Queensland Art Museum

On Wednesday the weather was rainy off and on - but it was still very humid! We went to our second lecture, a presentation by Austratrade, a group that helps businesses sell what they make to other countries, and bring items made in other countries into Australia.

Then several of us went to the Queensland Art Museum to see the Andy Warhol Exhibit. It was very fascinating and great to see! Andy Warhol is a famous artist from the 1960s and 1970s who painted "Pop Art." This meant that he took 'POPular' images seen in everyday life (the Campbell's soup can, a Coke bottle, etc.) and turned them into art. This hadn't been done before -so his art was very extraordinary. He even went on to do pictures/paintings of famous people- such as Elvis and Marilyn Monroe.

It was a very cool chance for us to see this show - so we were very excited! Brisbane, the city we're in, has 1.6 million people in it- so it's a BIG place to be. There's so much to do - it's hard to decide what to do first.

Do you have anymore questions about Australia for us - or what we've seen? I'm trying to upload pictures of the group to my Flickr account -me sure to look there for more! But I am having troubles with my computer, so I might have trouble getting some more up.