A month ago I went and saw two exhibitions at the NGV International gallery, one was the Light Works exhibition and the other was the European art exhibition.
The Light Works exhibition is a contemporary photography exhibition that looks at various artists ways of working with light, a key element in the birth of photography. There was one photo in particular taken by Hiroshi Sugimoto who did a gelatin silver photograph that had a very interesting technique to developing and creating that image.
My favourites were Hiroshi Sugimoto's photograph and Bill Henson's photography.I found Henson's photography really captivating and dramatic. This exhibition is truly magnificent. Even though it is small, it is very inspiring and thorough of showing various artists abilities that have imaginative ways with light.
The European art exhibition just blows you away. It shows art from between the 1500s- 1800s, particularly in the Baroque style. The richness of colour and the meticulous brushstrokes really captured me. The presentation of this exhibition was amazing, I felt like I was a part of the images in a way. This exhibition left me with goose bumps and my hairs on the back of my neck standing, it was that great.
This link shows one of Henson's photos that is shown in the Light Works exhibition:
Bill Henson, Untitled 1990-91, type C photograph
These two links show just two of the many paintings that are shown in the European art exhibition:
Sebastian Vrancx, The Crossing Of The Red Sea, oil on canvas
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