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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We have been working with Silverstone Developments to create a custom feature artwork for the facade of their latest residential developments on Brunswick Street in New Farm. Our large scale commercial art piece draws inspiration from the local environment and features a Queensland Fig by local artist Gert Geyer. The artwork is almost fully up on the wall and we are thrilled to see the finished product. Now the facade will be rendered, lighting added and the piece will light up Brunswick Street. Huge thanks to our artist Gert Geyer for the fantastic concept and piece! [caption id="attachment_14222" align="aligncenter" width="960"] One more panel to go!![/caption]

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We have embarked on a project together with QLD Ballet dancer and choreographer Jack Lister to fuse dance with visual art. Frustrated with the lack of dialogue between different artistic disciplines, we decided to take matters into our own hands and create a work of art that embraces each others processes. Essentially we are creating a work of art with 3 principal layers, dance, film and digital art. Stage 1 involved Jack choreographing a series of movements and performing them with his colleague and friend, QLD Ballet dancer Sarah Thompson. Together they created a truly moving piece that will literally make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end - they are NOT human!! Stage 2 began on Monday night. Cinematographer Greg Henderson joined forces with Jack and I to capture the dance on film. The result left us all speechless and the final footage will serve as the base for Stage 3 where local digital artist Gert Geyer will work back into the frames to create an animated digital artwork. We will debut the work in laser projection at Marie Claire - Up Late on James Street - March 12! In the meantime, here is a behind the scenes look at Stage 1 & Stage 2 in production. Stay tuned!!

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An odd, but nice gentleman walked into the gallery yesterday, had a look around then walked up to me and asked what I think art is. I thought for a second then answered the question, but my response left me feeling dissatisfied and got me thinking - how DO I define art? A word which in many ways is quite indefinable... In the elevator leading to my apartment, one element of what I think art is struck me. Art above all things possess 'soul' and encourages us to imagine, feel and wonder. It's different to science and mathematics although I do feel the 2 disciplines are intimately linked. Where as science and math use invention to create definitive answers, art uses invention to create additional questions. It's a dance between the art object and it's observer. Good art has spirit, it convinces us to pay attention to it and to explore it's identity, almost in the same way that nature does.

Immanuel Kant assumed that the cognition involved in judging fine art is similar to the cognition involved in judging natural beauty... The effect is an associated 'expansion' of the concept beyond its determinate bounds. The art object is not merely an object, but one which will set the imagination and understanding into a harmony, creating a kind of self-sustaining and self-contained feeling of pleasure and wonder.

Art comes in many shapes and disciplines but I think that it is this element of it sets it apart. I just recently saw a piece by George Horner ' Art is a Verb ' and I think it's not only a wonderful piece, but a great definition for art itself. [caption id="attachment_13907" align="aligncenter" width="511"] Art is Verb - George Horner[/caption]

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