Presents in the Post (or A Little Bit Of History Repeating...)

Today I received two packages in the mail.

The first was from the delightful Isabella Golightly, who sent me three lavender pyramids in return for the peacock I sent her. How nice is that? She didn't have to, it was all covered, but she sent them anyway. They smell divine! I love the smell of lavender, and now I have three I can secrete around my clothing stashes... Just like Secret Squirrel.


Well, ok in my defense I've never watched Secret Squirrel nor do I really know what I'm talking about. I think he was a detective, but as squirrels, well, squirrel stuff away, I felt confedent in using that term.

Ahems.

So, the second package was a little more unusual. Back during Totem, there was a mishap involving a doll, a knee and some dried bugs. Artist A accedently knelt on Artist B's doll during installation, and broke a number of dried bugs that were attached to the work. Apologies were made and accepted and we continued hanging the show. Artist B fixed them as best as she could, and bought more from home as I recall, to replace the broken ones.

Today I opened a box I recieved in the mail to find a bunch of dried, dead bugs.
Unknown to me, Artist A has been collecting dead bugs and spiders for months now and has just sent them to me, asking me to pass them onto Artist B by way of apology. That was so heart warming! And who would have thought that a box of dead spiders could be such a sweet gift?

However, I do have to admit, I sat peering into the box of dead bugs that had jsut been sent to me in the mail and thought What a weird life I lead

However, it was my duty to perpetuate it, so I trundled off to the post office to in turn send the box onto Artist B.

It also made me think of the phrase 21 Dead Bugs As A Gift, which a number of years ago I thought was such a nifty phrase I turned it into an exhibition.

Speaking of exhibitions (what a wonderful segue!) Friday night is the opening of a group exhibition I'm participating in called The ART of FOOD + WINE at PigmentGALLERY, Level 2 Nicolas Building, 37 Swanson St, Melbourne from 5:30 to 7:30. Come down and have a drink, see some nice art and chat to some nice artists. Details on the Pigment website HERE