Travelling from Australia I am of course interested in the Oceania and Aboriginal contribution to this Museum. I just wondered what the general feeling is from those who have visited. With so many Museums in Paris should this be on my must see list for September.
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Is quai Branly a must see for an Australian ? I think it really depends on how much time you have to spend a Museum dedicated for its half to your country.
I mean, if I go to Australia (about 20000 kms away from home), I would try to discover the Austrlian, and would never consider spending 1/2 day in a Museum dedicated to Europe for Example (if it exists).
Well, Quai Branly Museum is a very good one, with many things that French and Europeans have never heard about.
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Quai Branly is very interesting if you are at all interested in European architecture. I have yet to go, but I have seen the collection when it was else where and I enjoy seeing what the Europeans have chosen to collect and how it is presented.
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If everyone had that attitude, there wouln%26#39;t be anything to do in Paris.... almost all the museums carry art from another country. Better avoid the Italian Renaissance paintings at the Louvre, and that Egyptian obelisk, etc...
The lines are long at the Quai Branley. I just went this week. The set-up is odd, but it%26#39;s airconditioned.. Make sure you grab a map when you go in. But if this kind of non-western art is your thing, definitely go, or at least go to the Guimet or Monde Arabe. I have been to all three.
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Hi LordB, FranParis%26#39;s comment about an Australian spending time while in Paris seeing Australian (ie Aboriginal) art rather than French or other European art is a logical one and we should all wish it were applicable to Australian Aboriginal art. However, as we know, the sad fact is that while Aboriginal art has had many supporters in Australia for a long time, most of our galleries have tended to focus on European art , American art (think Blue Poles by Jackson Pollock), or the Australian art of %26quot;European%26quot; (ie referring to their heritage) Australians.
The French were for a long time far more enthused about Aboriginal art and design than Australians. I can still remember a big news story in Sydney in the early 1980s when textiles with designs by Australian Aboriginals were being praised in France and the Australian media acted as if that was the first time they had even considered that Aboriginal art could be taken seriously.
This has changed a lot in recent years and the work of Aboriginal artists has been more and more appreciated but I suspect you will find a more interesting collection of traditional and modern Aboriginal art at the Branly than at any single major museum or gallery in any of the main cities of Australia. I hope the publicity about the Branly makes Australian museums and galleries step up their programmes to include more Aboriginal art in their collections.
I have heard that some of the more spectacular contemporary Australian Aboriginal art work is in the form of wall and ceiling painting in the Administrative area of the museum and not able to be seen when visiting the Branly during the day. However, this work is apparently displayed to great effect as part of the overall building design when it is lit up in the evening and can be viewed from the street outside the gallery. Based on that, I am planning to go to see the Branly late in the afternoon and then have a coffee in the area until it is dark and return to view the building to see these designs.
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Even if there are no %26quot;new%26quot; pieces of arwork in the museum - the collections of the Musée de l%26#39;Homme and the Musée des arts d%26#39;Afrique et d%26#39;Océanie were gathered to pledge the Quai Brnly - the stunning new museography is worth a visit.
And saying that half of it is Australian aboriginal art is quite a bit of jazz - there%26#39;s not that muc, and there are many other civilisations to explore at the Quai Branly !
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