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18 July - Kununurra - Artist Hats
2011.07.29
I had a good chat with the owner of the Red Rock Gallery. While he had to duck out to the airport for 10 minutes to collect someone he asked me to mind the gallery and told me to help myself to coffee in here. He told me that each time he had a new exhibition for an artist to which they were flown (usually sydney or melbourne) he would buy them a new hat and he kept the old ones. Here are some of the hats. They are very poignant sculptures i find and look great on the wall. The old artists, were all stockmen before becoming artists. These bush hats are a necesary item and almost part of who they are. Its great to see how each is different and one can only wonder at the lives these hats have had. I myself found one which had flown off someone's head on his way home from town. You'll see it later.
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Major Mickamee
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I can't find a picture for allan bell.
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More hats for rover and billy.
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Allan Bell's hat looks like my father's.
JenPat · 2012-04-11: 07:10
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what a fantastic series. I envy your opportunity to visit these galleries.
kitegypsy · 2012-04-11: 10:10
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What a great display. And cool that the owner left you in charge if even for 10 minutes.
Oweena · 2012-04-15: 14:52
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Very interesting set of these well worn in hats. They've still got quite a bit of life left in them, haven't they? They'll last on the wall for eons no doubt, providing they don't get eaten by the local insects that is.
janec · 2012-05-03: 07:51
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