Today I took in the fabulous art exhibition of Robert Owen, ‘Blue Over Time’, at Heidi Museum of Modern Art, here in Melbourne. Robert is a famous Australian artist, who was a fellow resident with Leonard on Hydra between 1963 and 1966. He is mentioned several times in the informative book ‘Half The Perfect World - Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955-1964’ (Paul Genoni & Tanya Dalziel). I also met him recently, when he attended and spoke a few introductory words before a viewing of ‘Marianne & Leonard, Words of Love’ (NIck Broomfield), which was a special screening in conjunction with his art exhibition.
As part of Robert’s exhibition, there were some photos of his time on Hydra and, in particular, of two early publications of Leonard’s poetry (The Spice-Box Of Earth & Flowers For Hitler), one of which Leonard signed with a droll comment and both of which were presented to Robert in exchange for three flutes that Robert made for him.
Cheers,
Andrew
