Today we ventured to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and it was a piece of art outside the actual gallery that captivated my imagination.
At either side of the entrance to the gallery, stand two large statues of horses with their riders. Ordinarily you’d only give it a fleeting glance, but thanks to the artist Tatzu Nishi a whole new lease of life is given to the statues. The look of the art installation from the street would have you thinking that restoration work is being carried out on the statues, but no, don’t judge too quickly.
Walk past the scaffolding, up the wooden platform, and you’ll soon see what I’m talking about. Suddenly, you are in a domestic world in someone’s lounge room. Music is playing, the days news paper is tossed on the coffee table. Curtains blow softly in the breeze. But something unusual is on the coffee table and inside the T.V cabinet!
For a chance to touch and stand close to these statues come down to Art Gallery before the 14th Feb 2010. After that it will be back to looking from a distance.
Photo courtesy of Art Gallery of New South Wales Flickr Photostream