Easter Monday presented the perfect opportunity to go to the Ian Potter Centre to check out the VCE Top Arts 2008 exhibition and some of the other things they had on display. It was pretty busy, but that's to be expected on a long weekend. The VCE exhibition wasn't too bad on the whole. A few sort of generic pieces, but there was some really amazing work as well. Hopefully we'll get to see more from some of these artists in future.
Also checked out the Shared Sky and 2009 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award exhibitions. I liked the commonality explored by Shared Sky and it was great to see some old materials and artworks relating to stars, their movement and so on. I particularly liked the small artworks on a comet from the 19th century. The contemporary design exhibit wasn't too bad, but not all that exciting.
Looking forward to checking out the John Brack and The Satirical Eye exhibitions at some point soon. Saw some John Brack works today and they were fantastic.
In thoughts related to art and because they have a fair amount of Sydney Nolan's work at the centre, I HATE SYDNEY NOLAN'S WORK. He paints like he has the brush wedged between his buttocks. It's just a personal perspective on his work, but I just cannot stand it. Obviously this is some variety philistine admission when it comes to Australian art, but dammit. I know there's the whole thing about defining the notion of nationalism and heroism through figurative potential. But I don't care. My instinctual dislike of his work cannot overcome the intellectual side of it.
Apart from the artfeast, it was the best day for overheard stuff.
Small loud child on train: My granddad's 70. Connor's great-uncle is 90! Except he's dead.
Small child with two front teeth missing, very seriously: Teasing people is not funny. Making fart noises with your hands and armpits is funny, but teasing people is not.
Small child: Star Wars is a GAME, not a movie!!
Other small child: It is a movie!
Small child: No, it's not! I'm telling dad!!
Valleygirl on bus: If you do that, he'll tie you up, take you out to the Dandenongs and bury you in a shallow grave. Oh s**t, that reminds me... *pulls out phone*
Other valleygirl: MySpace is your best friend!
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