After the walk through the Botanical Gardens we visited the Museum of NSW which housed artifacts and artworks from local artists and from collections around the world. It has quite an eclectic collection.
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Outside the Gallery was a quite stunning work, straddling the entrance were two traditional statues of notables on horseback. An artist had encased them in scaffolding and shuttering. It was possible to walk into the prefabricated structure which had been decorated to appear like living rooms. It was quite a surreal experience to see a horse and mounted rider standing on an unmade bed. Far more interesting than Tracey Emins unmade bed for sure.
The day after we visited the Rock, which is the area originally settled in Sydney. Renowned for being a haven of thieves and thugs in the past, all you’ll get there now is high prices and aggresive, sugar addicted parrots.
By the way the white bits on its beak aren’t markings, there bits of sugar stolen from tourists coffee.
Later that day we were to meet an old friend of mine but first we another gallery to wander round and an appointment with the chiropractor. So off to the Museum of Contemporary Art, which is surely an oxymoron?
Over 4 floors we paid an extra $15 to see an exhibition by an Icelandic Artist. There were many diverse exhibits to look at all of which altered perception to differing degrees. A room filled with orange lights appeared to drain the colour from the room and render everything monotone. Another was watered sprayed from the ceiling to create a constantly changing abstract painting. The best though was an exhibit which altered your perception of time. It was simply a room with a large table in the middle. The table was covered with white lego. The artist wanted people to build structures and then leave them around the room. Each night they would be destroyed and the next day rebuilt by someone else.
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We were there for hours, totally late for everything else we had to do that day. Here is our creations.
R & G
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