the guggenheim...in melbourne

Michael and I went in today to see the Guggenheim exhibition which is on at the National Gallery of Victoria. It features work from the various locations across the world.

I was really looking forward to this as I absolutely LOVED the Guggenheim in New York when I was there in June.

I came out a tad disappointed.

I felt that maybe I was looking at the Guggenheim 'B Team' - certainly not the best of what this collection offers. I know that we cant have all the good stuff, but I didn't see a LOT that really impressed me. Further, I am not sure I was happy with the curation of the exhibit - it got better as it went but in the first section it looked very "thrown together" - I couldn't grasp where the consistency was meant to be.

Overall - maybe it wasn't worth the $20 entry and it drives me INSANE that galleries dont put together a short, free pamphlet about it - the guide to accompany the exhibition was $50-odd and I just refuse to pay that kind of money (and thankfully the American galleries offer far better books for far less).

We also called into the Victorian Small Business Expo but there was very little there for me - it was mostly IT orientated.

Work is going well and so is Uni. I am planning on doing some life drawing sessions (as an artist, not a model!!) this week in practice for my project later this semester, which will look at the female figure - and more specifically the nude work of Madonna in her 1992 book Sex.
Busy times but loving it.