September 15, 2016
Next on my itinerary is getting from Seoul to Busan and boarding a freighter that will take me to Melbourne. http://www.freighterexpeditions.com.au/it-australia-to-china-via-south-korea They only have two passenger cabins on board and you need to certify your physical and mental (!) health a month in advance, since there’s no doctor on board, just a first aid kit. Hm. A twenty day trip should not be so hard, camera in hand…..if necessary as a stow-away….
Just like Korea, Australia would be a first for me, but Banksy is not. And it looks like there will be a serious display of his art curated by his former agent (they have since parted ways under somewhat mysterious circumstances….)
While in town, these shows would be worthwhile, given my interest in art about war,
http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/Whatson/Exhibitions/Art/Pages/ae1237c5-b209-4388-bc32-bb08e6d2b0bf.aspx my need to learn about aboriginal art, of which I know zero.
This show here is unfortunately over, but maybe I could get a catalogue and bring it home for my dance critic friend….. http://www.thatsmelbourne.com.au/Whatson/Exhibitions/Art/Pages/7f8c8bd8-c097-4db5-bb9f-a5683d884925.aspx
and then I would walk the streets of Melbourne hoping to find graffiti that is local and compare it to American, German, French, Turkish and Italian street art respectively.
Martha Ullman West
Thank you says your dance critic friend for thinking of me in connection with the Nijinsky exhibition, which looks interesting. I do wonder when we have so many marvelous images of that great dancer and choreographer why anyone wants to create an ersatz series of photographs, but artistic expression takes many forms. Your photomontage of graffiti on the other hand feeds my soul. Thank you even more for that.