J.M.W Turner, A mountain scene, Val d'Aosta, c.1845, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Victoria
On the way to the Turner an obligatory stop at the Dusan Marek wall to pay homage to the man who started me on the surrealist path, and to acknowledge the role my mum played in introducing me to him...
With my new interest in video, it was a timely reminder of the fact that Marek was experimenting with film way back during the 50's when I was still a toddler. More recent video work of Adelaide artist Bridgette Minuzzo was of interest...
Bridgette Minuzzo, Of light and clouds, 2013, Digital animation
Also spotted Tim Johnson, who would probably be arrested today for filming on the streets mini-skirted girls and women dealing with gusts of wind...
Tim Johnson, Public fitting, 1972, 16mm film
Particularly liked this work from Burma. Kinda drove it all home in a fatalistic way...
Death, Third of the Four Sights seen by Prince Siddharta, c.1900
Makes one wonder what the other three sights were...I am sure it wasn't the video nearby from Russian collective AES+F...
AES+F, Sacred allegory, 2010-11, 3 channel video
I have no idea at all what AES+F are up to in their work, either at this size or the giant installation tableaux at MONA in Hobart, but whatever it is, they do it technically very well, and certainly take this weeks prize for 'weirdness'...and then in the last gallery on the way out my favourite work when I was a child...
William Adolphe Bouguereau, Virgin and Child, 1888, oil on canvas
Now, I wonder where my interest in sex, death, the church and eroticism stems from?