Case Basket » The Arts http://casebasket.co.nz A chat about social good and not-so-good Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:57:36 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.22 Artist turns social anxiety into success http://casebasket.co.nz/artist-turns-social-anxiety-into-success/ http://casebasket.co.nz/artist-turns-social-anxiety-into-success/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2015 04:59:35 +0000 http://casebasket.co.nz/?p=392 An Auckland, New Zealand based artist harnesses social anxiety and produces his best work yet, according to a top art critic, writer and mentor, Warwick Brown. Below: Tribute to Ben ...
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One of the first scenes we see in currently ...
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]]> http://casebasket.co.nz/self-talk-is-not-schizophrenia/feed/ 0 “Beauty flaws a rubbish notion” – photographer http://casebasket.co.nz/beauty-flaws-a-rubbish-notion-photographer/ http://casebasket.co.nz/beauty-flaws-a-rubbish-notion-photographer/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:41:34 +0000 http://casebasket.co.nz/?p=266 Featured image: Stephanie O’Connor, Clare, 2014, Giclée print, Collection of the artist

The enthusiastic ‘embrace your flaws’ encouragement offered by those who claim to support ‘natural’ female beauty is not something ...
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Last week the fatal shooting of U.S prison escapee and celebrity painter Richard W. Matt uncovered the lucrative culture of ...
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]]> http://casebasket.co.nz/healing-power-of-art-defined/feed/ 0 No paper left for convalescent colouring http://casebasket.co.nz/no-paper-left-for-convalescent-colouring/ http://casebasket.co.nz/no-paper-left-for-convalescent-colouring/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:37:54 +0000 http://casebasket.co.nz/?p=226 If anything shows that people are desperate for a quiet and healing distraction from their frantic lives, it’s the frenzied buying of a meticulously executed colouring book that is purported ...
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