Email us:
[email protected]
Follow us:

National Art (Part One) now on tour

News On Campus

National Art (Part One) now on tour

by

The National Art School’s Archive and Collection is hitting the road! National Art (part one) will open at Tweed Regional Gallery on Friday 13 November 2020, running until Sunday 3 January 2021.

National Art (part one) presents a dynamic selection of artworks by 50 of Australia’s most significant artists who studied at NAS. As the school approaches 100 years on its Darlinghurst site (1922–2022) and over 175 years in operation, this exhibition celebrates some of the extraordinary artists it has trained over the past seven decades. The exhibition features recent artworks and early formative works by key alumni, and applauds the creative drive, skill and imagination of those who have emerged from the school’s historic sandstone walls to become artists of national significance.

National Art (part one) presents diverse approaches to artmaking bound by a common grounding in studio-based practice and a passionate commitment to experimentation. The artists’ approaches vary considerably, from abstract and expressive genres to experimentation with form, to cultural landscapes and political perspectives, Dada and the surreal, interior viewpoints and the everyday. The work demonstrates the key disciplines taught at NAS – ceramics, painting, photomedia, printmaking, sculpture – as well as inter-disciplinary practices utilising digital media, assemblage, performance and artists’ books.

Seven decades, 50 artists, 80 artworks.

Charles Blackman OBE, Les Blakebrough AM, Euphemia Bostock, Bill Brown, Mitch Cairns, Sophie Cape, Kevin Connor, Lucy Culliton, Elisabeth Cummings OAM, Karla Dickens, Ken Done AM, Merilyn Fairskye, Fiona Foley, Todd Fuller, Adrienne Gaha, Peter Godwin, Sarah Goffman, Fiona Hall AO, Michael Johnson, Alan Jones, Jan King, Juz Kitson, Ildiko Kovacs, Fiona Lowry, Guy Maestri, Tim Maguire, Dani McKenzie, Marie McMahon, Reg Mombassa (Chris O’Doherty), Idris Murphy, Catherine O’Donnell, Robert Owen, Peter Powditch AM, Les Rice, Joan Ross, Julie Rrap, Bill Samuels, Jeffrey Samuels, Luke Sciberras, Garry Shead, Gria Shead , Nicola Smith, Michael Snape, Tim Storrier AM, Ann Thomson, Ken Unsworth AM, Justine Varga, Guy Warren AM, Coen Young, Anne Zahalka.

 

Top image: Luke Sciberras, The Road from Momba, 2017, oil on board, 125 x 162 cm (framed), NAS Collection, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by the artist, 2018 © the artist
Images (in order of appearance): Lucy Culliton, Bibbenluke garden snow pear trees, 2009, oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm © the artist; Fiona Hall AO, ESTC, 1973, handmade album, 28 silver gelatin prints © the artist; Ildiko Kovacs, Edging in (detail), 2015–17, oil on Masonite, 160 x 120 cm © the artist; Tim Maguire, Untitled 20091108 (detail), 2009, oil on canvas, 180 x 168 cm © the artist; Joan Ross, All You Can Eat Seafood Buffet I (detail), 2017, hand painted pigment print on cotton rag paper, triptych, 72.8 x 100 cm each panel © the artist. All work National Art School Collection, donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by the artist, 2018
Share:
#Follow us on Instagram

Opening night: The Neighbour at the Gate

Join us on Thursday 10 July for the opening night of The Neighbour at the Gate, a major exhibition at the National Art School Gallery, curated by a guest curatorium led by Clothilde Bullen (Wardandi Noongar and Badimaya Yamatji), with Micheal Do and Zali Morgan (Whadjuk Balladong and Wilman Noongar).

Bringing together newly commissioned works by leading Australian artists Jacky Cheng, Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson, Dennis Golding (Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay), Jenna Mayilema Lee (Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman, KarraJarri), James Nguyen and James Tylor (Kaurna, Thura-Yura language region), the exhibition reckons with the echoes of immigration policies and the legacies of Colonialism in Australia, unravelling how these forces continue to shape First Nations and Asian Australian experiences and relationships.

Across various mediums and perspectives, The Neighbour at the Gate charts the entangled legacies of exclusion and resilience, drawing vital parallels between the past and present, memory and nationhood.

The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative.

RSVP at the link in bio.

View Instagram post by nas_au

Jun 5

Open post by nas_au with ID 18132069460424166
Opening night: The Neighbour at the Gate Join us on Thursday 10 July for the opening night of The Neighbour at the Gate, a major exhibition at the National Art School Gallery, curated by a guest curatorium led by Clothilde Bullen (Wardandi Noongar and Badimaya Yamatji), with Micheal Do and Zali Morgan (Whadjuk Balladong and Wilman Noongar). Bringing together newly commissioned works by leading Australian artists Jacky Cheng, Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson, Dennis Golding (Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay), Jenna Mayilema Lee (Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman, KarraJarri), James Nguyen and James Tylor (Kaurna, Thura-Yura language region), the exhibition reckons with the echoes of immigration policies and the legacies of Colonialism in Australia, unravelling how these forces continue to shape First Nations and Asian Australian experiences and relationships. Across various mediums and perspectives, The Neighbour at the Gate charts the entangled legacies of exclusion and resilience, drawing vital parallels between the past and present, memory and nationhood. The Neighbour at the Gate has been made possible with the generous support of the NSW Government through its Blockbusters Funding initiative. RSVP at the link in bio.

Burned trees build no homes.

Today we acknowledge World Environment Day with this work by alum Una Foster, now in the National Art School Collection.
—
Una Foster, ‘Burned Trees Build No Homes’, c.1945, commercial print on paper; image courtesy the artist and National Art School © Una Foster. From the National Art School Collection.

View Instagram post by nas_au

Jun 5

Open post by nas_au with ID 18053247629075631
Burned trees build no homes. Today we acknowledge World Environment Day with this work by alum Una Foster, now in the National Art School Collection. — Una Foster, ‘Burned Trees Build No Homes’, c.1945, commercial print on paper; image courtesy the artist and National Art School © Una Foster. From the National Art School Collection.

This end of financial year, support the next generation of artists through the National Art School’s Pathways Program.

Your donation will be vital in helping us build a more inclusive and vibrant arts community — creating crucial pathways for talented artists to become leading international artists, regardless of their background.

Support our EOFY campaign via the link in bio and help us to break down barriers to art education.

View Instagram post by nas_au

Jun 4

Open post by nas_au with ID 18314706433226282
This end of financial year, support the next generation of artists through the National Art School’s Pathways Program. Your donation will be vital in helping us build a more inclusive and vibrant arts community — creating crucial pathways for talented artists to become leading international artists, regardless of their background. Support our EOFY campaign via the link in bio and help us to break down barriers to art education.

In June, we celebrate World Pride Month. Like many other culturally significant times, it’s a month that’s meaningful to our community and the Oxford precinct we are part of.

In 2015, NAS alum Todd Fuller (@fuller_todd) sent members of the public black and white drawings depicting two men engaged in a passionate kiss. The participants were encouraged to respond to the image by colouring in the figures, with the resulting images compiled by Fuller into a mixed media video animation.

Fuller gifted this work to the National Art School Collection, a collection that performs a major role within the National Art School as both a teaching resource and a historical record. Visit our website to find out more about the works in our collection.

—
Todd Fuller, ‘The Unite Project - 3rd generation ‘, 2015, mixed media animation, colour and sound, 13.35 mins loop; image courtesy the artist and National Art School © Todd Fuller. From the National Art School Collection - Gift of Todd Fuller.

View Instagram post by nas_au

Jun 1

Open post by nas_au with ID 18083733226677636
In June, we celebrate World Pride Month. Like many other culturally significant times, it’s a month that’s meaningful to our community and the Oxford precinct we are part of. In 2015, NAS alum Todd Fuller (@fuller_todd) sent members of the public black and white drawings depicting two men engaged in a passionate kiss. The participants were encouraged to respond to the image by colouring in the figures, with the resulting images compiled by Fuller into a mixed media video animation. Fuller gifted this work to the National Art School Collection, a collection that performs a major role within the National Art School as both a teaching resource and a historical record. Visit our website to find out more about the works in our collection. — Todd Fuller, ‘The Unite Project - 3rd generation ‘, 2015, mixed media animation, colour and sound, 13.35 mins loop; image courtesy the artist and National Art School © Todd Fuller. From the National Art School Collection - Gift of Todd Fuller.
Loading...