Is dropping a six-tonne boulder on a car art?
Biennale of Sydney Where: Art Gallery of NSW, Museum of Contemporary Art, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Opera House, Museum of Sydney, Artspace When: Today until August 15 More information: http://www.biennaleofsydney.com.au, 9368 1411. A free Biennale guide can be picked up at all venues and accessed at the website The most important thing about a biennale of art – and there are more than 60 around the world – is not to let it daunt you. You should be in control. Or maybe lose control, but that’s OK, too. Biennales should make you laugh, weep and scratch your head. They should challenge your assumptions and make you a little angry, maybe very angry. The Biennale of Sydney is called On Reason and Emotion, so it only stands to reason that anger is cool, but so is humour, pathos and bliss. What will you see? Native American Jimmie Durham will drop an old rock on a new car. Why? Maybe to make you think about consumerism and the transitory nature of pleasure. Maybe to make you shriek at th
