On a cloudy afternoon in Sydney, I spent my lunch hour having a gander at the 17th Biennale of Sydney at the Museum of Contemporary Arts at Circular Quay. Check out some of the snaps I got to take before I was told to stop taking pics grr. Its not really FREE art if you can't share it is it?
Kent Monkman, The Death of Adonis, 2009:
Acrylic on canvas, 182.9 x 304.8 cm. Courtesy the artist and TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary
I could just stare at this Artist work for hours - apart from the beautiful colonial inspired era and ode to cowboys and Indians, the artist sneaks in some modern social commentary with a slip of a Louis Vuitton hand bag or bright pink silk stockings and pumps on a Native American Indian character is just delicious.
Mariana Vassileva, Just a Play, 2009:
150 cm x 80 cm, Syntheitc Material, Courtesy DNA Berlin.
A really delicate looking piece of work that is oddly confronting considering how peaceful and playful the symbol is supposed to represent.
Angela Ellsworth, Seer Bonnets I and II, 2008:
11,448 and 16,120 pearl corsage pins, respectively, and fabric by Angela Ellsworth.
Check out this cool article on Phoenix New Times blogs on her work:
Brett Graham, Mihaia, 2010:
Sculptor Brett Graham's work is made of MDF, steel, rubber tires and carved wit Maori symbols represents a number of complex historical, political and cultural ideas in the form of westernised 'weapons of mass destruction.’ The work is a near full-scale Russian BRDM-2 scout car and ironically is really appealing and its highly texturised surface almost begs the viewer to touch it.
That was all the pics I could get my hands on via my phone camera before staff told me ' the MCA doesn't allow photographs' - woopsie, all for the sake of art.
Check out the website for more details and locations, but hurry, its due to end 1st August:
Similar Posts:
Festival Girl Rates: Supanova Pop Culture Expo Sydney 2010
Festival Girl Rates: Paint your own Bubushka - Free tutorial
Festival Girl Rates: How to make Art with Fruit
Festival Girl Rates: Petfest 2010 at Holroyd Gardens
Festival Girl Rates: Quilt and Craft Fair 2010
No comments:
Post a Comment