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Five Ways to Experience MRAG
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1. Look Closer
2. See Make Do
Margaret Olley’s Bedroom Still Life, one of MRAG’s most treasured paintings, is now on display in the exhibition Hello Again – it's nice to see your face. This gentle self-portrait of the muchloved Australian artist’s wistful reflection is surrounded by an eclectic collection of her ‘everyday’ trinkets. Look for perfume bottles, feathers, pencils, shells, a notebook, and a sewing kit, all set against a wallpaper backdrop of colourful blooms. What are your eyes most drawn to in this exquisite painting? Bedroom Still Life has been loaned many times to major art galleries, most recently QAGOMA in Brisbane for the 2019 exhibition Margaret Olley – A Generous Life.
Now, more than ever, we seek meaning and connection through art, as it helps us to understand how we’re feeling about the changing world around us. MRAG will keep offering opportunities for you to ‘See Make Do’ at the Gallery when possible, such as through pre-booked Free Art Sunday sessions. And we will continue to invite you to enjoy extra special content and art activities on our website, developed for you, your family, and friends to enjoy from the comfort of your home. #MRAGfromhome IMAGES
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Margaret Olley, Bedroom Still Life, 1997, Oil on board (Masonite), 61 x 91cm. Purchased by Maitland Regional Art Gallery with the assistance of the Art Gallery Society, 1998. Teval Guner ceramics will be available in the Gallery Shop in the lead-up to Christmas 2020. Mandala made in MRAG garden
