The art of Alasdair Macintyre
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Abide with me (2003)
Polymer clay, resin, sponge, plaster, rocks, acrylic paint, inkjet print, wood, hobby grass.
300 x 380 x 260mm
Collection of the artist.
Exhibited in the exhibition "Alasdair Macintyre", 60 Merivale Street (Artworkers), Brisbane, July 2003.
"Temperature: Contemporary Queensland Sculpture", Museum of Brisbane, 2004.
Still from the Andre Tarkovsky motion picture "Stalker" 1979
I consider Andre Tarkovsky to be one of
the greatest motion picture directors to have lived, and I rank his late
1970's film "Stalker" as one of, if not the greatest, piece of poetry
committed to film. It is of course not everybody's cup of tea, indeed
the majority of people would find the near three hour length, and English
subtitles somewhat off-putting, not to mention the fact that the film itself
is light years away from a mainstream Hollywood production. "Stalker",
which I first viewed as an 18 year old, spoke to me in a particular way, and
it still speaks to me, although the language has become far more advanced in
the intervening years. The thing about great art, is that it has this
element... an ability to transcend time, and the vagaries of fashion, to
speak to the individual in a highly personal and intimate way.
Alasdair Macintyre, May 2003.