Biennale Of Sydney 1

28 JUNE

Its a sunny but crisp morning in Sydney this morning.
I didn't sleep that well - too much coffee yesterday left me lying in bed feeling like caffeine was trying to escape my fingers and toes for rather a lot of the night.
It did leave me time to recollect some of the highlights of day one of our trip to Sydney.
We started the Biennale at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. In the theme of revolution and forms that turn - there were some interesting historical works to set the scene. A particular favourite was Thomas Barlye (exscuse the spelling) and his massive wall paper like style of people cut and pasted walking across a giant pedestrian crossing. As it was 1977 a closer inspection of the people revealed a true 70s style.
There were also some cut out portraits of carlos the jackal. Almost like the idea of the assassin looking through a telephoto lens trying to pick out a subject amongst the crowd. OK so I watched the Bourne ultimatum recently.
There are many interesting and thought provoking works. This along with the galleries national collection makes for a fascinating afternoon.

Today we are off to the MCA and then on to some of the dealer galleries up in Paddington. Should be interesting.

Monday we have changed tack as the sculpture trail through the gardens doesn't really exist we are going to Utopia Gallery to check out some aboriginal art.

Regards
Glen