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What happens next?
I love now. I love this moment. I love the start of something new. This week I started a new series. A series exploring childhood...
Ray Monde
Mar 8, 2017


Walking the tight-rope of an art commission
Getting a commission is an exciting prospect, being asked to create a bespoke artwork for a benefactor is exhilarating. But it’s also a...
Ray Monde
Mar 1, 2017


Is Trump the greatest President of all time?
A new exhibition in regional Australia challenges us to consider the world under President Donald Trump.
Ray Monde
Feb 14, 2017


Is Trump the greatest president of all time?
Self Portrait as an Ultra Nationalist, 2013, Abdul Abdullah, c-type print 155 x 110cm The phrase ‘It’s a small world’ is being given a...
Ray Monde
Feb 14, 2017


What happens when you cross Japan with Australia?
I’ve often spoken of the serendipity of creativity – how our heads suck in every thing we experience – sights, sounds, tastes, colours,...
Ray Monde
Feb 7, 2017


Why finding your twin is not easy
Here's the thing - getting a commission from someone is always a little bit tricksy. You go from doing whatever you like, whatever is in...
Ray Monde
Jan 31, 2017


Rest well Michael Chamberlain, you fought hard for justice
4ENSIC, 1977 Torana Hatchback, collage, 2012. In a strange way, Michael Chamberlain is responsible for starting my life as an artist....
Ray Monde
Jan 17, 2017


Taking another look at forgotten works
Sometimes I create an artwork that’s a little unloved. It gets turned around to face the studio wall and is kind of forgotten about. I...
Ray Monde
Jan 10, 2017


Taking another look at forgotten artworks
Sometimes I create an artwork that's a little unloved. It gets turned around to face the studio wall and is kind of forgotten about. I...
Ray Monde
Jan 10, 2017


The Other Art Fair Sydney: Ray Monde
And breathe. The Other Art Fair Sydney is over. It’s now moved on to London a I sold two works on opening night, one to the home of the...
Ray Monde
Nov 16, 2016


Bringing Vincent Van Gogh back to life
There’s something truly audacious about creating a movie about Vincent Van Gogh that is animated in a painting style mimicking his own....
Ray Monde
Aug 16, 2016


Is it up to artists to decide who can buy their art?
Here’s a strange one for you. In 2010, I created a series of artworks about words that sound the same but have different meanings. I...
Ray Monde
May 31, 2016


Bumping in to M16 Artspace
In just an hour I set up my works for my new show, It’s for your own good. These works explore experiences from my childhood that inform...
Ray Monde
May 24, 2016


Why I love Heidi so much
There’s an art museum on the outskirts of Melbourne that has changed and informed the way I live my life. In many ways, it has set the...
Ray Monde
May 18, 2016


Can you trust your childhood memories?
Wait till your father gets home, collage and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, Monde Monde Artist, 2016 “Wait till your father gets...
Ray Monde
May 7, 2016


I am Shia LaBeouf
Last November Shia LaBeouf watched all his movies in the Angelika Film Centre in New York City, there were crowds in the lobby waiting...
Ray Monde
Apr 11, 2016


It’s for your own good
Wait till your father gets home, collage and synthetic polymer paint, by Monde Monde I’m frantically working on my final works for my...
Ray Monde
Apr 5, 2016


A sudden sale of artwork
Workers Hut at Tempelhof Airport by Monde Monde One of the things I try and do as an artist is get my work in front of as many people as...
Ray Monde
Mar 29, 2016


How @Twitter can be your muser and abuser in #art
The tirade of abuse for being Aboriginal is raw and uncomfortable and leaves a lasting impression. Like this one from JohnBoy “I guess he...
Ray Monde
Oct 7, 2015


Is all art worthless?
I was sad but not surprised to find out this week that Bono has made more from his Facebook investments than all of his music combined,...
Ray Monde
Sep 2, 2015
See The River, the latest series by Ray Monde exploring the awesome beauty of the Shoalhaven River.
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