Sorry to take you for a ride! This has nothing to do with Leonardo da Vinci, but rather with 20th century art. Hobart is home to MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art. However, there's very little 'old art' and those pieces seem to be ancient - 2000 years plus bp. Most of the art is highly original and often challenging 20th century stuff, but fascinating, brilliantly displayed, and appealing it appears to younger people. I've had the privilege of visiting many of the world's leading galleries in the likes of London, Amsterdam, Paris, Florence, New York, St Petersburg, and across Australia, but their patronage seems to favour older demographics. MONA, on the other hand, saw many younger roaming around.
This post is largely visual, as you'd expect. Stroll with me through a large number of challenging visuals. This will take a while, as MONA's exhibits are huge. And, by the way, the purpose-built gallery is also a visual challenge, not to forget that some of the gallery lies below the water level in the nearby Derwent River. Let's start with MONA's interesting external appearance and location. The buildings are ultra-modern
Recognise the people in this picture below? You've guessed correctly: Dot, Bec and Max.
And how's this for an entrance, which also hosts lovely views over the water towards central Hobart.
This piece was lovely: an intricately woven metal truck!
And here are some of the internal sights, in no particular order. They are a small part of my inventory.
This piece consisted of a blank wall hewn out of rock (and below the level of the Derwent River). In front of it, numerous columns of water trickled down from the top on to which words were projected from the front.
I couldn't fathom this. Can you?
And this struck me as very challenging and strange image but, in another respect visually pleasant.
At last! Some old ... very old ... art which looks as ancient as the Pyramids!
And this piece of 'art' explores what one can do with lengths of rope! As you can see from the size of the observers, this was a very large creation and note the pieces on the floor in front of it.
This piece used masses of smaller images of people to create a large overall pattern. Has any reader seen anything like this before? It was certainly new to me.
This was a horrendous piece! These working contraptions mimic the human body and produce, would you believe, synthetic urine and shit! Despite this description I spent quite a while transfixed by it and trying to work out the mechanisms involved.
And here is an obese car! I wouldn't mind a ride in it! What about you? However, I don't know if it's functional with an engine.
If you've got any idea what this 3D creation is about please let me know
That wall again, with some projected wording at the base
And what's this all about? It's a slab of plaster or concrete or rock with what looks like fruit on top.
And here's a rather conventional bike held vertical by some strings. As a cyclist I was attracted to this item, but I'm not sure what message it's supposed to convey.
This sculpture also attracted me, though i cannot now say why! There's a musical contraption on the left and a woman playing some keyboard-type instrument. Explanations welcome!
An ethereal image.
Is this what we're supposed to do with old 78
rpm music disks?
And this explores the possibilities of recycling old books as art. We went to Armidale's book fair last Sunday and I could see several similar works emerging from the thousands of second-hand books that will not be sold.
A network to nowhere.
Is this all about re-stringing a piano?
Cartoons as art. Quite well done in my opinion. I liked this.
A rock sculpture - I presume that this rock face was revealed after MONA's site was excavated below river-level.
I really liked this exhibit where visitors walked through illuminated corridors. The colours and images like the white square in front of me could change as we walked through.
And what's this? It looks like a kind of metal map. Sure, there are words etched into the surface, but most of the metal is scarred by horizontal and sloping lines. That looks like Dot standing in front.
How about pealing paint as an art-form? This is the first time I'd ever seen it!
And here are some things to do with your naked body, though I suggest you try in private rather than in public as is the case here.
And we end with a mechanical contraption as art. Again, this was fascinating as it clanked away.
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This post is largely visual, as you'd expect. Stroll with me through a large number of challenging visuals. This will take a while, as MONA's exhibits are huge. And, by the way, the purpose-built gallery is also a visual challenge, not to forget that some of the gallery lies below the water level in the nearby Derwent River. Let's start with MONA's interesting external appearance and location. The buildings are ultra-modern
Recognise the people in this picture below? You've guessed correctly: Dot, Bec and Max.
And how's this for an entrance, which also hosts lovely views over the water towards central Hobart.
This piece was lovely: an intricately woven metal truck!
And here are some of the internal sights, in no particular order. They are a small part of my inventory.
This piece consisted of a blank wall hewn out of rock (and below the level of the Derwent River). In front of it, numerous columns of water trickled down from the top on to which words were projected from the front.
I couldn't fathom this. Can you?
And this struck me as very challenging and strange image but, in another respect visually pleasant.
At last! Some old ... very old ... art which looks as ancient as the Pyramids!
And this piece of 'art' explores what one can do with lengths of rope! As you can see from the size of the observers, this was a very large creation and note the pieces on the floor in front of it.
This piece used masses of smaller images of people to create a large overall pattern. Has any reader seen anything like this before? It was certainly new to me.
This was a horrendous piece! These working contraptions mimic the human body and produce, would you believe, synthetic urine and shit! Despite this description I spent quite a while transfixed by it and trying to work out the mechanisms involved.
And here is an obese car! I wouldn't mind a ride in it! What about you? However, I don't know if it's functional with an engine.
If you've got any idea what this 3D creation is about please let me know
That wall again, with some projected wording at the base
And what's this all about? It's a slab of plaster or concrete or rock with what looks like fruit on top.
And here's a rather conventional bike held vertical by some strings. As a cyclist I was attracted to this item, but I'm not sure what message it's supposed to convey.
This sculpture also attracted me, though i cannot now say why! There's a musical contraption on the left and a woman playing some keyboard-type instrument. Explanations welcome!
An ethereal image.
Is this what we're supposed to do with old 78
rpm music disks?
And this explores the possibilities of recycling old books as art. We went to Armidale's book fair last Sunday and I could see several similar works emerging from the thousands of second-hand books that will not be sold.
A network to nowhere.
Is this all about re-stringing a piano?
Cartoons as art. Quite well done in my opinion. I liked this.
A rock sculpture - I presume that this rock face was revealed after MONA's site was excavated below river-level.
I really liked this exhibit where visitors walked through illuminated corridors. The colours and images like the white square in front of me could change as we walked through.
And what's this? It looks like a kind of metal map. Sure, there are words etched into the surface, but most of the metal is scarred by horizontal and sloping lines. That looks like Dot standing in front.
How about pealing paint as an art-form? This is the first time I'd ever seen it!
And here are some things to do with your naked body, though I suggest you try in private rather than in public as is the case here.
And we end with a mechanical contraption as art. Again, this was fascinating as it clanked away.
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