Gods and ghosts

The other exhibit that I wanted to see at the National Gallery was "Gods, Ghosts and Men" the first major exhibition of Pacific art to be held in Australia for nearly twenty years, covering Melanesian and Polynesian sculptural traditions of Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Easter Island, New Zealand and the Marquesas Islands. It was a very interesting, sometime creepily eerie exhibit as the lights are dimmed and some of the sculptures have eyes that seem to be watching you. A particular favourite is made of leaves and bark and represents beings between the world of the living and the dead. One consults him before important decisions.