big babies, small ladies and brief history of photography

what more do you want from a day than sun family and fantastic art…. yesterday the sun was shining brilliantly and shane had the day off so we want to the NGV to see the Ron Mueck exhibition…. I had been meaning to go for some time but with the little tacker it always takes a lot longer to do anything… The works where fantastic with such minute detail but so strange to see so out of proportion in overall size…. its funny how different people react to art, the first piece you see is an old man but very small just layed out  titled “dead Dad” i thought it was beautiful but an older lady didn’t like it and thought it was horrid, people loved the two old ladies who looked like they had been disturbed in the middle of a good gossip… but the one that moved me almost to tears was the old lady in hospital…. it was a very small elderly lady in hospital blankets looking very small and frail and reminded me so much of my grandmother when she was ill… i loved the fat lady carrying sticks which showed the strength of her body and reminded me of old master’s paintings where large women was a sign of power….  also showing in the NGVS photography gallery was a fantastic collection of works like a small history of photography called re-view with stunning pieces…  Also there was a great collection of chairs in another gallery room that i drooled over….

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