![]() ![]() The painting by Grace Cossington-Smith (a nice overlap for me as I saw some of her work recently at an exhibition entitled O’Keeffe, Preston, Cossington Smith : making modernism at the Art Gallery of New South Wales) of the bridge during construction has an optimistic feel there’s colour, movement and expansive skies. The exhibition starts with paintings and photos documenting the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Wandering round the NGV Australia’s exhibition of life in 1930s Australia – Brave New World, named after Aldous Huxley’s classic futuristic dystopian novel – I was struck by how many of the themes and concerns of that era still preoccupy us today – from consumerism, traffic congestion and the loss of individuality in an increasingly fast-paced and mechanised world to the position of women in society. ![]() Pick your decade and add a touch of sepia and a few cherry-picked memorable events, and it can all seem much more glamorous, if not romantic. It’s easy to put on rose-tinted glasses and think that the world used to be an easier, better place in bygone eras.
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