GET SMART 2013
Join us for focussed presentations on European Art inspired by the innovative re-display of the Melrose Wing, led by Gallery Guides.
When: Saturday; 25 May, 1 June, 8 June, 15 June
What: Each Saturday’s program:
10 am arrival
10.15 am to 11.15 am Lecture
11.15 am to 11.45 am Morning refreshments
11.45 am to 12.45 pm Lecture
12.45 pm to 1.30 pm Presenters in Melrose Wing for informal
discussion
Location: Radford Auditorium
Cost: $30, $25 Member, $20 Student
Season ticket price (all 4 weeks) - $100, $80 Member, $60 Student
Season ticket bookings essential: Call 08 8207 7005 or
online
Lecture topics
25 May
Art’s ancestry
Embark on a journey with Rosemary Collins and uncover the wellsprings of contemporary art in
ancient times. This lecture will explore human ideals and desires, the abiding themes of love and
compassion, the spiritual and the temporal.
The 3 Ds in art = Design, Decorate and Display
In this presentation, Helen Bulis will consider the diverse techniques, design trends
and the emotional and spiritual resonances of Decorative Arts.
Bookings essential: Call 08 8207 7005 or
online
1 June
Portraiture: conversations across time
Images of human beings are among the most universal across time and place. Join
Maureen Nimon to learn more about ourselves, and our ideas of art, through an examination of
portraits across history.
Are we all flesh?
Delivered by David Stokes, this lecture considers the human condition in its myriad
manifestations and questions the effectiveness of works of art, particularly three dimensional
forms, in forcing us to confront our humanity.
Bookings essential: Call 08 8207 7005 or
online
8 June
Landscape, nature and nation
By the 19th century, landscape painting glorified nature’s spiritual qualities and
had become a powerful expression of nationalism and romanticism. Paul Corcoran focusses on the
aesthetic and political shifts in the very idea of Nature in this lecture.
Interior lives
Works of art featuring domestic interiors and still life subjects offer a window
into private settings and intimate moments. In this lecture, Jill Swann considers the richness and
diversity of human experience communicated to the audience through genre painting.
Bookings essential: Call 08 8207 7005 or
online
15 June
Are we all seduced?
Consider with Mary Rivett , the representations of luxury, beauty, love and
sexuality in works of art designed to seduce in the Melrose Wing of European Art.
Art is long, life is short
Explore with James Lainas the nature of mortality through a consideration of ‘
immortal’ works of art that depict individuals grappling with their humanity.
Bookings essential: Call 08 8207 7005 or
online
