Some of our young collectors shed their clothing for their love of art, and together with photographer Justin Nicholas of Atmosphere Photography we have captured some fun images of collectors interacting with their TWFINEART limited editions: #love

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We just added a series of new work in limited edition print by Brisbane artist and design aficionado Gert Geyer. After seeing these pieces up on the wall, I couldn't escape the reference to a painting that I love by Charles Demuth 'I saw the figure 5 in gold' 1928. Demuth was a leader of the modernist movement called Precisionism and a group of artists known as the Immaculates. It is believed that the style was coined Precisionism by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) founder and director Alfred H Barr due to the clean edge forms and painterly precision. Subjects mainly included industrial landscapes and the movement is commonly associated with that subject matter, however the artists were not so keen on this pigeon hole believing that nature was an essential part of their work. 'I saw the figure 5 in gold' was inspired by a poem written by William Carlos Willams and my connection with Geyer's new work goes beyond its aesthetic precision to the actual inspiration and subject of the work, which is essentially the poetry of the environment (both urban and natural) being reduced to its absolute minimum form. The manner in which Geyer works, from collage to digital, achieves a level of precision that the Immaculates could really only dream of achieving through paint. Her work in my opinion realizes their goal more completely. It is an exciting retake & homage to a somewhat forgotten movement that is almost 100 years old.

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  [caption id="attachment_14364" align="alignleft" width="517"] I saw the figure 5 in Gold - Charles Demuth 1928[/caption]  

Among the rain

and lights

I saw the figure 5

in gold

on a red

firetruck

moving

tense

unheeded

to gong clangs

siren howls

and wheels rumbling

through the dark city

[caption id="attachment_14224" align="alignright" width="800"] Flame Trees, 2015. Limited Edition Print by Gert Geyer[/caption]

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