#Sydney Gallery

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[lionofchaeronea]

Sadder than a single star that sets at twilight in a land of reeds, Sydney Long, 1899

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Vase with pastoral design of dancing figures by Sydney Long

1909 Mildred Lovett

[yinandyanglifestyle]

I went to Sydney for Alphonse Mucha

by: Icie

One thing to know about me, I was an interior design major back in my home country. I absolutely sucked at it, but I fell in love with Art History. In that minor, our professors taught us about different art styles through the ages and bit by bit I saw the progress of art through the ages. I loved the OG Gothic Style, Romanesque, was disillusioned with Baroque and Rococo from the west... It was too Western focused and it didn't interest me as much (because I was an Asian kid) until we got towards the end of the 19th century where the grandparents of weebs (of which I am a part of) hailed from and Japonisme was a thing. Japonisme inspired so much beautiful art and it triggered a domino effect that ultimately led to Art Nouveau where Alphonse Mucha was a main character.

This was it. My favourite art style! I can never go back to loving other art styles after discovering Art Nouveau. It spoke to me about how feminine it was and it awakened something from my mostly masculine soul. I wanted to see more of these beautiful girls surrounded by flowers and stars, wearing kimono-inspired clothes in pretty pastels. The macaroni hair only added to the romanticism of it all. This is what love is like, but in art form!

Fast forward to 2024, The Mucha Foundation collaborated with the Art Gallery of New South Wales to host over 200 of this master's works which was "the most comprehensive exhibition ever seen in Australia of this visionary artist's work". I had to see it. I needed to see it! I am a big fan of Mucha and Art Nouveau, and one of my dreams was to go to Paris, Brussels, and Prague for all of the beautiful swirly-whirlies. Being a Brisbanite, I was exited. Please come to my city! Please, please, please! But AGNSW said "sorry, it's exclusive to Sydney."

Dammit. It's off to Sydney I go. I donned my Sailor Moon dress, packed my bag for a 3 day trip with my partner just so I could see this legend's works and boy, I was not disappointed. I learned to love Mucha and his works even more. We landed in Sydney, didn't check in our hotel, and went straight to the main quest:

Outside, they had this big banner of Mucha's name. Inside was this glorious area that showcased Summer (left) and Rose (right). Oh wait, the exhibit is next door. So we went to the more modern building, down two floors, bought tickets, and enjoyed the art.

In the newer building next door, I was treated to pre-art nouveau Mucha. We learned about what his life was like before his popularity. He designed some clothes for a theatre, hung out with everyone's buddy Paul Gaugin, Ludek Marold and Annah the Javanese. The tour guide said, "if he wasn't a painter, he would've been a great photographer".

Then we were treated to the meat of the exhibit: the Sarah Bernhardt stuff, his lithographs, his sketches, but what struck me most were his concept art to reality. (Excuse my phone's shadow. For some reason, AGNSW decided to put these works on a 45° angle under bright lights. The girl beside me even said "fucking glare!" and I wholeheartedly agreed.)

We were treated to so many wonderful works and I cried when I saw parts of Le Pater. I'm an atheist but this made me think that maybe there is a god. Maybe. But still, beautiful artwork that left me speechless.

I got to stand next to my favourite work of his: White Star. Joy!

At the end of the exhibit, the tour guide talked about how Mucha who was somewhat influenced by Japan, now influenced Japan. Now we come full circle with anime and manga characters depicted in art nouveau styled paintings and posters. Oh boy, we had our Lord Yoshitaka Amano's works in the gallery as well. I was so lucky to see works of my two favourite artists in one day!

It was almost 2PM by the time we finished the tour. We spent at least 4 hours in the gallery after landing just because I fangirled and was willing to spend money on Mucha. Yeah, I bought stuff. A reproduction of Alphonse Mucha's original "Documents Decoratifs" which focused more on his industrial design work (jewellery, cutlery, furniture etc) which I rarely see on the internet, a set of badges and make-up from Japanese brand MilleFée.

I went to Sydney for Alphonse Mucha and it was worth it. I end this rabid fangirling with the parting words of the Art Gallery of New South Wales' tour guide: Mucha's style has never been as well loved and as well represented as it is in Japan.

[scottelkartwork]

ARTWORK

Sydney Long

The Valley, 1898

Art Gallery of South Australia

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Oh wow this is incredible. And 120yrs old. Sydney Long is an artist I need to look into more. It has the charm of an Arthur Streeton. The atmospheric perspective is spot on. The verticality of the trees draw the viewers eyes up to the branches and leaves with so much dynamism.

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[mercyillustrator]

Birthday Gift for @cali-kabi also known for Sydney as wonderful masterpiece artist 🎂🎉

When I saw your artwork back in 2022 after work on insta to see Kirby content it was so kawaii and cute how you drew Kirby characters from anime and game like those little chibi not only that it was cool to see Mario and super smash bros drawings as well （＾∇＾). It was wonderful to see your artwork on media and thank you for being your amazing mutual/ follower cause you inspired me to draw cutesy art when I’m back to Kirby phase alongside with others (^_−)−☆ hehe anyways don’t let others tell you otherwise by bringing you down and I hope you enjoy your special day on your birthday well :3 ( plz stop by to give her support and go check her adorable drawing artwork ^w^)

*missed the detail of the zipper that were part of the jacket cuz got so busy during work also Kirby was playing with the hat as well ^^*

- 💠🎨Mercy🎨💠

[dougwallen]

Mucha exhibition feature for Broadsheet

[people-of-the-stars]

Sydney Sweeney.

Dakota Johnson.

Emma Roberts.

Beautiful Wallpapers - Photo Gallery 4k hd.

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

Art gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia,

Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA,

Jenni Carter Photography

[parkjammys]

guts gallery in sydney 💜

[travelella]

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra

[exploringsydney]

Oh why so serious?, 2008, Paul Chan | Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | Panasonic LUMIX DC-FZ80

[mekkyz-dubz]

Broken off my mind Ft. Sydney Wilson & Polybius

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[1975nicola]

sydney, aug 2023

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