Review | VCA Graduate Show

Tonight is the opening of the 2011 Master of Arts graduate show at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne - to celebrate I’ve posted last year’s show review. This year’s review is on the way too, it might be interesting to compare.


The converted gallery spaces were packed with bodies on the opening night of the Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Show. It was a hot and muggy evening and I arrived late. The band played a loud version of some kind of rock and I couldn’t hear the singer, but it didn’t matter I thought they were alright. I started at the back of the VCA’s gallery/studios which had been cleared out for the exhibition. There seemed to be less people and a slight breeze. I knew what I was getting myself in for. I wanted to observe the artists as well as their artworks, so opening night was the right time to visit.

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