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Tim Johnson: painting ideas
11 Nov 2009 to 14 Feb 2010
This major survey exhibition begins with Johnson’s activities as a conceptual and performance artist in the early 1970s and co-founder of the Inhibodress artists’ collective in Sydney. In addition to performance documentation, films and artists’ books from the early 1970s, this section also includes his punk music paintings and prints.
The major section of the exhibition commences with paintings that came from Johnson’s first visits to Papunya in the late 1970s and early 1980s and his subsequent collaborations with Aboriginal artists including Michael Jagamara Nelson and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. Johnson’s concurrent interest in Buddhism and Asian iconography from diverse sources is also explored. The rest of the exhibition is devoted to the impressive paintings and other works that developed from Johnson’s interest in tracing an often eclectic, at times controversial, equivalence between artistic and spiritual practices across many cultures and countries.
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Texts and textiles
16 Oct 2009 to 18 Apr 2010
Ancient Greek papyrus and fragments of woven Coptic shawls feature in this exhibition that explores how texts and textiles were produced and used in antiquity. Highlights include papyrus fragments from a book by Thucydides found at Oxyrhyncus and a complete Coptic tunic made from linen and wool with finely embroidered patterns. This exhibition offers a view into the lives of elite as well as average citizens from the Egyptian Nile valley through the texts and textiles that they read and wore.
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Highlights of the University of Melbourne Art Collection, part 2
04 Sep 2009 to 17 Jan 2010
Since the university’s inception in 1853, thousands of rare and invaluable pieces have been collected. Shaped over more than 150 years by the many individuals who have donated, acquired and commissioned artworks, the collection comprises fascinating items of diverse cultural significance.
This exhibition profiles several of the University’s collection strengths and includes artworks from the the Gerard Herbst Poster Collection, the Rupert Bunny Collection, a group of Japanese ukiyo-e prints, and major early 20th century paintings by Australian artists Hugh Ramsay and George Bell.
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