Lunch and Gallery at Tarrawarra: Triumph of Modernism

We went to Tarrawarra for lunch before visiting their major exhibition, curated by Edmund Capon, of an extraordinary collection of 60 works most collected by Eva and Marc Besen and now donated.

The restaurant and gallery have a fine setting, architecturally coherent with its landscape

 Photo- Tarrawarra website
 The Lunch menu was imaginative and tempting. The charcuterie entrée was very good and the salmon main well presented and enjoyable. Service from the young waitress was efficient, friendly, and contributed to our enjoyment. The party having a pre-arranged wine tasting with their substantial meal near us was quiet (too engrossed to have loud conversation?) so nothing impinged on near perfect ambience.

The exhibition provided a unique opportunity to see a century of best Australian artists together, and told a good story of happenings in our society. John Brack as a returned soldier had the opportunity to study art through the Commonwealth Reconstruction Training Scheme.  He had an interesting perspective on the post war housing boom

Subdivision

Brett Whitely had a satellite's eye-view of  civilization, the work including an attached branch and other items to make a 3D image

  Australia

 An outstanding exhibition. The one regret for us is that if there was a catalogue it had sold out long before our visit.