Friends Event Guide April 2012 – December 2012
Over 20 events featuring open studios, artist and curator talks, guided walks and tours, ADFAS lectures and Film Festival program. Please note: the venue for the ADFAS series has changed. ❤ Signifies discount member prices for ‘friends’ of Friends.
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Collecting Art Talk
Art Walk series
History of Art Business, Collecting and Investing Trends ❤
Street Art Wall Crawl (Northbridge)
Friends President and Director of Buratti Fine Art, Robert Buratti presents an illustrated lecture on the history of art collecting and investing trends in the contemporary market. Using data from international sales prior to and following the global financial crisis, he will provide an insight into the important issues facing collectors and industry professionals worldwide. A useful lecture for collectors and enthusiasts. Monday 30 April, 6 – 8pm (inc. refreshments @ 6pm, talk 6:45pm) Theatrette, AGWA (via James St Mall entrance) Member $35/Guest $35 – Booking ref: F8
ADFAS
Join Aimee Johns for an up-close look at the latest vibrant street art in Perth and hear from the artists themselves about their techniques, tools and tales of the street. The tour begins at the Gallery Theatrette with a talk, followed by a guided walk via the Butcher Shop, where we will see painting techniques demonstrated and view the art of Yohyo, whilst enjoying refreshments and time to talk with the artists. Sunday 20 May, 2 – 5pm Meet at Theatrette, AGWA (via James St Mall entrance) Member $35/Guest $45 (inc. afternoon tea) – Booking ref: F10 Diary Date
ADFAS series 2012
Jennie Churchill – Style Icon or Ambitious Seductress? (with Ms Annie Sebba) Jennie Churchill was born in America but learned to dress well as a teenager in Paris. In 1874 aged 20, upon marrying Lord Randolph Churchill she thought she was making a glittering marriage. Instead, to sustain her lifestyle she wrote plays, established magazines, and decorated houses to sell. Her greatest love and number one project throughout her life was her first son, Winston. Lecturer Annie Sebba is a journalist, broadcaster and biographer of Jennie Churchill. Monday 7 May, 6 – 8pm (inc. refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6:45pm) * Central Institute of Technology – Lecture Theatre, Building 1, Francis St, Northbridge (opposite the entry to State Library Car Park) Member $40/Guest $50 – Booking ref: F9
Jeff Wall Photographs Friends are invited to join the Gallery community to celebrate the opening of the exhibition. Sign up to receive your invitation. Friday 25 May, from 6.30pm, AGWA Free Event with cash bar. Sign up for AGWA’s electronic newsletter, eView, to receive your special invite: artgallery.wa.gov.au/subscribe.
Artist’s Talk
Jeff Wall – in conversation with Gary Dufour Discover the mind behind the amazing photographs of the celebrated Canadian artist – one of the most influential photographers of our time, in a Q&A artist’s talk with Chief Curator | Deputy Director Gary Dufour. Sunday 27 May, 2 – 3pm, AGWA Free Event (no booking required)
Above Kyle Hughes-Odgers, William Daek and Graphite Crew, 2011 440 William Street Northbridge (detail). Gold winner, international Ironlak graffiti competition. Photographer: Jack Lovel Cover Richard Woldendorp, Lake Eyre
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Left Giorgio de Chirico (Italian, born Greece. 1888-1978) The Song of Love, Paris, June-July 1914. oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 23 3/8” (73 x 59.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome. Below Robert Juniper
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ADFAS series 2012
Great Tarts in Art (with Ms Linda Smith) Mixing art history analysis and scandalous anecdote, this lecture examines the portraits and careers of some of history’s most notorious mistresses and courtesans, charting the ambiguous attitudes of art and society to sexual morality from the 17th to 20th centuries. Many nuances and hidden meanings in well-known works will be revealed! Linda Smith is an art historian with a passion for British and 20th century art; accredited as a NADFAS lecturer and gallery guide for Tate Britain and Tate Modern in London. Monday 2 July, 6 – 8pm (inc. refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6:45pm) * Central Institute of Technology – Lecture Theatre, Building 1, Francis St, Northbridge (opposite the entry to State Library Car Park) Member $40/Guest $50 – Booking ref: F13
Film Festival
Gala Opening
Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Film Festival Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Kick off the 2012 Film Festival season with a Spanish extravaganza in celebration of Picasso. Dr Stefano Carboni, AGWA Director, will open the festival and give the APPRECIATING talk on Picasso, followed by the film Picasso and Braque go to the Movies. From Spain to New York the Festival of four evenings will transport you back to the lives of the modern masters (see Artifacts p14). Wednesday 6 June, 6 – 9pm (inc. refreshments @ 6pm, talk 6:45pm, followed by film) The Concourse, AGWA Member $55/Guest $65 – Booking ref: F11 Diary Date
Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Exhibition opens Saturday 16 June 2012.
Guided Tour Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Tour ❤ What we now call ‘modern art’ changed art forever in the 20th century. This is your chance to find out why, and how the artworks so carefully chosen for this exhibition from the Museum of Modern Art in New York are so iconoclastic. Learn so much more on this special tour with the Gallery Guides, than just walking through on your own.
Open studio series – two artists
Robert Juniper and Richard Woldendorp Surrender yourself to art in the hills for a day – combine the generosity of two leading artists opening their studios, with good food and friends – it can’t be better than this! Either book both open studios or just one. Numbers are strictly limited, so book early. ROBERT JUNIPER AM: Meet one of our State’s Living Treasures whilst he paints in his studio and enjoy a unique opportunity to view his private art collection at home. An artist of poetic and spontaneous vision, Juniper is best known for evocative depictions of the Western Australian landscape. Limited edition prints will be available for purchase on the day. RICHARD WOLDENDORP: It is an honour to be invited into Richard Woldendorp’s private studio. Intrigued by the uniqueness of the Australian outback, Dutch born Woldendorp is best known for his distinctive photography that captures the vastness, beauty and design of the Australian landscape. Celebrated as one of our State’s Living Treasures, Richard’s photographs have been exhibited and are in collections all over the world. Sunday 29 July – A Day of Art in The Hills A 11am – 1pm (Juniper only) Member $50/Guest $60 (inc. light lunch) – Booking ref: F14 B 2 – 4pm (Woldendorp only) Member $35/Guest $45 (inc. afternoon tea) – Booking ref: F15 C 11am – 4pm (Juniper and Woldendorp) Member $80/Guest $100 (inc. light lunch & afternoon tea) – Booking ref: F16
Sunday 24 June, 2 – 4.30pm Meet at Friends VIP Lounge, AGWA Member $35/Guest $35 (inc. refreshments & admission fee) – Booking ref: F12
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Behind the Scenes tour
Conservation Lab and Print Room We rarely have a chance to see behind the scenes at the Gallery, now you can. Learn from the experts about how art is conserved and repaired; and view the breadth of our State’s startling collection of works on paper. The Gallery’s conservators of paintings, objects and paper, David Graves, Stephanie Bailey, Kate Woollett and Natalie Hewlett reveal their practices in the Lab; and Dr Lucy Harper, Associate Curator of Historical Works on Paper introduces works, seldom seen on public display, in the Print Room. [Only 20 places available!] Thursday 16 August Group 1: 12.30 – 2.30pm Group 2: 2 – 4pm Meet at Friends VIP Lounge, AGWA Member $35/Guest $45 (inc. afternoon tea) – Booking ref: F18
Film Festival Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Film Festival Marcel Duchamp (American, born France. 1887-1968) His proposition that art could be about ideas instead of objects was a revolutionary notion that still resonates with artists today. Associated with Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism, Duchamp’s main innovation was ‘ready-made art’. In 1913 his work, Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2, caused a furore at New York City’s famous Armory Show. Robert Cook, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Photography and Design will deliver the APPRECIATING talk on the works of Duchamp, as an aperitif to the screening of Marcel Duchamp: A Definitive Biography. (see Artifacts p14)
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ADFAS series 2012
The Emperor and the Prostitute (with Dr Geri Parlby) Be prepared for a visual roller coaster! Despite unsavoury and destitute pasts, the most outrageous imperial couple in Byzantine history, Justinian and Theodora, inspired some of the most beautiful art. This lecture will discover their influence – from the sublime mosaics of Ravenna and St Catherine’s monastery to the incredible architecture of Hagia Sophia. Dr Parlby, a former Fleet Street journalist with an MA in Byzantine Art from the Courtauld Institute has lectured at Cambridge, and is principal tutor at Plymouth University’s NADFAS Art History foundation course.
Monday 27 August, 6 – 8pm (inc. refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6.30pm, followed by film) Theatrette, AGWA (via James St Mall entrance) Member $40/Guest $50 – Booking ref: F19
Monday 6 August, 6 – 8pm (inc. refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6:45pm) * Central Institute of Technology – Lecture Theatre, Building 1, Francis St, Northbridge (opposite the entry to State Library Car Park) Member $40/Guest $50 – Booking ref: F17 Above Paul Gauguin, Nave Nave Fenua [Fragrant island] from the series Noa Noa [Fragrance] 1894. colour woodcut, edition of 25-30. 40.0 x 27.2 cm (sheet), 35.9 x 21.0 cm (image). State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased 1972 Right Marcel Duchamp (American, born France. 1887-1968) In Advance of the Broken Arm, August 1964 (fourth version, after lost original of November 1915). wood and galvanized-iron snow shovel, 52” (132 cm) high. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris/Estate of Marcel Duchamp.
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Film Festival Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Film Festival Louise Bourgeois (American, born France. 1911-2010) Louise Bourgeois was for six decades an important and influential figure in the world of modern art. In 1982, at the age of 71, she became the first woman to be honoured with a major retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Best known for her series of massive spider structures, Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine is a comprehensive examination of her creative process. Dr Ann Shilo, Senior Lecturer, School of Design & Art, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University will whet our appetites in the APPRECIATING talk before the screening. (see Artifacts p14) Monday 24 September, 6 – 9.30pm (inc. refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6:30pm, followed by film) Theatrette, AGWA (via James St Mall entrance) Member $40/Guest $50 – Booking ref: F22 ART in the VALLEY
Gomboc Gallery & Sculpture Park
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ADFAS series 2012
A Victorian Splendour; The Golden Age of British Glass (with Dr Charles Hajdamach) Professed to be one of the greatest periods in British glassmaking, the 19th century saw glassmakers create a kaleidoscope of shapes, colours and decorative techniques now lauded for the genius of their technical virtuosity and aesthetic sensibility. Dr Hajdamach will present evocative portraits of the glassmakers and designers, as well as the objects themselves. Dr Hajdamach is a leading authority on glass, previously a Director of Dudley Museums and Art Galleries, Broadfield House Glass Museum and the author of British Glass 1800-1814 and British 20th Century Glass. Monday 3 September, 6 – 8pm (inc. refreshments @ 6pm, lecture 6:45pm) * Central Institute of Technology – Lecture Theatre, Building 1, Francis St, Northbridge (opposite the entry to State Library Car Park) Member $40/Guest $50 – Booking ref: F20 Curator’s Talk and Tour
Jeff Wall Photographs with Gary Dufour ❤ The Gallery’s Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Gary Dufour, is a specialist on the works of Jeff Wall, whom he has known for 30 years. Gary will introduce us to his favourite works in the exhibition and we’ll discover why Jeff Wall is widely acknowledged as one of the most inventive and influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. An opportunity to introduce your friends to the Gallery and catch this acclaimed show before it closes the next day! Sunday 9 September, 2 – 4.30pm Meet in the Friends VIP Lounge, AGWA Member $30/Guest $30 (inc. light refreshments) – Booking ref: F21 8
Establishing his Gallery and Sculpture Park in the Swan Valley 30 years ago, Ron Gomboc is well known for his own sculptures exhibited at Sculpture by the Sea and all over Australia. Ron is a major advocate of emerging talent and international exchange. Enjoy a guided tour with Ron and soak up some of his passion! Continue the lively conversation afterwards at Jane Brook Estate Wines. In celebration of our generous sponsor’s 40 years of operation: sample great wines and seasonal platters at a long table lunch in the garden. An outing for art buffs and foodies alike. Sunday 16 September, 10 – 2pm Gomboc Gallery & Sculpture Park/Jane Brook Estate Wines, Swan Valley Member $50/Guest $60 (inc. lunch & wine tasting at Jane Brook) – Booking ref: F23
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ADFAS series 2012
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and Humphrey Repton; English Landscape Garden Design in Changing Times 1738 – 1816 (with Mr Keir Davidson) Times of great uncertainty, followed by enormous social and economic change in Britain, influenced Brown and Reptons’ response to the English landscape. This lecture captures the period when Brown and Repton became regarded as the most important designers of the identifiable ‘English’ school of landscaping. Plans, paintings and drawings as well as modern photographs will explore the inspirations and styles of these two designers; and their importance, now reflected in renewed popularity. Mr Davidson is a landscape designer and has lectured widely and published several titles including The Art of Zen Gardening. Monday 8 October, 6 – 8pm (inc. refreshments @ 6pm, lecture @ 6.45pm) * Central Institute of Technology – Lecture Theatre, Building 1, Francis St, Northbridge (opposite the entry to State Library Car Park) Member $40/Guest $50 – Booking ref: F24 Top left Long table lunch at Jane Brook Estate
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Open Studio & Art Walk Series
North Freo Art Walk Fleur Schell, one of Australia’s premier ceramic artists, and her husband, Richard Hill, converted a former school into their home and SODA studios, with an international residency, six years ago. After visiting Fleur, we’ll walk a few metres to Gallery East to learn about contemporary artist Patrizia Tonello, and conclude with Rachel Coad’s exhibition at Perth Galleries. At the conclusion we invite you to champagne farewell Norah Ohrt, Director of Perth Galleries and former Friends’ President, who will soon retire from the Perth art scene. Sunday 21 October, 3 – 6pm North Fremantle Member $35/Guest $45 (inc. refreshments) – Booking ref: F27 REGISTER your INTEREST
ASA International Scholars Series (with Dr John Wreglesworth) A scholar with a passion for European culture and history from Portugal to Russia, Dr Wreglesworth has led many tours over the last decade exploring the world’s finest art, architecture and culture. Friends and ASA are keen to develop a bi-annual series of cultural history lectures, delivered by visiting international scholars. Please support the ASA lectures in Perth by registering your interest and inviting your friends. Email: friends@artgallery.wa.gov.au Monday 29 October, 6 – 8pm (inc. refreshments) Wednesday 31 October, 11am – 1pm (inc. lunch) Theatrette, AGWA (via James St Mall entrance) Prices to be confirmed – Booking ref: F25
Film Festival
Diary Date
Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Exhibition closes 3 December 2012 Diary Date
Friends Christmas Party Watch out! We have something wonderful planned for this year’s party. Save the date! Sunday 9 December AGWA Members $40/Guests $50 – Booking ref: F28
CLOSING NIGHT
Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters Film Festival Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Ten identical faces printed in black, over two rows, on canvas 5.65 metres long and 2 metres high; are the faces really identical? Andy Warhol created this image from a photo of actress Elizabeth Taylor. Why did he choose her image as his subject and repetition as his theme? Working in New York at the epicentre of the Pop Art movement, Ten Lizes breaks from the traditional art of portraiture. Alan Dodge AM, former Director of the Gallery will present an APPRECIATING talk to help us de-code Andy Warhol’s works in the Exhibition, followed by a screening of Ten Lizes. Monday 12 November, 6 – 9pm AGWA Details to be confirmed – Booking ref: F26
Above Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Before and After, 1961. casein and pencil on canvas, 54 x 69 7/8” (137.2 x 177.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of David Geffen. © 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Right Fleur Schell, Heidi – Caretaker of Harry, 2011. porcelain figurative sculpture. 62 x 30 cm
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The Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia are delighted to offer members, and their friends, a rich program of events throughout the year – designed to enrich the enjoyment of the Art Gallery’s exhibitions and the local art scene. Most events have a ticket price, not only to cover costs but also to collect important funds in support of acquisitions for the State Art Collection, and to extend the Gallery’s public and education programs. Members are encouraged to bring their friends to all our events. We welcome their support and, to spread the love, ‘friends’ of Friends qualify for discount member prices at events marked with the ❤ symbol. If you’re not a member of the ‘Friends’, pick up a Membership form next time you visit AGWA or visit the Friends website for info: www.artfriends.com.au
BOOKING DETAILS ONLINE: Click on the “Book an Event” button at www.artfriends.com.au TELEPHONE: (08) 9492 6750 POST: fill in the booking form (available for download from our website or on the reverse of the mailing sheet that came with Artifacts) and post with your payment to: Friends Ticketing, PO Box 48, Northbridge WA 6865. CONDITIONS Bookings are essential, limited and subject to availability. Payment is required upon booking, and prices include GST. Valid Concession/ Seniors ID and Membership Cards must be presented when purchasing concession memberships and making members bookings. Confirmation: All bookings are recorded on a door-list, with booking and event confirmed via TryBooking, email or phone call within seven (7) days of the event. Cancellations: Seven (7) full days notice of an event is required to qualify for a refund or credit. Membership fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. Conditions: The right is reserved to add, withdraw, reschedule or substitute artists/ lecturers and/or vary advertised programs, prices, venues, seating arrangements and audience capacity. The rights of booking and admission is reserved and is subject to Friends terms of admission, copies of which are available from Friends on request. Privacy Statement: The Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia respects information privacy. For details of our full privacy policy please contact the Friends office.
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