The paper sculptures are huge and they remind me of giants’ Christmas decorations. You can see the size in this photo. Louise Paramor has called this exhibition, which was commissioned by the NGV ‘Palace of the Republic’ as she was inspired by German Architecture she saw in Berlin. There are eight of these enormous…
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It is so easy to take a photo and so easy for us to make our photos look like those of the professional that I wonder what I am going to find in a photography exhibition. The NGV is running a festival of Photography so you can check out how your photos rank. When…
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One of the current free exhibitions at the NGV is called ” Exquisite Threads – English Embroidery 1600s to 1900s.” These days we aren’t used to seeing embroidery that is done by friends and family and most of us don’t do it ourselves. As I walked in I tried to remember any of my…
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There’s a wonderful and soothing ‘construction’ on display in the National Gallery of Victoria. It is in conjunction with the Monet Exhibition….’ Monet’s Garden’. You don’t have see the exhibition to appreciate this intriguing art work. A large pond or small lake ( water is nothing new to the gallery -they have it running…
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Thomas Demand is a conceptual artist where photography is an essential part of the end product. The photograph is then mounted on Plexiglass. I got to see Thomas Demand’s exhibition, which is now showing at the National Gallery of Victoria, because the price was included in the ticket for Jeff Wall’s Photographs at the…
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This is an exhibition of frocks from 1855 to 1960. It is interesting to see how design and fashion has changed over those 100 years. Especially when you think it reflects enormous social and lifestyle changes for women. Day dress 1865-1870 sold in Geelong The exhibition focused on where the dress was made and…
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