Blog Archives
Blog Archives
Blog Archives
Blog Archives
Over the past two decades, Carl Gopalkrishnan's artwork has garnered international recognition for his ability to forge meaningful connections between art & literature and the complex dynamics driving international law, intervention and global conflict. Carl transforms familiar cultural artefacts into new myths so legal and military minds can explore the creative, subconscious and emotional stories that shape their doctrines of war & peace. (Photograph copyright © Amanda Brown 1992)
Season’s Greetings from under the shade of the Tree of Life. Thank you to all our health workers everywhere
Dear Friends. In these challenging times, may you find solace, strength & love in unlikely places & in abundance. Remember, we can only do our best with what we've got, however small & humble. Imagining hope is a big job but is within each and every one of us in 2024. May your loving God bless you & keep you safe.
Studio Updates: While glazing my ceramic amulets, I reflect on how our superstitions continue to shape how we define war & peace
Soldiers & civilians both share secret lives of superstition and they often carry material objects for ‘luck’ and protection during life’s challenging moments. Building on my rustic War and Peace 2023 amulets, these 2 new designs are high-fire colour glazed using WA stoneware clay & come with each 2024 giclée limited edition print orders for ‘Love in a Cold Climate’ & ‘Crooked Roads’.
My talk to The Blake Society in London on my painting ‘Australia A Prophecy’, 25th Jan 2023
I was invited to give an illustrated talk to the Blake Society in London in January about my painting Australia A Prophecy in January 2023 around my connections with ORC, the fictional character from his 1793 poem America A Prophecy. Blake’s poem inspired me explore the fictional, metaphorical and mythological dynamics occurring in the ‘Indo-Pacific’ where I live.
Studio Notes: Bildungsroman - a self-portrait
Bildungsroman is a self-portrait which continues my exploration of the universal spiritual and philosophical canon to ‘Know Thyself’. I have followed a multi-faith journey held together by the creation of a personal God that expresses my own culture. We talk in private, so painting us speaking in metaphors maintain that sacredness…
Faith: Privileged to meet and speak to the Vatican Interfaith delegation & Muslim community leaders in Melbourne in October 2018
I was very honoured to be part of an inspiring conversation when I met with the Delegation of the Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission of the Archdiocese (EIC) at a meeting hosted by the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV)
New Publishing: London Progressive Journal article, “Re-Packaging Masculinity in Tony Abbott’s Body Politic” July 2015
This article was first published in the London Progressive Journal, 5 July 2015. It was my response to the rise of right-wing elements in the Australian political scene and targeting of my Muslim friends in Melbourne.