Last week i had a tour of some of the works which form the Biennale of Sydney. Covering several venues, most notably Cockatoo Island, there’s over 180 works to see from now until the 7th September.
Above is Jill McKay, who along with three other ladies aged 80-plus continuously perform ‘God Save the Queen’ by the Sex Pistols. That’s my kind of art. It’s by an artist named Christoph Buchel.
Above is a sculpture titled Vitruvian Figure by Paul Pfeiffer. It’s a stadium with one million seats. It’s enormous.
I can’t work like this by Natascha Sadr Haghighian is made up of nails hammered in a wall at the MCA.
This is buckets of Mike Parr‘s urine.
Continuing the toilet theme is this “found art” credited to Vernon Ah Kee. It’s an old toilet block covered in offensive graffiti on Cockatoo Island.
News photographer Charlie Brewer shoots BUST(ED) by Julie Rrap. On a spot of trivia – Julie Rrap is Mike Parr’s sister and shares his surname but spelt backwards.
These large sails cover an expanse of Turbine Hall on Cockatoo Island. It’s a work by Jannis Kounellis.
This is George Bures Miller who has a sound installation titled The Murder of Crows on Pier 2/3. It’s well worth experiencing.
Romanian artists Lia and Dan Perjovschi have covered the Art Gallery of NSW in funny graffiti.
Check out some more Biennale of Sydney highlights and photos over at Time Out Sydney.
I like the ones with the sails the best as an artwork. It’s hard to really capture art in a photo.
I always thought it would have been more appropriate if Mike had taken the reverse, rather than Julie. (say it out loud)
The performance of God Save the Queen was quite a shock to the system.
I really liked the paper-maché ball caged in iron rods.