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John Brack
Australia 1920–1999
We, Us, Them 1983
oil on canvas
183.4 x 122.4 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Mr Philip Russell, Fellow, 1983
© Helen Brack
Top image:
John BRACK
Australia 1920–1999
The artist’s children 1959
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales
Purchased, 1959
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Incorporating more than 150 works, this extraordinary exhibition will survey John Brack’s complete career. It will display paintings and works on paper from all of his major series, including those which have become iconic images of 20th century Australian Art.
24 APR – 9 AUG 09
Cost $15 Adult / $7.50 NGV Member / $12 Concession
Venue Galleries 17–20, Level 3, NGV Australia, Federation Square
ngv.vic.gov.au/johnbrack
Program highlights for this exhibition include:
- Free Voluntary Guide Tours
Daily, 1.30pm (exhibition fees apply)
- Floor Talk: Exhibition Introduction
Sat 2 May, 2pm
Speaker Kirsty Grant, Senior Curator, Australian Art
Cost Exhibition fees apply
Thu 7, 14, 21 & 28 May, 7–8pm
This major retrospective shows Brack to be a distinctively Australian artist who documented aspects of contemporary life in what have become some of the most iconic images of 20th century Australian art. Join us for this four week short course, focusing on some of the key themes in Brack’s oeuvre and presented by leading experts in the field.
- 7 May Introduction to John Brack
Speaker Kirsty Grant, Senior Curator, Australian Art, NGV
- 14 May The Battles of John Brack
Speaker Professor Sasha Grishin, Head of Art History, Australian National University
- 21 May Observations on the Observer and the Observed
Speaker Robert Lindsay, Director, McClelland Gallery & Sculpture Park
- 28 May We come after the age of heroes: John Brack and the end of modern art
Speaker Dr Chris McAuliffe, Director, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
Cost Full course $54 Adult / $36 NGV Member / $42 Concession / $30 Student
Cost per lecture $18 Adult / $12 NGV Member / $14 Concession / $10 Student
Event code P0944
- Late Night Thursdays @ NGV Australia
Thursdays in June, 5–9pm
Every week in June, go 'Brack' to the '50s and '60s with talks, live music and performances.
Cost Entry to NGV Australia for Late Night Thursdays is free. Exhibition fees apply for John Brack exhibition.
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NGV Members viewing the Bugatti exhibition
Irene English & Jenny Blencowe
Photograph: NGV Photographic Services
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Members enjoy exclusive benefits and an exciting calendar of events and programs.
For more information or to join, phone 03 8662 1522 / 8620 2233 or visit ngv.vic.gov.au/ngvmembers
*First Time Members only
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Louis-Léopold BOILLY
French 1761–1845
The five senses (Les Cinq Sens) 1823
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Anonymous gift, 1968
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Discover a world of satirical art produced in England, Spain and France during the 18th and 19th centuries. This engaging and humorous exhibition features over one hundred prints and drawings that explore the role and power of satire in Europe during this period.
27 FEB – 26 JUL 09
Venue Robert Raynor Gallery, Ground Level, NGV International
ngv.vic.gov.au/satiricaleye
Program highlights for this exhibition include:
Sun 5 Apr, 2pm
This graphically-illustrated lecture explores the ways celebrities were presented in oil portraits or cheap prints, charts scandals political and sexual, and investigates the strategies people resorted to to preserve their public reputations.
Speaker Professor Michael Rosenthal, History of Art Department, The University of Warwick, UK
Cost $18 Adult / $12 NGV Member / $14 Concession / $10 Student
Event code P0931
Sat 9 May, 2.30–3.30pm
2.30pm Tyrants and Public Opinion
Speaker John Spooner, political cartoonist, The Age
3pm The Medium is More Than the Message
Speaker James Bridges, collector & archivist
Cost $18 Adult / $12 NGV Member / $14 Concession / $10 Student
Event code P0956
Thu 4 Jun, 6.30pm
Satire, caricature, the grotesque ... how possible is it in a photographic medium such as film? Great filmmakers including Stanley Kubrick, the Coen brothers and the photographer/director William Klein have devoted their lives to this project, gradually stylising every aspect of their craft – composition, design, soundtrack, and especially acting performance – in order to take cinema away from simple realism and into the realms of the truly satiric.
Speaker Dr Adrian Martin, film critic and Senior Research Fellow, Film & Television, Monash University
Cost $18 Adult / $12 NGV Member / $14 Concession / $10 Student
Event code P0957
Fri 26 Jun, 1–3.30pm & Sat 27 Jun, 2–4.30pm
Drop in and have some fun when George Haddon captures you and others in caricature.
Presenter George Haddon, freelance cartoonist and former editorial cartoonist, Melbourne Herald Sun
Cost Free
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Late Night Thursdays @ NGV Australia
Photograph: NGV Photographic Services
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Thursdays, 5–9pm
Cost Entry to Late Night Thursdays @ NGV Australia is free. Admission fees may apply for special exhibitions.
April Program
- Thu 2 Apr
6pm Art Chat: Dr Hugh Wirth, President RSPCA and immediate Past President, WSPA discusses building a united global animal welfare movement and working with indigenous communities
6.30pm Performance: Ocean’s Baroque
6.30pm Virtual Tour: Comedian Hannah Gadsby
- Thu 9 Apr
6pm Art Chat: Susan Provan, Director, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, discusses running the country's largest (and funniest) cultural festival and humour in uncertain times
6.30pm Performance: Ocean’s Baroque
6.30pm Virtual Tour: Comedian Hannah Gadsby
- Thu 16 Apr
6pm Art Chat: Daniel Adams, Victorian Finalist for Young Australian of the Year 2008, presents a young person’s perspective on the great moral issues of our time
6.30pm Performance: Ocean’s Baroque
6.30pm Virtual Tour: Comedian Hannah Gadsby
- Thu 23 Apr
6pm Art Chat: Jason Smith, Director, Heide Museum of Modern Art, meditates on the view from his office window and the living museum of Heide’s gardens
6.30pm Performance: Ocean’s Baroque
6.30pm Tour: Comedian Hannah Gadsby
- Thu 30 Apr
6pm Art Chat: Melbourne International Jazz Festival internationally renowned musicians, Nels Cline (guitarist Wilco & John Zorn) and Oren Ambarchi, critically acclaimed sound artist, discuss their work and creative music practice
6.30pm Performance: Nels Cline and Oren Ambarchi
- Thu 7 May
6pm Art Chat: Rod Quantock comedian, discusses photographs from the Hubble space telescope and the art of the universe
6.30pm Performance: Kutcha Edwards 'Under the Boorong Sky'
6.30pm Short Course: John Brack commences (fees apply, bookings essential)
Sat 18 Apr, 2pm
This lecture will provide a background and context to the extraordinary furniture designs of Carlo Bugatti by examining the work of other nineteenth-century artist-designers and architects.
Speaker Dr Alison Inglis, Head of Cultural Management and Deputy Head, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
Cost $18 Adult / $12 NGV Member / $14 Concession / $10 Student
Event code P0932
Wed 29 Apr, 6pm for 6.30pm
NGV Paintings Conservator Carl Villis undertook several years’ detailed technical and art historical research to conclude that a mysterious Renaissance painting in the NGV’s collection was a portrait of Lucrezia Borgia by famed Renaissance artist Dosso Dossi (c1486–1542).
Speaker Carl Villis, Conservator, European Paintings before 1800
Cost $30 Adult / $25 NGV Member / $27 Concession (includes refreshments on arrival, bookings essential)
Event code P0943
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Fri 27 Mar, 6.30pm
The Art for Life Bushfire Appeal has been established to raise money for the rebuilding of communities tragically affected by the recent bushfires in Victoria. Art For Life bushfire appeal is an auction of donated art works to be held in the Melbourne Town Hall Supper Room on 27 March from 6.30pm.
Cost $25 at the door
Venue Supper Room Melbourne Town Hall, 90–120 Swanston St
Information artforlifeappeal.org
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What’s On
The Ian Potter Centre:
NGV Australia
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NGV International
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Further Information and Bookings
Ph 03 8662 1555,10am–5pm daily, email or enquire in person at the Information Desk.
Bookings recommended for ticketed programs.
All information is believed to be correct at time of publication.
Programs subject to change without notice.
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