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Image of artwork by Lena Nyadbi

Exhibition Opening -  WARMUN THEN AND NOW

Presented by the Berndt Museum and Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Presented by the Berndt Museum, WARMUN THEN AND NOW features artwork by renowned Indigenous artists whose homelands lie in Gija country, located in the Kimberley region of north-east WA.

This exhibition presents a distinctive series of paintings by 1980s artists such as Queenie McKenzie, Rover Thomas and Paddy Jaminji, alongside more recent work by Mabel Juli, Lena Nyadbi, Betty Carrington, and others. The exhibition design complements the artwork by taking Perth audiences into a replica of a remote-area Aboriginal Art Centre and Gallery as a contextual backdrop.

  • Duration: Opening Saturday 4 July 3pm | Exhibition runs until 12 December 2015
  • Event Type: Exhibition Opening / Exhibition
  • Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
  • Attend: FREE RSVP to attend the opening night | Tues - Sat, 11am - 5pm
  • Enquiries: (08) 6488 3707 or [email protected]

Image: Lena Nyadbi, Gija Language Group, Warmun Community, Jimbarla Country (detail), c 2012, etching on paper, 50 x 60cm. Berndt Museum, The University of Western Australia, © the artist.

Bio photo of Sandy Toussaint

Curators in Discussion

Presented by the Berndt Museum

Attend the launch of WARMUN THEN AND NOW at 3pm then enjoy afternoon tea and stay to listen to Professor Sandy Toussaint of the Berndt Museum in discussion with representatives of the Warmun Art Centre. The exhibition includes prized works from renowned Gija artists dating from the 1980s through to works completed recently. Hear how this intensive collaborative process between the community and the museum has brought together a display of works that illuminate the richness and depths of the cultural life of the artists and their families.

  • Date: 4pm Saturday 4 July 2015
  • Event Type: Curator's Talk / Exhibition
  • Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
  • Attend: FREE | RSVP to attend
  • Enquiries: (08) 6488 3707 or [email protected]

Image: Sandy Toussaint, Associate Director, Berndt Museum

Photo of artwork titled On the swan Nedlands

Exhibition Opening -  Elise Blumann: An Émigré Artist in Western Australia, 1938-1948

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

German artist Elise Blumann arrived in Perth in the summer of 1938. She was immediately struck by the local landscape and the piercing brightness of the Australian light. Her painting in the subsequent decade focused on an analysis of various plant forms surrounding her home in Nedlands, and the settings of the Swan River and the Indian Ocean, which feature prominently in her work. While including some early works produced in Europe, this exhibition focuses on paintings from the artist’s first decade in Australia; the series of bold portraits produced in the late 1930s to the increasingly abstract renderings of the landscape of the late 1940s.

  • Duration: Opening 10 July 6pm | Exhibition runs 11 July - 19 September 2015
  • Event Type: Exhibition Opening / Exhibition
  • Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
  • Attend: FREE RSVP to attend the opening night | Tues - Sat, 11am - 5pm
  • Enquiries: (08) 6488 3707 or [email protected]

Image: Elise Blumann, On the Swan, Nedlands, 1942, oil on composition board, 56.6 x 66.4 cm, The University of Western Australia Art Collection, Acquired with the assistance of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council and the Dr Albert Gild Fund, 1976. Photo: Bo Wong

Image of artwork by Elizabeth Pulie

Exhibition Opening -  OBJECT LESSONS II: Curtain Situations

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

OBJECT LESSONS II: Curtain Situations is the second in a three-part exhibition series at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery in 2015 showcasing contemporary art from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art. OBJECT LESSONS II: Curtain Situations refers to a recent acquisition for the collection from leading contemporary artist Agatha Gothe-Snape, a diptych titled Expression Curtain/Certain Situations, which juxtaposes found fabric with a text that transforms the fabric from an object into a ‘situation’.

Using this juxtaposition between two and three dimensions as an exhibition framework, OBJECT LESSONS II: Curtain Situations includes sculptural objects alongside paintings and prints that examine the continuing mysteries of representation and perception.

  • Duration: Opening 10 July 6pm | Exhibition runs 11 July - 19 September 2015
  • Event Type: Exhibition Opening / Exhibition
  • Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
  • Attend: FREE RSVP to attend the opening night | Tues - Sat, 11am - 5pm
  • Enquiries: (08) 6488 3707 or [email protected]

Image: Elizabeth Pulie, Wood & Stone (detail), 1997, wood & stone beads, wire, metal rod, 80 x 200cm. Collection of Elaine Baker and John Cruthers. © Courtesy the artist

Image of artwork titled Surge by Elise Blumann

Curator's Talk and Tour - Elise Blumann: An Émigré Artist in Western Australia, 1938 - 1948

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Join Curator Dr Sally Quin for a discussion of the life and work of German artist Elise Blumann who, on arriving in Western Australia in 1938, was struck by the intense light and colour of the local landscape. This tour will investigate the artist’s response to her new home through analysis of her bold and evocative paintings.
  • Date: Saturday 11 July 2015, 2pm - 3pm
  • Event Type: Talk and Tour
  • Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
  • Attend: FREE | Register to attend
  • Enquiries: (08) 6488 3707 or [email protected]

Image: Elise Blumann, Surge, 1943–44, oil on paper on board, 86.0 x 55.5 cm. Private collection. Photo: Bo Wong

Artwork depicting disabled soldier

MY COLLECTION

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

There are many works in the UWA Art Collection and the Cruthers Collection of Women's Art that reference themes of war, service and the ANZAC story. As part of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery's ongoing MY COLLECTION project, throughout 2015 three esteemed members of the University community have been invited to write about a selected work that for them evokes the ANZAC spirit. 

During the month of August, as part of the Australians and War program, the featured work is George Coates, Disabled Soldier. The commentary for this work has been written by Professor Kim Beazley, Australia's Ambassador to the United States and former Minister for Defence.

  • When: 11 July - 19 September 2015, 11am - 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday
  • Event type: Exhibition
  • Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
  • Attend: FREE.
  • Enquiries: Gallery Reception on 6488 3707 or [email protected]

Image: George Coates, Disabled Soldier (detail), c 1918, brush and ink on paper on card, 31.5 x 30.0 cm, The University of Western Australia Art Collection, Gift of Mrs M W Moody in memory of Thomas and Henry Ingram Moody, 1949.

Image of 24SEVEN gallery showing work by Abdul Abdullah

24SEVEN

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

The Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery has commissioned four artists to produce video work on the broad theme of the centenary of Gallipoli and ANZAC. The works will be shown on the 24SEVEN screen at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery during 2015.

The first stage of the project concentrates on close consultation with the commissioned artists on their respective subject. The featured artists during August for the WINTERarts Australians and Way program are Andrew and David Wood.

  • When: 11 July - 19 September 2015, artwork viewable all hours, 24/7
  • Event type: Exhibition
  • Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
  • Attend: FREE.
  • Enquiries: Gallery Reception on 6488 3707 or [email protected]

Image: 24SEVEN featuring Abdul Abdullah’s artwork GOD IS WITH US

Photograph of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery building

Where is Article 31?

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Article 31 of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), remains one of the most overlooked globally, even though children’s cultural rights offer the possibility of shaping museums into more democratic institutions. In this talk, visiting scholar Dr Lea Mai seeks to contribute to an emergent dialogue on the cultural citizenship of children in art museums.
  • Date: Thursday 23 July 2015, 6 - 7:30pm
  • Event Type: Lecture and Presentation
  • Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
  • Attend: FREE | Register to attend
  • Enquiries: (08) 6488 3707 or [email protected]
Image of artwork titled Surge by Elise Blumann

Inside knowledge: revisiting the life and times of Elise Blumann, 1938-1948

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

In Elise Blumann: An Émigré Artist in Western Australia, 1938-1948, the artwork provides an insight into the social and cultural life of Perth at a time of immense change. Join Elise Blumann’s son Nils Blumann as he elaborates on the stories and events behind the art and provides a personal viewpoint to the works
  • Date: Saturday 25 July 2015, 2pm - 3pm
  • Event Type: Talk and Tour
  • Venue: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
  • Attend: FREE | Register to attend
  • Enquiries: (08) 6488 3707 or [email protected]

Image: Elise Blumann, Surge, 1943–44, oil on paper on board, 86.0 x 55.5 cm. Private collection. Photo: Bo Wong

Photograph of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery building

Friday Talk: What is collection and exhibition registration?

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

The role of the curator in museums and galleries is fairly well understood but the role of registrar is less easily defined. It is a job that encompasses the management of collections and exhibitions including information management, artwork handling and movement, preservation, conservation, insurance, transport logistics, acquisitions, loans, image management, copyright and legal and audit requirements.

Join Kate Hamersley, Registrar (UWA Collections), as she discusses the responsibilities of collection and exhibition registration at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery.

Artwork of Elise Blumann

Workshop: Drawing the Human Face

Presented by UWA Extension and the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Drawing the human face is challenging, but it is a wonderful skill for capturing precious moments in life. Whether you have experience or not, come and learn how to draw what you really see. Discover your gifts and where they can take you.

Curator Dr Sally Quin will first guide a tour of the exhibition Elise Blumann: An Émigré Artist in Western Australia, 1938-1948, focusing on the figures and portraits. Then join artist Daniela Dlugocz in two rewarding afternoon workshops in which you will experiment with different materials and shading techniques.

A life model will attend each session of the course. You will discover not just a face on paper but how to capture expression and atmosphere.

EdCC Geology and War exhibition

Geology and War

Presented by the Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum and the UWA Cultural Precinct

The exhibition will feature artefacts used as weapons that contain geological components or derived from minerals or rocks.  Of particular note are artefacts from the First World War from the Museum Curator’s personal collection, along with items on loan from other museums, UWA Schools and individuals.

An original sound loop created by Kingsley Reeve (Sound Design and Production, National Institute for Dramatic Art) will compliment the exhibition.

  • When: 6 - 29 August 2015, various times.
  • Event type: Exhibition
  • Presenter: Edward de Courcy Clarke Earth Science Museum
  • Venue: EdCC Earth Science Museum
  • Attend: FREE. No bookings required.
  • Enquiries: Museum Curator - 6488 2681

Image: Lt McGlinn, 44th Battalion, later Australian Flying Corp and souvenir embossed World War One British and German 25 pounder shells. Photo: John Reeve (Curator, UWA) 

Mud Blood and gas image by Annette Thas

MUD, BLOOD AND GAS: Visions of hell on the Western Front

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Annette Thas, photographer, filmmaker, mixed media and sculpture/installation artist, has exhibited extensively in Europe and Australia. She studied sculpture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon, drawing at the Saint-Lucas School of Arts Ghent, and Fine Arts Photography & Filmmaking at UWA. Her ‘Wave 1’ won the People’s Choice Award at Sculpture by the Sea 2014.

Drawing on images and stories encountered while growing up in the Flanders, Thas’ iconic photographs of period gas masks symbolize the horrors experienced in the alien and deformed landscape of the Western Front in WWI. These banner size images will be hung on venues across campus.

  • When: 6 - 30 August 2015, all hours
  • Event type: Outdoor photographic banner exhibitions
  • Venue: Various locations across Crawley campus, The University of Western Australia
  • Attend: FREE. Open public spaces.
  • Enquiries: (08) 6488 3707 or [email protected]

Image: Gas masks. Photographs by Annette Thas.

Photo of Vinzent Jutta

2015 Salek Minc Lecture: Space, Place and Migration in Modern Art

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

This year’s Salek Minc Lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition Elise Blumann: An Émigré Artist in Western Australia, 1938–1948 (11 July–19 September 2015) and presented by Dr. Jutta Vinzent, Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture at the University of Birmingham, UK, and Research Fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt, Germany.

Her publications include Identity and Image: Refugee Artists from Nazi Germany in Britain (1933-1945) and Overcoming Dictatorships: Contemporary East and West European Visual Inquiries.

Free to attend, registration essential. RSVP required.

Image: Dr. Jutta Vinzent

Stock photo of Watercolours and paint brushes

Workshop: Watercolour Landscapes for Beginners

A series of two workshops presented by UWA Extension and the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Join Dr Sally Quin for a curator’s talk and tour of Elise Blumann: An Émigré Artist in Western Australia, 1938-1948 and consider landscape painting afresh.

Watercolour painting is a skill that can be learned. Artist and teacher Debi Riley simplifies watercolour processes with step-by-step instructions and demonstration. You’ll be encouraged, inspired and guided in the basics watercolour techniques.  All materials are provided.

Over a two-day workshop on subsequent Saturdays, discover how to create lovely atmospheric skies, mountains, hills, trees and foliage and incorporate them into your own paintings. You’ll learn just how easy it is to mix dozens of colours from only three tubes of paint, and gain techniques to create your own watercolour landscapes.

Photograph of Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery building

Friday Talk - Researching Elise Blumann: An Émigré Artist in Western Australia, 1938-1948

Presented by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery

Dr Sally Quin’s research on Elise Blumann combines her interests in the historical fortunes of women artists and the cultural and social contexts of artistic production. This talk will focus on her approach to research for her book on the artist and the accompanying exhibition.
 

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