Mona – Museum of Old and New Art – Hobart, Tasmania

Friday 3rd May 2019
Well we were grateful for our home last night as it rained a bit during the night but we woke to a beautiful blue sky and mild temperature. We had planned to go to MONA today as it was supposed to be wet all day. We thought about changing our minds and hiking but decided we were both too tired and needed a bit of a rest day, or so we thought.

The Museum was an amazing day of varied art and structures. The corridors, buildings and art were so interesting even before you got inside the door. The tunnels you travelled to get to different levels and galleries were art in themselves. It was easy to get lost as there were half levels and corridors going in all directions. I have put some pictures of the art but some were too big, dark or difficult to photograph.

I hope you enjoy a little glimpse of MONA but it really needs to be seen in person.

: Walking up to \wards the Museum. Look at the beautiful day we have.

: Not quite sure what these are.

: Some baby chicks on the way to the museum entrance.

: This looked like an old gramophone speaker and it wasn’t until we went inside that we got to see how it worked in “The Confessional”. A tunnel where you can stand and listen to what is going on outside, or if you are lucky talk to the people taking pictures where I am standing now. We got to talk to some people who were as clear as anything to us down inside the museum.

: Flat Bed Truck, Trailer and Cement Truck, 2007, Wim Delvoye

: The utside structures are art in themselves.

: It is such an amazing place

: Looking up to Mt Wellington. What a beautiful day.

: Unusual KEEPOUT signs.

: Chapel, 2010–11, Wim Delvoye – laser-cut Corten steel and stained windows

: Some of the imagery of the stain glass windows..

: ..look at them closely..

: .. not your usual artwork in a chapel.

: A room of blown glass..

: ..where you sat to view on steps of cushions..

: one of the corridors..

: This was really interesting..

: ..it wasn’t until you were where DB is that you can see it in a vat of oil reflecting the wall structure. I didn’t smell it until I was told about the oil.

: Looking through to another bit of art.

: The challenge, to draw a bicycle from your memory. You can tell DB is an engineer, his memory was fantastic..

: ..in the next room you see what they do with your artwork..

: ..some were better than other..

: ..some were really good..

: ..this is what I should have done. A basic drawing as mine was all muddled.

: I don’t think this bike would work.

: the Anselm Kiefer pavilion (great shards of glass protrude from an enormous lead bookcase)

: Australian artist Cameron Robbins harnesses the randomness of natural forces. For many years he has made drawings using machines (he calls them ‘instruments’) that transcribe the patterns of the wind…

: ..the artwork produced by the previous pic.

: “Fat Car – Erwin Wurm” by plumping up an existing car with styrofoam and fibreglass, which resulted in a pitiful, chubby version of the original sporty model. By taking the question of obesity, Wurm probes the link between power, wealth and body weight. He also wants to offer a sharp criticism of our current value system, as the advertising world demands us to stay thin but to consume more and more.