Friday 19th August



Art Gallery of South Australia



Beck Graeber and I visited the Art Gallery of South Australia today to see the SAATCHI Gallery in Adelaide exhibition. There were certainly a few works in the SAATCHI exhibition that I felt were rather interesting and held value, but also others that would seem to be "art for art sake". Definitely not my cup of tea! Initially it was our intention to visit the new space specifically designated for Aboriginal art on display in the main gallery, which was previously reserved for European and Colonial Australian art. Sadly, up until more recent times most Aboriginal art would have been considered a form of primitive art and considered valuable in a historic sense for anthropological reasons, rather than being considered apt for the genre of fine art. Unfortunately we spent longer than expected viewing the SAATCHI exhibition and had minimal time to view the Indigenous works at the Art Gallery of SA. Additionally we missed attending the museum due to time constraints, which was disappointing, as sadly I have not been for years. Beck and I plan to go again and possibly take the children along for some cultural education next time.