While most people
travel to Bendigo for the quaint country atmosphere:
This fountain is quite an attraction |
the Farmer's
Market:
Much more fun than your weekly shopping trip to Coles |
the abundance of curio shops:
I don't think the owners appreciate my suggestion that they sell junk |
I went there
because of the art gallery.
The reason for
that was because I discovered that there was an exhibition of Ancient
Greek statues (and other pieces of artwork), so I jumped onto
the internet, booked my ticket, and took the two hour train trip to
this once thriving gold mining town.
Beats panning for gold any day |
As well as the Greek statues there was also an
exhibition of Victorian underwear, but since there is a
collection of Victorian underwear in my drawer, I saw no real point
in going to that exhibition as well. However, since I managed to get a two for
the price of one deal when I booked the tickets, I decided to also check out that exhibition.
I must say, it
was incredibly boring.
That is not surprising since I have always considered fashion to
be, well, boring. Also, I found the quotes from Christian Dior quite annoying because they kept on reminding me of our society's
obsession with looking good. Okay, I thought it was interesting that
the word lingerie comes from
the French word for linen, and it originally referred to your standard under garments as opposed to the sensuous underwear that we think of
today, but even then it was still a collection of mondernish clothes, and I have no
desire to spend my time looking at clothes (I can do that in a shopping centre).
So, after a grand total of ten minutes weaving my way through the
crowds of people all gawking at store models wearing little more than
underwear (if you want to see store models wearing underwear, there
is a decent collection at your local Target), I decided to go and check out the
rest of the gallery (I also went and saw the Greek statues, but I
have spent enough time on that below so I won't repeat myself here).
As with most art galleries, the Bendigo Art Gallery was an eclectic collection of
artwork, which is not surprising because I suspect many of these
galleries grab what artwork they can: whether they are donated; they
actually get money to purchase the art; or they swap pieces
with other galleries. At first I thought it was going to be a
collection of Australian artwork, but there were a number of European
works as well, including one by Albert Sisley:
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Albert Sisley - Siene at Suresness: |
I did stumble upon a painting called Milford Sound, which confused me for a bit because I was
under the impression it was the same painting that hangs in the Art
Gallery of New South Wales, but I then noted that the painting was
slightly different, which made me wonder whether artists simply loved the idea of
travelling to Milford Sound in New Zealand to just paint a picture of it.
There were a couple of really cool incense burners from China:
This certainly make a mockery of the piece of wood that I use |
There was even a piece of modern art sitting in the middle of one of
the galleries:
I've seen worse |
Looks like something from Doctor Who |
Ovid gives some great ideas for artwork |
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