I went to Melbourne over the weekend (and into the beginning of the week) and, in true Andi fashion, don't have a whole lot of photos (aside from those I took at the NGV) to share. But I figured I may as well do a post with the photos that I do have and hope you enjoy them, anyway.
The obligatory hotel room photo. It was pretty basic but I don't really need much more than a room and somewhere to shower.
Outfit for my first night out (with a shot of Tomorrow Never Dies in the background) - wearing an ASOS dress.
Went to meet a friend and see her talk on a panel thing at
Rue Bebelons and briefly attended the Melbourne Fringe closing party. I only got a very poor quality iPhone shot of my friend and I together unfortunately, which I've not included.
I wore one of the vintage dresses I took over on Sunday (it's one of my favourites, actually).
I arrived early, as usual, to
Thousand Pound Bend - I loved the set-up. Overall it was pretty good but my company was better!
The very lovely
Marianne and Hannah (who doesn't have a blog, yet) were my company for the morning. Luckily Marianne got a lot more photos than I did so you can
see some more shots at her blog, if you haven't already!
And then I didn't get any other photos (except another iPhone shot that wasn't very good) of anyone else I met up with, which is a pity because I really have a whole lot of attractive/stylish friends! It's a bad habit of mine to forget to take photos of people and I'm slowly trying to break it. But I did get a lot of photos of art I like...
But first, my outfit for wandering around
the NGV - clearly my most art gallery appropriate attire! Ha. My earrings are home-made (hot dogs!), my blouse is from ASOS and my pants are Miss Hussy (now defunct).
Two beautiful paintings: The reader by Wyndham Lewis, 1936 and Girl in black by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, 1930s.
Two cats by Gerhard Marcks (forgot to write down the date.)
Chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1917 (this one was manufactured in 1970) and a painting by Ben Nicholson titled 1938, painted in 1938. Ha.
Chair designed by Michele De Luchhi and room divider designed by Ettore Sottsass. I love love
love the
Memphis Group! The use of colour and all of the shapes and
everything.
And I couldn't not include this self-portrait by Andy Warhol - we share both a name (close enough) and birthdate! (Though, obviously not the same year...)
I guess you can tell that Modern Art is my favourite period (followed by Postmodern)? As vast as Modern Art may be, so much of the art I love most was made during that period.
And I'd just like to take a moment to appreciate this amazing cake. It tasted as good as it looks, as well.
Apologies for the possibly sloppy post - I lost steam by the end!
Love,
Andi B. Goode
x