Second gallery for Thurs night: Nanda/Hobbs for Caroline Zilinsky

We parked on Abercrombie Street and walked two minutes to Nanda/Hobbs, which was packed with spectators. I was still with Yianni and Christine at this point and we walked around the gallery then joined the crowds of people out on the pavement.

When we were getting back in the car Christine mentioned that Zilinsky's work reminded her of a particular artist whose work had been popular in the 1970s. It wasn't until much later that Christine remembered that it was Keith Looby she'd been thinking of when she'd brought it up.

I remembered Looby's name and was familiar with dthe particular type of Australian painting with a cortoonish purpose as well as cartoonish style. Australia being a very mediated community has a richness of talent when it comes to political cartoonists and Zelinsky's humorous paintings seem to fit into that mould. I quite liked the line but wasn't overly impressed by the colours.