Giant Orange Colour Artworks In South Australia Gallery In The Wine State

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Flag of South Australia

Problem
How to dash to catch an exciting exhibition? Where and when?

Answer
WHEN?
No hurry, no worry.  The new exhibition in South Australia will be there for the best part of two years so if you've already made other plans for this year you can think ahead to next year and fit this into your plans for next year.

WHERE?
The installation is in South Australia, the central area of South Australia, which is also known as The Wine State. You could combine art and wine tours. If you already know Perth and Sydney and Melbourne, add Adelaide, the capital of South Australia to your list of been there, done that. If you are planning to see any of the other cities, add on Adelaide.

Art Gallery of South Australia
Kajinoz at en.wikipedia

WHAT?
The Artwork - Outside
The three orange dresses hanging overhead outside above the entrance are your welcome and first photo opportunity. The dresses are flowing and linked.

The Artwork - Inside
Inside is an entire room with the ceiling connected with orange wool, like a giant spider's web. What a pity it's all so random. I wish she had copied a spider's web with its intricate patterns. That would have been my idea. But she is the one who had imagined and created this. The Artist's work is done with her daughter who contributed the hands and feet, which add to the image of movement and connection. The light and colour of the wool contrast with the solidity of the sculptures of the hands and feet.

Inside a large room contains 200 km of red string 'drawing in the air', says Chiaru Shiota, who is Japanese.  The gallery has already had a million visitors in their last financial year and anticipate more visitors from all over the world.

I think of the orange lines like the lines of aeroplanes connecting people from one side of the world to the other. The feet take you walking. The hands are all the hands you meet, from the check-in handing you receipts for luggage, to the handshakes of people you meet, to the hands of people carrying plates of food to your table, preparing or serving food, or at the exhibition pointing the way, and friends and strangers who have become familiar faces, now waving goodbye.

WHO?
The Artist
Chiaru Shiota. Her artworks have appeared in Paris, Brussels, Madrid, Germany, Finland and the USA.
Her daughter.

WHAT ELSE?
Guided tours of the extensive gallery.

English: AGSA director Nick Mitzevich addressing Museums Australia conference delegates, 24 September 2012. Original filename = DSC13739.jpg
Date	24 September 2012, 16:48:50
Source	Own work
Author	Bahudhara

Other art:
Historical Artworks

Australian Art

Home of artist John Glover, now in the Art Gallery of South Australia. (John Glover 1767-1849). Photo from Wikipedia, USA public domain.

Modern International Art

The art gallery has a shop and a restaurant. Their website tells you about the shop, the jewellery collection including Lalique, children's activities in the school holidays, and late night opening until 9 pm on the first Friday of the month.

More about Adelaide and how to get there from overseas and get around Australia in the next post.

Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/South_Australia#
https://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/agsa/home/Exhibitions/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvMvTtQ-zg4&feature=youtu.be (Chiharu Shiota artworks and music.)
http://www.chiharu-shiota.com/en/

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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