Art and artifacts tend to figure in my visits to other cities. Both in Melbourne and in Singapore I benefited from walks with friends, seeing these cities as they experience them. Museums are a different slice of the same culture. They also permit a working comparison among such slices.
Here below are some things seen that struck me. They’re all from the NGV’s smaller, newer gallery, which I revisited.
Another Roger Kemp sketch.
Detail of indigenous art in traditional style by Mathaman Marika (1916–’70).
Animated digital art by a contemporary indigenous artist.
Two other examples of contemporary work by indigenous artists.
“Press button B” (1967) by Ken Reinhard (1936-).
“November” (1982) by Lesley Dumbrell (1941-).
“Broken Mountain” (1950) by Russell Drysdale (1912-’81).
“The Dress Circle” (1926) by William Blamire Young (1862–1935).
“Across the Dandenongs” (1889) by Tom Roberts (1856–1931).
“Man absorbed in landscape” (1966) by John Olsen (1928-).
“Home wrecker” (2016) by Tyrone Wright (1980-).
“Pal and pilchards” (1987) by Dale Hickey (1937-).
“The Inner Stable” (1986) by Jenny Watson (1951-).
“Mount Nameless (afternoon)” (1981) by Fred Williams (1927–’82).
