Here is a post for my friends who are
Banksy fans and who didn't get to see the exhibition, being oceans apart. Here are some of the works from
Banksy vs Museum exhibition in Bristol, definitely one of the most interesting one I've seen. It is like a freak show, circus, zoo and treasure hunt in an Edwardian Baroque building, all-to-gether, only better.
It wasn't too often that I see people queuing up for a few hours in the sometimes torrential UK rain just to get into the museum. Good things come to those who wait, or so they say, at least amusing is the word in this case. These Statues greeted us as we were being herded into the special exhibition room on the museum ground floor.
Things in special exhibition room,
The paintings, big and small, from more graphical to classical.
I really like the pose of this one a lot!
The profound simplicity and humor of it!
This zoo is definitely my favorite section of the entire exhibition. Look at all those very well done animatronics, each subtle tilt of the head, the energy in the flicking tail, the gentle rise and fall of the diaphragm, occasional blink of the moist and thoughtful eyes give a strongly persuasive illusion of life.
We have a wannabe celebrity
and a named celebrity here.
The piece I most empathize with, do we not all feel like that sometimes - like a performing monkey in a cage?
Yummy chicken nuggets. Maybe I won't mind pets like these. They can be handy when you feel peckish and longs for midnight snacks.
A fond overview of the zoo.
(more in the following entry...)
We continued our visit to the upper level of the museum, where the art galleries are. It is a delight to try to spot his contemporary works among the classical ones.
One of my favorite paintings, not so much because of the attire of the woman on the apron, but more so because of the ironic motives.
Out of the galleries, we headed towards more 3D works. The old flying contraption has a pilot once again.
and this faces the pilot.
Both of which overlook the central courtyard/entrance where the usual reception was replaced by a burned ice-cream truck,
The ice-cream truck was flank by this little pony rider and more statues.
There were so much more that we discovered on our subsequent visit to the exhibition, with another long wait to get in, as new works were added periodically. And so fun has came back in force to the museums and artifacts of old, long may the young'uns not forsake the knowledge, history and cultures of those who came before and roam the Earth now.
