Art Seeker Stories: A postcard from Johannesburg, South Africa :

My artist journey and travels as an art seeker, a culture vulture, a 20 something trolly dolly. My diary edit, nostalgically looking back, 22 years to the day - today.

Today, I don’t seek art, instead I seek Johannesburg’s wild animals. I hug a cub and seek South Africa’s finest wild animals at The Pilenesberg National Park. So many years later realise how art engages with us, shouting it’s plight to save our endangered animals.

Art Mentioned :
Andy Warhol's Endangered Animals
Artworks For Change: Ethics, Excess, Extinction
The Endangered Species Mural Project by The Wildlife Federation , USA

Recommended Listen:
 EP 20: Art 2 HeArt : Skye Holland, Creatively Paving New Ways in Art, Passionately Making a Difference in Wildlife Conservation.

EP 10 Cat Coulter : Eco Trash Artist - Beach Trash Blueprint for Cyanotype Photograms.

Art Seeker Stories: A postcard from London UK :

My artist journey and travels as an art seeker, a culture vulture, a 20 something trolly dolly. My diary edit, nostalgically looking back, 22 years to the day - today.

I take a trip to London to the Royal Acadamy and catch the crest of the wave as it begins to fall. This is Saatchi decade’s follow up show to ‘Sensation’, Apocolypse, Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art, ironically before much of it disappears for good, up in smoke.

22 years later,  Art in London still shocks, and doesn't. The messages are still the same. There is space for everyone to be included, no matter who you are or what you believe, it's all about expression, if you desire, you carve your path. 
For now, London is in mourning for Our Queen Elizabeth II, tomorrow she'll be laid to rest. 

Artists & Artworks mentioned.
'Cellar' Gregor Schneider
'Hell' by Jake and Dinos Chapman 
'Dream Temple' by Mariko Mori
'The Undesireables' Tim Noble and Sue Webster
'The 9th Hour' Maurizio Cattelan

Art Seeker Stories: A postcard from Hong Kong, Day 2&3 :

My artist journey and travels as an art seeker, a culture vulture, a 20 something trolly dolly. My diary edit, nostalgically looking back, 22 years to the day - today.

I go on a walk about on Hong Kong Island, stepping into the view beyond my hotel room window, from Victoria Harbour to Victoria Peak. I find a Golden Conquest, art from Thailand and China and some prized pets in Kowloon.

22 years later, I'd love to revisit as Hong Kong Art, takes central stage - This last year sees The New M+ Museum and The Palace Museum open in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong. Although Art hasn’t come without its difficulties due to the impact of Hong Kong’s national security law imposed on Hong Kong by the Chinese government in 2020.

Names and Places, notes:

Victoria Harbour and Peak.

At Cental
Art Scene China showing work by Morgan (Xiao Guo Fu) and Du Xinjian
Galeria Asia : ‘Salute to Summer’ Painting 'Golden Conquest ' Thai Artist Niti Wattuya.

Kowloon
MongKok, Market place
Hong Lok Street, Bird Garden

Would Like to visit:
Hong Kong Art Basel , Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
M+ Museum
Hong Kong Palace Museum