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Favourite Things
by Julian Dashper
December 2004/January 2005

West Texas
Buying Clarins
Iced tea
Kim Hill saying 'Good morning New Zealand' on the radio
Arriving at El Paso
Not keeping children up late at night
The new Wellesley St off ramp coming into Auckland city
The Port exit coming into Auckland city on the motorway
Houston, Texas
100% cotton
My family
www.chinati.org
Sydney from the air
Las Meninas in Madrid
Porridge in the mornings
Making women laugh
The Chihauhuan Desert
Leaving El Paso
30,000 ft up where the air is rarefied
The Warriors
Cold porridge in Texas
Unexpected upgrades
Texas
Not drinking coffee
Home
Amsterdam
The miracle of email
United Airlines mileage plus scheme
Always staying at the same hotel in Venice
Not staying in Los Angeles
Brent Couling, my acupuncturist and naturopath
www.abebooks.com
The latest copy of Artforum
Remembering that hindsight is a powerful tool
The smell of paint
My friends (the ones that don't know who they are)
Shoe trees
80kgs
Fresh clothes off the washing line
Knowing the names of my neighbours
Riding in limos
My pohutukawa tree
Basmati long grain rice
Pathos
Not knowing what bathos is yet
New York City
All food except pork
Front seats at the Sarah Bernhardt concert in New York
Princess Diana
Not combing your hair, in fact not doing anything with your hair, just leaving it and only running your hands through it when you're stressed and tired
All animals, except rats and mice
Gillian Welch, country artist
The 10 o'clock news on the radio
My answerphone
Not having television
Colour
London in the winter and Venice in the autumn
The afterlife
Getting a new book and smelling it
The story of Jacqueline Du Pre
A nap after lunch
The current US exchange rate
St Lukes Shopping Centre on Sunday morning on a winter's day
All photographs of all artists' studios everywhere
The capacity of grandparents to intrinsically understand their grandchildren
B pencils and thumb nail sketches
The smell of grass clippings on a Saturday afternoon
People not talking in the movie theatre
Dang
Texas
Getting the Christmas tree
People doing what they say they are going to do
My pets
Being home on time
My friends (you know who you are)
Buying Clarins at Sydney airport
My studio
Knowing when to stop
julianjohnsue.jpg Sue Crockford, John Nixon and the young rock god Julian Dashper at Sue Crockford Gallery a few years ago

Julian Dashper/John Nixon: The world is your studio is at the Gus Fisher Gallery 20 November to 20 December and then 17 January to 12 February 2005. The Gus Fisher Gallery is at 74 Shortland Street, Auckland City, tel: 09 373 7599 ext 86646 for further information or visit www.gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz