This concept has been inspired by the timeless genius that is known as Jazz Club.
Great.
Each day, I will be adding a new piece to this blog. Now, whether there are any other fans of the visual arts out in LJ-land, we are just going to have to find out. Crazy!
To kick things off, something from the local collection - Australia even. Sidney Nolan, the first Australian artist to break through the million dollar mark for a piece of his work.
Sidney Nolan, Ned Kelly 1946 - National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
This is part of probably his most famous series of work, following the last days of Ned Kelly, a Victorian outlaw who has been the centre of a seemingly frenzied myth-making industry ever since his 1880 execution in Melbourne. Nolan's grandfather himself was part of the police gang sent into the countryside to track Kelly down.
The black armour with the bleak sunburnt country behind has almost made this painting an iconic piece of Australiana. So much so, that I was more than pleasantly surprised at the depth and range of the rest of Nolan's retrospective.
Wunderbar.
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