Ian Potter Center: NGV Australia - A Historical Art Gallery

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Introduction
Generally, Ian Potter center: NGV Australia is an art gallery that houses the Australian section of
art collection in the National Gallery Victoria (NGV).It is located at Federation square in
Melbourne while the gallerys works are displayed at the NGV international on the St Kilda
Road. Ian Potter center: NGV Australia is an important site for Australian people and also other
individual visitors from different parts of the world. Based on historical evidence, this particular
site was founded in the year 2002.
The discussion starts by acknowledging the brief history of Ian Potter center: NGV
Australia .Conversely literally share the experiences I had after visiting the museum which
presents beneficial aspects of the Australian society culture and past historical activities.
Finally, key findings and arguments in regard to the Ian Potter center: NGV Australia will be
presented.
Background
The Ian Potter center: NGV Australia is an art museum that is located in Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia. It’s among one of the largest and most visited art museum not only in Australia but
also across the globe. Ian Potter center: NGV Australia is a legacy of businessman and some
works of philanthropist known as the Sir Ian Potter (Ruan, 2013 p.44). It has gone to an
extensive extent of attracting most powerful individuals such presidents and diplomats who visit
the art gallery in order to observe, benefit and share the historical based evidences. The Ian
Potter center: NGV Australia collection has been highly recognized and ranked among one of the
world’s best.
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The Ian Potter center : NGV Australia displays all sorts of art that represent the supreme
Australia. There are more than 20,000 artworks in Ian Potter center: NGV Australia. Some of the
artworks in the Ian Potter center: NGV Australia are; paintings, prints, photography and
sculptures which attracts a lot of people (Wasige, Groen, Smaling, Jetten, 2013 p.70).
Most of the collections at the Ian Potter center: NGV Australia were obtained from various
sources some of which include gifts from different works of art as well as anonymous monetary
donations. The art collection is quite wide in scope as it encompasses European and international
art and paintings, various fashions, gallery, textiles, photography as well as drawings.
My site visit
In my visit at the art, I noticed quite a number of things. The art there is well displayed and of
very high quality. What caught my attention, however, was the Art of the Pacific and beautiful
paintings on the walls. The aim of this site is to appreciate and honor the existing artistic nature,
value and culture of the pacific region (Johnson, Becker, Estrada, Freeman, 2015 p.82). Over the
years is has been widely considered as one of the world’s greatest tradition that is ever evolving
and changing by the society. The art of pacific gallery basically aims towards introducing
viewers and visitors at the art gallery the cultural traditions, spirit and diversity of the amazing
oceanic art. The current display at the Ian Potter center: NGV Australia is very beautiful. It
portrays nothing but just pure culture. The art is quite unique in nature and literally nothing
similar to that has ever been seen before in regard to its authenticity and other quality issues.
Questions
The Ian Potter center: NGV Australia communicates the Australian history in quite a significant
manner. An important part of Australian history that the Ian Potter center: NGV Australia
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