I think one of my favourites has to be "The Station Yard" by Russell Drysdale; I think I have a soft spot for grey chiaroscuros.
Okay, so wait for it... WOW, IT LOOKS AWESOME! *GLEE*
This next one, by James Gleeson, has a title that's a bit of a mouthful: "We inhabit the corrosive littoral of habit". What do you think this one is about?Well, the caption under the painting purports:
"Gleeson draws the imagery of his dreams and depicts a beautiful coastline eroding and slowly washing away. Like the landscape, the figures appear passive and comfortable, however ultimately corroded by their inability to embrace much needed and necessary change."
I think, despite being thoroughly inapt in artistic observation, my enjoyment was not hindered. That's what's so fantastic about paintings - you needn't have esoteric knowledge to feel something grand, because what they communicate, and the emotions they evoke are so subjective. Sometimes you may not have the slightest idea what a painting is about, it may make absolutely no sense - but it exalts your imagination and elicits a sigh of beguilement, and you find that's more than satisfying.
Entry to the Ian Potter Centre is affordable - all current exhibitions are free, with the exception of the Rupert Bunny Exhibition ($12 concession). Pop by if you're in Melbourne city, it's great!
I'll leave you now with some portraits I captured on my phone (before it died), after the jump.
Being the scatterbrain I am, of course I forgot to record the names of these pieces.
^ This one was particularly offbeat to me; it's composed entirely of dot stickers. Now, for the appraisal: WOW, THAT'S COOL!
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