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february, 2019
ARTHUR BOYD: A LANDSCAPE IN CONFLICT - Andrew Frost and Barry Pearce in conversation
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NAS Gallery
- Forbes Street
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ARTHUR BOYD: A LANDSCAPE IN CONFLICT Tickets $15, students $12 (includes a drink on arrival) Barry Pearce, Emeritus Curator of Australian Art, Art Gallery of NSW and curator of the exhibition Arthur
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ARTHUR BOYD: A LANDSCAPE IN CONFLICT
Tickets $15, students $12 (includes a drink on arrival)
Barry Pearce, Emeritus Curator of Australian Art, Art Gallery of NSW and curator of the exhibition Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul, in conversation with Andrew Frost, independent arts writer, broadcaster and critic for The Guardian.
Barry Pearce and Andrew Frost discuss Arthur Boyd’s complex and often uneasy relationship to the landscape. From light-filled early scenes to tormented figures in the bush, Boyd used the landscape as a theatre for his deeper explorations – not merely topographic, but a psychic sense of place. Through landscape painting, Boyd revealed an internal terrain of light and dark, euphoria, delusion, conflict and torment. Pearce and Frost will reflect on the trajectory of one of Australia’s most important artists and consider how the experiences and influences in an artist’s life are incorporated into their work.
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Image: Installation view, Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul. Photo: Peter Morgan
Time
(Thursday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
NAS Gallery
Forbes Street
11feb(feb 11)11:00 am28mar(mar 28)5:00 pmQueer Contemporary: Other(ed) Bodies Exhibition
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The focus of this exhibition is the Queer body. The work is a response to a relationship with the body. This could be a personal relationship and/or a broader relationship
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The focus of this exhibition is the Queer body. The work is a response to a relationship with the body. This could be a personal relationship and/or a broader relationship including how the body relates to others, and how the body positions the individual in relation to society.
Curators: Anoushka J. Solomon and Fergus Berney-Gibson
Artists: Shani Gosh, Kaitlin Allanah, James Edwards, Daniel Hull, Allie Weichert Robertson, Isaac Spigelman, Fergus Berney-Gibson and Anoushka J. Solomon.
OPENING HOURS:
Monday – Friday: 10am-5pm
Closed Saturday
Time
February 11 (Monday) 11:00 am - March 28 (Thursday) 5:00 pm
Location
Library Stairwell Gallery
11feb2:00 pm3:00 pmFree Talk: David Stein: Conservator speaking on Arthur Boyd's work
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NAS Gallery warmly invites you to attend A conversation with David Stein within the exhibition Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul. David began working with the Arthur Boyd in the early 1990s.
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NAS Gallery warmly invites you to attend
A conversation with David Stein within the exhibition Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul.
David began working with the Arthur Boyd in the early 1990s. He has been restoring Boyd works for over 30 years, including some that are in the current exhibition. In conversation with NAS Gallery Manager and Curator Judith Blackall, David will speak about some of Boyd’s techniques including tempera on board, printmaking, oil on canvas and works on paper.
About David Stein: David has over 30 years of experience in the field of paintings conservation, having worked in both the public and private sector throughout Australia. He has been a conservator in laboratories at the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Victoria and the Museum of Contemporary Art, and was touring paintings conservator for the NSW Regional Galleries Association.
Please join us for this free event (Your RSVP would be appreciated – RSVP HERE)
Time
(Monday) 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
Secret Entrance! via the door in the Wall on Darlinghurst Road
15feb(feb 15)11:00 am02mar(mar 2)5:00 pmQueer Contemporary: Queer as Folk Lore Exhibition
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Queer as Folk Lore: art works from the collections of Dick Quan and Holdsworth House Medical Practice Artists: Adel Abdessemed, Abdul Abdullah, Tony Albert, AES&F, Del Kathryn Barton, Nick Cave, Jake and
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Queer as Folk Lore: art works from the collections of Dick Quan and Holdsworth House Medical Practice
Artists: Adel Abdessemed, Abdul Abdullah, Tony Albert, AES&F, Del Kathryn Barton, Nick Cave, Jake and Dinos Chapman X Louis Vuitton, Juan Davila, Christine Dean, Elmgreen & Dragset, David Griggs, Uji ‘Hahan’ Handok, Deborah Kelly, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama X Louis Vuitton, Fiona Lowry, Tracey Moffatt, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, Eko Nugroho, João Penalva, Sterling Ruby X Raf Simons, Phil Solomon, Dr. Christian Thompson AO, and Kehinde Wiley
Opening Hours:
Saturday 16 February: 11am-5pm
Thursday 21 February: 11am-5pm
Friday 22 February: 11am-5pm
Saturday 23 February: 11am-5pm
Thursday 28 February: 11am-5pm
Friday 1 March: 11am-5pm
Saturday 2 March: 11am-5pm
Image: Nick Cave, Soundsuit #5 2010, archival pigments on rag paper, edition of 40, 101.6 x 76.2 cm. © Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Time
February 15 (Friday) 11:00 am - March 2 (Saturday) 5:00 pm
Location
Rayner Hoff Project Space
15feb(feb 15)11:00 am02mar(mar 2)5:00 pmQueer Contemporary: Refracted Lives Exhibition
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Refracted Lives Refracted Lives is the inaugural exhibition of the finalists of the InsideOut Art Prize - India's first national competition for LGBTQ artists. Just as light is refracted, so the
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Refracted Lives
Refracted Lives is the inaugural exhibition of the finalists of the InsideOut Art Prize – India’s first national competition for LGBTQ artists. Just as light is refracted, so the lives of LGBTQ people bend to the rules of society and the expectations of family and friends. Often, we respond to the forces of religion, family, and the law by bending or subjugating our own needs, desires, and goals. We may appear to be what we are not, or even become what we do not want to be.
Opening Hours:
Saturday 16 February: 11am-5pm
Thursday 21 February: 11am-5pm
Friday 22 February: 11am-5pm
Saturday 23 February: 11am-5pm
Thursday 28 February: 11am-5pm
Friday 1 March: 11am-5pm
Saturday 2 March: 11am-5pm
Image: Dimple Chaudhary, (Love), photograph, 58 x 83 cm
Time
February 15 (Friday) 11:00 am - March 2 (Saturday) 5:00 pm
Location
Building 11 Seminar Room
16feb10:00 am12:30 pmSATURDAY STUDIO: Costume Accessories (Friends and Families)
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Costume Accessories (Friends and Families) Inspired by the upcoming Sydney Mardi Gras Festival, spend the afternoon creating accessories to bring some colour and glam to your wardrobe! Think brooches, earrings, headbands
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Costume Accessories (Friends and Families)
Inspired by the upcoming Sydney Mardi Gras Festival, spend the afternoon creating accessories to bring some colour and glam to your wardrobe! Think brooches, earrings, headbands and ties. Learn simple techniques in constructing cardboard to use as the base for your accessories, embellishing your creations with coloured paint, paper and glitter as you go.
BOOK HERE NOW: https://nas.edu.au/product/saturday-studio-costume-jewellery-friends-and-families/
Time
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
16feb1:30 pm4:00 pmSATURDAY STUDIO: Costume Accessories (ages 10-18)
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Costume Accessories (ages 10-18) Inspired by the upcoming Sydney Mardi Gras Festival, spend the afternoon creating accessories to bring some colour and glam to your wardrobe! Think brooches, earrings, headbands and
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Costume Accessories (ages 10-18)
Inspired by the upcoming Sydney Mardi Gras Festival, spend the afternoon creating accessories to bring some colour and glam to your wardrobe! Think brooches, earrings, headbands and ties. Learn simple techniques in constructing cardboard to use as the base for your accessories, embellishing your creations with coloured paint, paper and glitter as you go.
BOOK HERE NOW: https://nas.edu.au/product/saturday-studio-costume-jewellery-ages-10-18/
Time
(Saturday) 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
National Art School
Forbes Street
21feb5:00 pm11:00 pmQueer Contemporary: Moonlite Bar
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A pop up bar named in honour of an infamous inmate of the former Darlinghurst Gaol (now the National Art School) Bushranger Captain Moonlite and his lover James Nesbitt Enter via
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A pop up bar named in honour of an infamous inmate of the former Darlinghurst Gaol (now the National Art School) Bushranger Captain Moonlite and his lover James Nesbitt
Enter via the secret entrance: the door in the Wall on Darlinghurst Road
Time
(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Location
Secret Entrance! via the door in the Wall on Darlinghurst Road
22feb5:00 pm11:00 pmQueer Contemporary: Moonlite Bar
Event Details
A pop up bar named in honour of an infamous inmate of the former Darlinghurst Gaol (now the National Art School) Bushranger Captain Moonlite and his lover James Nesbitt Enter via
Event Details
A pop up bar named in honour of an infamous inmate of the former Darlinghurst Gaol (now the National Art School) Bushranger Captain Moonlite and his lover James Nesbitt
Enter via the secret entrance: the door in the Wall on Darlinghurst Road
Time
(Friday) 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Location
Secret Entrance! via the door in the Wall on Darlinghurst Road
28feb5:00 pm11:00 pmQueer Contemporary: Moonlite Bar
Event Details
A pop up bar named in honour of an infamous inmate of the former Darlinghurst Gaol (now the National Art School) Bushranger Captain Moonlite and his lover James Nesbitt Enter via
Event Details
A pop up bar named in honour of an infamous inmate of the former Darlinghurst Gaol (now the National Art School) Bushranger Captain Moonlite and his lover James Nesbitt
Enter via the secret entrance: the door in the Wall on Darlinghurst Road
Time
(Thursday) 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Location
Secret Entrance! via the door in the Wall on Darlinghurst Road
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