Phrontisterion: MONA's Library: MONA
Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Phrontisterion is the library David Walsh has been fantasising about since before Mona opened, housing his large and ever-growing collection of books, rare volumes, maps and manuscripts. ‘It’s possible I’ve spent more money on this stuff than the art’, he says.
People always want to know more about David. That’s tough, because this whole Mona enterprise is an expression of his character—or, more accurately, an attempt for him to get to know himself better. ‘There are three things extremely hard,’ said Benjamin Franklin, ‘steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.’ But as library manager Mary Lijnzaad puts it, ‘If you want to know what David is really like, browse his bookshelves.’
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Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Vending machine with infinity mirror, lighting and fossils
Photo credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Copyright the artist; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany. Courtesy the artist and Mona.
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Recycled books, insects and animal skins from recycled percussion instruments
Photo Credit: Mona/Eden Meure
Copyright the artist. Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Mixed media
Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Copyright the artist. Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Mixed media assemblage
Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Copyright the artist. Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Acrylic paint on hoop pine ply
Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Copyright the artist. Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Cast copper and iron
Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Copyright the artist. Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Cast copper and iron
Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Copyright the artist. Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Mixed media
Artist: Jan Jones
Concept developed by Effie Pryer with the Design and Production team
Mr Rabbit designed by Christopher Downes
Vermeer’s Lady Standing at a Virginal (1670–72), in miniature, by Effie Pryer
Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Copyright the artist. Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Site-specific installation, mixed media
Photo Credit: Mona/Jesse Hunniford
Copyright the artist. Image Courtesy the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
