Gord Barentsen Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Hi all, Anyone else able to make it to the van Gogh exhibit in Melbourne? I'm there as we speak! I'd recommend it if you can get there, but Mother's Day isn't the best choice if dates . More soon! Quote When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book? -- Lichtenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotWithoutMyOntic Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Shortest review ever mate I went with my gf last weekend (not my thing really but I was doing my duty). I though it was a little bit of overrated. You know I liked some of the prints in VVG's collection more than a few of his major pieces. But I don't really know about the whole art gallery thing in the end- it's the only way to see these works of art but the whole experience is a bit structured for my tastes 1 Quote We need to teach children how to think rather than what to think. – Margaret Mead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gord Barentsen Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 49 minutes ago, NotWithoutMyOntic said: But I don't really know about the whole art gallery thing in the end- it's the only way to see these works of art but the whole experience is a bit structured for my tastes Lol! I feel exactly the same way. Not crazy about the environment of the art gallery or museum but how else does one get exposed to original works of art? But that said, I have to confess that in most cases I don't really feel what Walter Benjamin called the "aura" of the original work of art when I go to galleries or museums. When I saw the Mona Lisa in the Louvre years ago it was rather anticlimactic. Maybe it was because it was something like 50 feet away behind a pane of glass (so that people couldn't get a good photograph of it?), and maybe because the mobs of tourists were jockeying for position to try and take pictures anyway, but I just didn't feel as if I were in the presence of "The Original," even though I know I was. 1 Quote When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book? -- Lichtenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stimmung79 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I've never seen the Mona Lisa but personally I don't mind museums at all - they are a bit of a haven from the usual idiocy of the everyday world. I'm a bit disillusioned with the ROM of late but (if I could) I'd still rather go to a museum and see the same shit every day than sit down and watch north american TV every evening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marjorie Pfennig Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 On 6/11/2017 at 6:17 PM, stimmung79 said: I've never seen the Mona Lisa but personally I don't mind museums at all nothing wrong with museums - how else are you going to see this stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Barnett Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 On 5/15/2017 at 8:08 AM, Gord Barentsen said: But that said, I have to confess that in most cases I don't really feel what Walter Benjamin called the "aura" of the original work of art when I go to galleries or museums. eh? Quote 'That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.' - George Carlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marjorie Pfennig Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Well i guess the "aura" is a magical quality...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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