Lecture / Afternoon Tea
Campaspe House
Saturday 6 June
1.30 to 3.30 pm
Full $25 / Conc $20
Globalism and its cultural influences are now intrinsic to the artistic lexicon, hence our title "The Cultural Pavlova", developed as a New Zealand version of a French Meringue, topped with fruits of all colours, tastes and shapes, ergo a macedoine, French for fruit salad or code for the Mix. We intend to explore how that layering from a homogenous base grows, constantly changing with certain connecting threads detaining to cultural values. With the influence of globalisation will the arts be able to withstand the all-emcompassing mono-culture and respond directly to an experience?
Post-Colonialism: Borrowed and Stolen: Dr. David Hansen has spent 25 years in public galleries, as Director of the Warrnambool Art Gallery, the Riddoch Art Gallery, Mt. Gambier, the Australian Sculptural Triennial, Melbourne and as Senior Curator of Art at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. Currently Senior Researcher and Paintings Specialist Australian Paintings, Sotheby's.
Melbourne Expressionism, Bushfire, Bathrooms & The Ballet Russes: Felicity St.John Moore is an Hon. Fellow Dept. Fine Art Melb. Univ. and an authority on Australian art. Her relevant books on Melbourne Expressionism include Vassilief and his Art, Classical modernism: The George Bell Circle and Charles Blackman School Girls and Angels.
Impropaganda: What's with Woodend? Through a focus on history painting, politics and portraiture the art of Caroline Williams More addresses psychological and social issues in life - especially via the discourse of colonialisms and feminisim - using anomalies while questioning the nature of conventions, memory and authority.
Since 1968, she has held over forty individual exhibitions and has participated in over one hundred group exhibitions in Australasia, Asia and Europe. Her work is held in public, corporate and private collections in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and North America.
Woodbine Art Director Anita von Bibra has organised this lecture, together with a festival-friendly installation "IMPROPAGANDA" by Caroline Williams at Woodbine Art Gallery, 2644 Daylesford Road, Malmsbury.