June 26 – August 1 2009
A Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and La Trobe University Museum of Art exhibition
August 7 – September 13 2009
The Gallery Ark
The tale of Noah's Ark spans three different religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Although each version varies, the Ark highlights the importance of animals in the continuation of human society. Long before this story appeared in the Old Testament, Indigenous Australians held spiritual beliefs featuring ancestral rainbow serpents, crocodiles, sea eagles or hybrid creatures that combine body parts of other living creatures.
Drawing on both the International and Australian collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, The Gallery Ark features artists including Charles Conder, Treahna Hamm, Jeff Koons, Frederick McCubbin, Pablo Picasso, Tom Roberts, Auguste Rodin and Wu Zuoren.
A National Gallery of Victoria touring exhibition
September 18 - November 1 2009
Sixth Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award
This bienniel Award surveys the best of contemporary Australian documentary photography in series format. The sixteen finalists bring together diverse views of the human experience, ranging from war photography to quiet observations on the streets of Beijing.
Sydney-based photojournalist Stephen Dupont won the Award for his black and white portrait series Axe Me Biggie or Mr Take My Picture whilst Melbourne-based artist, Laki Sideris received a honourable mention for his series Beijing Bicycle.
A Contemporary Centre of Photography touring exhibition
November 6 - December 13
December 18 2009 - February 2010
Lin Onus: Meaning of Life
Recognised as a seminal participant in the urban Indigenous art scene, Lin Onus pioneered a unique approach to communicating cultural knowledge through combining Indigenous and Western visual systems. His witty and insightful works extend an invitation across the cultural divide, providing an ideal opportunity for audiences to learn about Indigenous culture and the ongoing issue of cross-cultural interaction.
Onus worked in a wide variety of media including painting, sculpture and printmaking. For the first time, this exhibition will present a comprehensive overview of Onus’ late silkscreen prints created shortly before his death in 1996. Reflecting the artist’s mixed Indigenous and European heritage, the images range between representations of totemic animal forms to the hard-edged minimalist ‘totems’ of European modernism.
DLAP 2009:
City of Darebin La Trobe University Art Prize
City of Darebin La Trobe University Art Prize
Presented by the City of Daebin and La Trobe University, DLAP is a biennial event dedicated to suporting contemporary visual artists and arts practices.
Two women artists have won this year's prizes, worth a total of $13,000.
Anna Hoyle won the $10,000 prize for 'Best Work on Show' acquired for the La Trobe University Musuem of Art Collection for her work on paper entitled Power Maoi Twin Bun Rapid Growth.
Amanda Johsnon won the $3,000 prize for 'Best Work by an Emerging Artist' acquired for the City of Darebin Art Collection for her painting entitled Ned Kelly Wallpapers: Spring Variation.
The judges for DLAP 2009 were Anton Vardy, Director of Gippsland Art Gallery and President of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria and Cathy Leahy, Senior Curator Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Victoria.
DLAP 2009 clearly demonstrates the vision and innovativeness of comtemporary artists working in Victoria across a range of media: painting, lithography, photographs, digital technology, video projection, sculpture, textiles and mixed media.
The exhibition reveals a vibrant community of artists in Victoria who are pushing aesthetic boundaries. The works challenge, mystify, bewilder and elucidate the complexity and scop of the contemporary art world.
Works - other the that prize winners - are available for sale. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to vote for the People's choice Award which will be announced at the end of the exhibition.
Two women artists have won this year's prizes, worth a total of $13,000.
Anna Hoyle won the $10,000 prize for 'Best Work on Show' acquired for the La Trobe University Musuem of Art Collection for her work on paper entitled Power Maoi Twin Bun Rapid Growth.
Amanda Johsnon won the $3,000 prize for 'Best Work by an Emerging Artist' acquired for the City of Darebin Art Collection for her painting entitled Ned Kelly Wallpapers: Spring Variation.
The judges for DLAP 2009 were Anton Vardy, Director of Gippsland Art Gallery and President of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria and Cathy Leahy, Senior Curator Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Victoria.
DLAP 2009 clearly demonstrates the vision and innovativeness of comtemporary artists working in Victoria across a range of media: painting, lithography, photographs, digital technology, video projection, sculpture, textiles and mixed media.
The exhibition reveals a vibrant community of artists in Victoria who are pushing aesthetic boundaries. The works challenge, mystify, bewilder and elucidate the complexity and scop of the contemporary art world.
Works - other the that prize winners - are available for sale. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to vote for the People's choice Award which will be announced at the end of the exhibition.
A Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and La Trobe University Museum of Art exhibition
August 7 – September 13 2009
The Gallery Ark
The tale of Noah's Ark spans three different religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Although each version varies, the Ark highlights the importance of animals in the continuation of human society. Long before this story appeared in the Old Testament, Indigenous Australians held spiritual beliefs featuring ancestral rainbow serpents, crocodiles, sea eagles or hybrid creatures that combine body parts of other living creatures.
Drawing on both the International and Australian collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, The Gallery Ark features artists including Charles Conder, Treahna Hamm, Jeff Koons, Frederick McCubbin, Pablo Picasso, Tom Roberts, Auguste Rodin and Wu Zuoren.
A National Gallery of Victoria touring exhibition
September 18 - November 1 2009
Sixth Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award
This bienniel Award surveys the best of contemporary Australian documentary photography in series format. The sixteen finalists bring together diverse views of the human experience, ranging from war photography to quiet observations on the streets of Beijing.
Sydney-based photojournalist Stephen Dupont won the Award for his black and white portrait series Axe Me Biggie or Mr Take My Picture whilst Melbourne-based artist, Laki Sideris received a honourable mention for his series Beijing Bicycle.
A Contemporary Centre of Photography touring exhibition
November 6 - December 13
In Search of the Spiritual: Murray Griffin's View of the Supersensible World
At the beginning of the 1960s Murray Griffin (1903-1992) began to produce a body of works – paintings and prints – that he called the Journey Series. These explore the manifestations and influence of the ‘supersensible world’ in the material world of the senses and ‘man’s’ spiritual development through life, various reincarnations, and the world between incarnations. The works drew on the Anthroposophical writings of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner for their iconography.
At the beginning of the 1960s Murray Griffin (1903-1992) began to produce a body of works – paintings and prints – that he called the Journey Series. These explore the manifestations and influence of the ‘supersensible world’ in the material world of the senses and ‘man’s’ spiritual development through life, various reincarnations, and the world between incarnations. The works drew on the Anthroposophical writings of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner for their iconography.
While many of the works from the Journey Series have appeared in past exhibitions, this exhibition will be the first to undertake a profound exploration of the iconography and spiritual meanings that Griffin developed through Steiner’s writings. Griffin was not the only artist to be influenced by Steiner, but his response is highly distinctive and deserves closer consideration.
A La Trobe University Museum of Art exhibition
December 18 2009 - February 2010
Lin Onus: Meaning of Life
Recognised as a seminal participant in the urban Indigenous art scene, Lin Onus pioneered a unique approach to communicating cultural knowledge through combining Indigenous and Western visual systems. His witty and insightful works extend an invitation across the cultural divide, providing an ideal opportunity for audiences to learn about Indigenous culture and the ongoing issue of cross-cultural interaction.
Onus worked in a wide variety of media including painting, sculpture and printmaking. For the first time, this exhibition will present a comprehensive overview of Onus’ late silkscreen prints created shortly before his death in 1996. Reflecting the artist’s mixed Indigenous and European heritage, the images range between representations of totemic animal forms to the hard-edged minimalist ‘totems’ of European modernism.
A Maroondah Art Gallery touring exhibition