Symposium: The Known World

Posted by Sas Lyon

Prints were once the prime means of communicating information about the unknown world, but how does print production operate today? This three-day symposium will explore various strategies that contemporary print artists have adopted to make sense of our world.

Keynote address: Dr Ann Stephen, Senior Curator, University Art Gallery, The University of Sydney, will launch the symposium with a reflection on the impact of the visionary Bauhaus model on the circulation and production of prints by Australian artists who explore the spaces between present knowledge and future possibilities.

Speakers include: Chris de Rosa, Brian Robinson, Patsy Payne, Lonnie Hutchinson, Jake Holmes [Tooth and Nail], Theo Tremblay, Kate Sweetapple, Tony Kanellos and Joan Ross.

AFFILIATED EVENTS

EXHIBITION
Open Saturday & Sunday 2 & 3 May | 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
NGA Contemporary, Queen Elizabeth Terrace, southern foreshore, Lake Burley Griffin
Streetwise: New prints
Visit our newest space to see a selection of contemporary prints from the collection.

BOOK LAUNCH
Saturday 2 May from 5.00 pm
NGA Bookshop
Hertha Kluge-Pott: printmaker

EXHIBITION VIEWING
Saturday 2 May | 5.00 – 7.00 pm
A limited number of tickets will be available for attendees to view James Turrell: A Retrospective.

SYMPOSIUM DINNER
Saturday 2 May | 7.00 pm
Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia
Delegates who wish to attend the dinner need to book this separately to symposium registration.
Bookings essential here or at (02) 6240 6701 (Mon-Fri) $85.00

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Sunday 3 May 1.00pm – 2.30 pm
NGA Small Theatre
Print Council of Australia

CLOSING DRINKS
Sunday 3 May from 1.30 pm
Megalo Print Studio 21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston
John Loane exhibition Ceci n’est plus, une gravure à l’eau forte and multi-artist print sale and exchange
For further information call (02) 6232 6041 or visit Megalo Print Studio

CURATORIAL FORUM
Monday 4 May | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Small Theatre, National Gallery of Australia
A forum for curators and arts professionals who have a particular interest in the collection and display of works of art on paper. For further information call (02) 6240 6416.

Source