The highway is a disco is bartons largest solo exhibition to date, offering up many of her most famous works, while also presenting new works from which the exhibition draws its name. The highway is a disco reveals the artists imaginative and deeply sensuous world, where ornately decorated species both human and animal are rendered in seductive line and colour. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The highway is a disco by del kathryn barton goodreads. The highway is a disco takes the visitor into the artists sensuous world, filled with new and recent paintings, drawings and collages that feature the human and the animal form vibrantly rendered.
Exhibition view, del kathryn barton, the highway is a disco, national gallery of. It is also another instance of a sydney artist being given a major exhibition by a victorian art museum. The highway is a disco november 14, 2017 exhibitions twotime archibald prizewinner, del kathryn barton will be celebrated in the largest ever exhibition of her work to date at national gallery of victoria in del kathryn barton. Exclusive to the ngv design store, all proceeds from sales go towards the development of the ngvs collection and exhibition program. Jan 30, 2018 the highway is a disco is the largest exhibition of del kathryn bartons multiform practice to date, comprising 150 pieces including a 10metre long painting, film, textiles, collage and at the foot of your love 2017, a sculptural tribute to her late mother, who she says was an innate part of the fabric of my universe. Australian art in berlin, books and arts, abc radio national. Edition of 100on the occasion of the exhibition del kathryn barton the highway is a disco the national gallery of victoria presents a collectors edition art book with accompanying print, of pink planets, 2014 by del kathryn barton. The highway is a disco takes the visitor into the artists sensuous world, filled with new and recent paintings, drawings and collages that feature the human and the animal. The highway is a disco by pip wallis 2018 book new del kathryn barton.
Curator pip wallis writes about symbolism in bartons imagery, while peggy frew explores womens experience and the film red, 2016, in an interview with the artist. The nightingale and the rose has its genesis in a commission by artand foundation, who asked del kathryn barton in. Plus, there are few exhibitions that the reader can visit in early january, during the traditional art gallery shutdown period. Nov 16, 2017 we have to fight to preserve our child selves, says del kathryn barton. The ngv editions program commissions leading australian and international artists, architectural and design studios, to create unique and highly collectable limited editions.
The highway is a disco by pip wallis, 9781925432428, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ngv australia at federation square, melbourne, 17 november 201712 march 2018colophon. The ngv presents a major solo exhibition of one of australias most popular artists, del kathryn barton. Nov 04, 2017 in 2008, del kathryn barton won the archibald prize and her world changed overnight. Due to the evolving nature of covid19 and after following closely the state and federal governments advice, we have extended the ngvs temporary closure until 30 june. Born in sydney in 1972, she attended the college of fine arts at the university of new south wales, graduating in 1993 with a bachelor of fine arts. Its the day before the opening of her new exhibition, the highway is a disco, at ngv australia. The highway is a disco will feature 150 new and recent works by barton, including her famed kaleidoscopic portraits, a neverbeforeseen largescale sculpture in homage to her mother and bartons short film red, starring australian actress and academy awardwinner cate blanchett. Renowned for her vibrant, highly detailed works, del kathryn barton is an acclaimed artist working across painting, drawing, film, textile and sculpture. Dive into the psychedelic world of one of australias most popular visual artists, del kathryn barton. Their lush, naked bodies are stark white against a vibrant canvas of marks, lines, and dots.
Nov 21, 2017 artist del kathryn bartons exhibition at the national gallery of victoria the highway is a disco, actor nicole kidman on her latest film the killing of a sacred dear, playwright joanna murray. From our team here at ngv, wed like to express our very best wishes to our community at this time. Once youve seen the sumptuous and intricately detailed world of del kathryn barton you start to realise how she won two archibald prizes. Del kathryn bartons the highway is a disco books and arts abc. Artist del kathryn barton and husband chris plater. If one could distill a persons entire life into two words, the twotime archibald prizewinning artist del kathryn bartons might be tight curation. Del kathryn barton the highway is a disco duration. Del kathryn barton, the highway is a disco, 2015, synthetic polymer paint and ink on paper. The nightingale and the rose has its genesis in a commission by artand foundation, who asked del kathryn barton in 2010 to reimagine a timeless fairytale. The highway is a disco reveals the artists imaginative and deeply. Its not a surprising sentiment from the artist who fuses totality and the minutiae of personal story in her portrayal of women, self and nature. The highway is a disco is the first museum survey for an artist who has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past decade.
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