May 3rd, 2014
The Age
It's been a big week in art...
Jim Pavlidis
Visual Journalist
with Jim Pavlidis
RIchmond members have every reason to stick forks in their eyes.
What would drive a man to stick forks into his eyes? And is such a scene worthy of painterly depiction?
Multi-disciplinary Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein obviously thought so when he painted his self-portrait as Screaming, Bandaged Man, Blinded by Forks (1982).
While some might recognise this as the cover of German Heavy Metal rockers The Scorpions' Blackout, most would see the similarities with matters much closer to home, namely at Punt Road.
This was meant to be the year the Tigers built on last year's finals appearance to become a serious contender.What they've dished out so far has been barely watchable.So what would drive a man to stick forks in his eyes? Try the Richmond Football Club.
