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26 Responses to “A Pair of Deco”

1. on January 2, 2008 at 11:51 pm1 Jim N

   What sailing boat mirrors?

   
   
2. on January 3, 2008 at 9:14 am2 meccano101

   “There she blows!”

   
   
3. on January 3, 2008 at 9:18 am3 meccano101

   I’m not familiar with nautical lingo, is this a ships sextant?

   
   
4. on January 3, 2008 at 9:42 am4 The Lazy Aussie

   Mecano, you might be better going with “rowlocks” or “barnacles on her bottom” I think.

   
   
5. on January 3, 2008 at 9:43 am5 The Lazy Aussie

   A rather disturbing laughing face (perhaps Chairman Mao?) off to the left which I don’t remember being there.

   
   
6. on January 3, 2008 at 10:08 am6 meccano101

   never the less, she has lovely eyes.

   
   
7. on January 3, 2008 at 10:12 am7 Del Quant

   That brass lamp has clearly been inexpertly buffed. Tsk.

   
   
8. on January 3, 2008 at 10:18 am8 meccano101

   I don’t think she has finished buffing it, she is still holding the cloth.

   
   
9. on January 3, 2008 at 10:21 am9 The Lazy Aussie

   That’s a straightjacket.

   
   
10. on January 3, 2008 at 10:29 am10 Greg Tangey

    Must’ve been cold at the time of painting..

    
    
11. on January 3, 2008 at 10:31 am11 tomthrett

    she has a nice rack.

    
    
12. on January 3, 2008 at 10:35 am12 Del Quant

    Hunh? OH!…

    
    
13. on January 3, 2008 at 3:04 pm13 lisa

    I think Margaret Court needs to see this, she obviously missed out in the 70’s and it’s never too late.

    
    
14. on January 3, 2008 at 3:24 pm14 The Lazy Aussie

    Oh, I should have made it clear. This is Margaret Court. The handle of a tennis raquet is partly visible behind the ship. I think it was a raquet handle.

    
    
15. on January 3, 2008 at 3:32 pm15 Del Quant

    Nice rack, nice racquet…

    
    
16. on January 3, 2008 at 3:37 pm16 lisa

    Billie Jean King missed out then.

    
    
17. on January 3, 2008 at 4:16 pm17 Anonymous Perthon

    just glancing at your reflection in the glass LA, where you perhaps carrying a set of bagpipes when you took this photo of the sailing ships?

    
    
18. on January 3, 2008 at 4:25 pm18 lisa

    Extraordinary how a 30-year-old painting has got the men of Perth so excited they can’t stand up.

    
    
19. on January 3, 2008 at 4:30 pm19 Del Quant

    Actually, I went and bought this painting immediately after I saw the image, and I’ve been ’standing’ ever since…

    
    
20. on January 3, 2008 at 4:42 pm20 The Lazy Aussie

    #17, yes, I was piping her on board.

    
    
21. on January 3, 2008 at 4:57 pm21 Anonymous Perthon

    Oh calm down people they’re clearly fake, FAKE - there is no way that mirrored finish could be so perfect after 50 years.

    
    
22. on January 3, 2008 at 5:01 pm22 Del Quant

    Actually, it’s also extraordinary how the Great Art of the 1970s obviously has a Proustian capacity to evoke a steady childhood diet of Benny Hill, Dick Emery, The Two Ronnies & Kenny Everett et al. Nudge nudge, wink wink, fnarr fnarr, phwoar!! etc, etc…

    
    
23. on January 3, 2008 at 5:09 pm23 The Lazy Aussie

    Del, are you meaning for your name to be linked to a website? it’s not linked properly if so.

    
    
24. on January 3, 2008 at 5:21 pm24 Del Quant

    Nope. Much like the painting, I’m the product of someone’s fevered imagination circa 1971.

    
    
25. on January 4, 2008 at 12:39 am25 CK

    Oh dear. Painting you say, Del Quant?

    I actually thought it was a quick snap of the shopkeep serving.

    
    
26. on May 14, 2008 at 8:28 am26 Breasts and Dongers of WA Art « The Worst of Perth

    [...] No.1 No. 2 No. 3 (from robotnic) No. 4 No.5 (No.6 from Nettie.. No.3 from Robotnic.) No.7, The front of DNA man at Curtin. (Rear shown here.) No.8, unidentified boozies Gomboc Gallery. [...]

    
    

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