My meditation on returning to New Zealand and presenting a talk at the Auckland Art Gallery.
REFLECTIONS ON THE TRANZALPINE
Kiwis, art, death, coffee, burning books and sex.
Nick Spill writes about his return to New Zealand to give a talk at the Auckland Art Gallery. On the TranzAlpine train, he reflects on the Cambridge Five, Nicolas Poussin, Peter Wells, James Bond, Yukio Mishima, Geoff Dyer, Martin Edmund, Patti Smith and Dashiell Hammett, not to mention the murder of Simon Buis, Chekhov’s and his own gun. He reveals for the first time what happened to the Mildura catalog where his photos were featured and how they were burned, and he tells stories about many famous Kiwi artists, including Rita Angus, Andrew Drummond, Claire Fergusson, Ralph Hotere, Colin McCahon, Raymond McIntyre, and Cliff Whiting. He includes photographs from his original art work of the 1970s and his journey through New Zealand in 2019. As a famous young lady once said before she saw a white rabbit; what is the use of a book without pictures?
Join Nick Spill on a trip down the rabbit hole, downunder.
