MONA Discoveries
David Walsh has one of the largest private collections of art in the Southern Hemisphere. What makes him unique is that he is so willing to share it (and his eclectic tastes) with the world. Here is a little taste of what you'll see at MONA.
1. "Fat Car" by Erwin Wurm (2006). This is a Ferrari in need of a diet.
2. "Library". This is the original colour version of my most viewed photo ever. The monochrome version was my first Explore and has received 20,000 views (in the days when Explores attracted that kind of number and when Flickr still acknowledged me as a person).
3. "Cyborgs". This is my tenuous link of two separate works by contemporary artists. They are both very clever - the robot made of old TV sets, and an 'anatomical' diagram of a wired creation.
4. "Extractor". MONA might be the only art gallery in the world that has produced its own board game: Extractor. mona.net.au/stuff-to-do/simon-denny
This image is of one of Simon Denny's cardboard creations in "Mine". The exhibition and board game are designed to raise awareness about mining and the environment. Denny describes the aim of "Extractor" as "playing your friends in a competitive scramble for world data domination." Sounds very very contemporary in this world of Global Corporate dominance.
MONA Discoveries
David Walsh has one of the largest private collections of art in the Southern Hemisphere. What makes him unique is that he is so willing to share it (and his eclectic tastes) with the world. Here is a little taste of what you'll see at MONA.
1. "Fat Car" by Erwin Wurm (2006). This is a Ferrari in need of a diet.
2. "Library". This is the original colour version of my most viewed photo ever. The monochrome version was my first Explore and has received 20,000 views (in the days when Explores attracted that kind of number and when Flickr still acknowledged me as a person).
3. "Cyborgs". This is my tenuous link of two separate works by contemporary artists. They are both very clever - the robot made of old TV sets, and an 'anatomical' diagram of a wired creation.
4. "Extractor". MONA might be the only art gallery in the world that has produced its own board game: Extractor. mona.net.au/stuff-to-do/simon-denny
This image is of one of Simon Denny's cardboard creations in "Mine". The exhibition and board game are designed to raise awareness about mining and the environment. Denny describes the aim of "Extractor" as "playing your friends in a competitive scramble for world data domination." Sounds very very contemporary in this world of Global Corporate dominance.