Angels & Art

This past Wednesday (I'm way behind on blog posts, time to play catch-up) was another gloomy, overcast day in Sydney (we've had way too many lately) so I decided it would be a perfect afternoon to check out a museum. Two of my roommates, Norm and Erica, were both also looking for something to do and so they decided to accompany me to the Art Gallery of  New South Wales, which was having an "open" weekend as part of the Art and About festival taking place (Sydney has lots of festivals).

The Art Gallery of NSW

The art gallery was a typical art gallery. I walked around gazing at the artwork hanging on the walls, impressed by many and wondering how on earth many others were on display. You know which ones I'm talking about- the ones that you look at and think, "I could do that." The ones of a square, or splattered paint or a single line drawn across the page. Of course, my failure to "get it" is probably just a show of my art ignorance, so I tried to appreciate each piece of artwork. And I did.

In the afternoon there was a free dance performance held inside the gallery lobby. It was a modern dance piece that was an interpretation of an art collection about things that take flight. These are the blue photographs you see in the images below. The choreographer explained that the piece he created was inspired by the image of the angel in the top right corner. He chose two males to perform the piece because they are solid and strong, just as the angel in the photo is. It was cool to watch, but certainly different. The strength of the male dancers was impressive, but I can't say that I was a fan of the white paint. I felt it took away from the performance and distracted from watching the actual dance movements. Maybe that was just because I was wondering the whole time, "Is that hard to get off? I wonder if it itches? That must be slipper." These are questions I will never know the answer too.