Wednesday 28 March 2012

Obscure + Scattered.












Sam Hunt & Dick Frizzell







Take one of New Zealand's best-known artists and pair him up with one of our iconic poets and the result is a range of unique artworks that celebrate both their talents.
Since splashing Sam Hunt's poems over canvas, Dick Frizzell is now moved to tears when he reads his new friend's poems, which is an interesting confession for an expressionist pop artist who admits he's never been keen on poetry.
"I avoided it at school. I always thought, 'Poetry, poetry, what the f... is poetry'?," he laughs.
"But I've been converted to Sam's poetry. It's funny, when you spend a lot of time working with them, I can now hardly quote them without choking. They are so profound."