This magnificant work of art is at Flinders Street Station, when you come out the Swanston Street exit just before Princes Bridge.
It was created by Mirka Mora, a true bohemian who was born in Paris in 1928 and migrated with her husband Georges to Australia in 1951.
Mirka has had around thirty-five solo exhibitions since 1956, including a retrospective exhibition of fifty years of her work at Heide Museum of Modern Art in 1999-2000. She was made Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2002.
A truly beautiful picture, I never grow tired of looking at it. More information about Mirka here and here.
10 comments:
Fancy, decorative and posh! Tile on!
Quite intricate.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
It's beautiful! The detailed elements are amazing and definitely worth looking at more closely.
This is a happy "mosaic"! I loved these colours!
Léia
So much work and effort must have gone into this.
It is truly magnificent!
That is weird how come I don't ever remember seeing this mural. I am going to have to go and check it out - thanks.
Magnificent indeed!
Went into town last night and saw the mural. That is weird I would have walked past it thousands of time and never noticed it - weird hey.
These designs look like our batik.
Post a Comment