EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
MAY - OCTOBER 08 Adam Cullen: let’s get lost15 May – 27 July 08
A survey of Adam Cullen’s paintings, drawings and sculptures from the early 1990s until now. An important and larger than life artist, Cullen is known for his abrasive yet expressive visual language. His satirical references and local and national subject matter present a confronting and incisive view of contemporary Australian urban and suburban life.
* Note: exhibition content may be considered sensitive for some school audiences.
Adam Cullen education collection notes Discussion tour
Whatcha lookin at?: Take a gander at Cullen’s ‘Oz’ and learn the lingo. Investigate what Cullen is saying in his work and how he says it. Explore his strategies for getting in the face of an audience and challenging ideas of art and Australian culture.
YEARS 9-12 • 1 hour • $127.50 per group of 15 or less Harold Cazneaux: artist in photography5 June – 10 August 08 A pioneer of modern photography in Australia, Harold Cazneaux’s distinctive style and impressive output made an indelible mark on the development of Australian photography. Drawn from collections around Australia, this exhibition presents an unprecedented opportunity to re-assess his body of work and consider why he is often described as the ‘father’ of Australian photography. Study morning
The father of Australian photography? Assess Cazneaux’s impact on the history of Australian photography and his place as one of its most significant figures. Investigate the breadth of his practice from commercial to fine art and his technical achievements as his style developed from the dark moody tones of early pictorialism to the later light-filled aesthetic forged by he and others through the founding of the Sydney Camera Circle. Look at how he became a key chronicler of Sydney – its streets, harbour and city life.
Years 9-12 • 10 & 26 June, 25 & 29 July 10.30-11.30am • $3 per student Biennale of Sydney 2008. Revolutions: forms that turn18 June – 7 September 08 Australia’s largest contemporary visual arts event showcasing contemporary Australian and international art, bringing together historical and contemporary artworks to investigate the concept of ‘revolution’ and the impulse to revolt in both art and life.
Exhibition guidebook free with booking • Revolutionary Student Newspaper hardcopy and online • teachers kit available online only www.bos2008.com/app/biennale and AGNSW Education website Teachers preview - CANCELLED
Pry open Revolutions: forms that turn with a curatorial overview by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, artistic director of the 2008 Biennale of Sydney; the artist’s experience with exhibiting artist Raquel Ormella; and an outline of education strategies, programs and resources.
Tuesday 24 June • 5.15-7.30pm • $15 (includes refreshments, exhibition viewing, audience interactive exploration and resources)
• Full program & booking form Teachers tour
Exclusive insights into Cockatoo Island and Pier 2/3 Join Biennale Public Programs and Education manager, Dr Dougal Phillips, for insights into the issues faced when developing site specific works for these unique venues. Tristan Sharp, senior coordinator of Education programs, AGNSW and Justine McLisky, MCA Learning coordinator Schools and Family Programs, will discuss teaching strategies and Stage 6 Case Study development. This tour, in combination with AGNSW and MCA teacher previews, provides a model for your own Biennale experience.
A partnership program between The Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of NSW and Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturday 28 June 9.30am - 1.00pm FREE + cost of Cockatoo Island Ferry • Numbers are limited • Bookings essential > Study mornings
• Curator and artist interview: join 2008 Biennale’s artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and exhibiting artist Ross Gibson (Australia) to discuss the curatorial concept and Gibson’s artmaking practice. Followed by an audience Q&A.
Years 10-12 • 1 July • 10.30am-12pm • $3 per student
• Revolutionary art - art for revolution: unpack the Revolutions: forms that turn, its key themes and artworks. Consider the curatorial selection of historical and contemporary artists and the dialogue created between artist and audience. Examine the deliberate choice of the Gallery as a venue for these artists, and the challenges they present.
Years 9-12 • 25 & 27 June, 22, 24 & 30 July, 5 & 8 August • 10.30-11.30am • $3 per student Discussion tour
Revolt in the Biennale: revolving, rotating, mirroring, repeating, reversing, turning upside down or inside out are some of the Biennale’s themes, but also fun and useful strategies to decode and interpret contemporary art. Confront key artworks, develop these skills and consider the impulse of artists to ‘revolt’ against systems and structures.
1 hour • $127.50 per group of 15 or less War: the prints of Otto Dix 22 August – 26 October 08 Otto Dix’s war portfolio Der Krieg of 1924, a collection of 51 etchings with aquatint and drypoint, is regarded as one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century, and captures Dix’s horror of, and fascination with, the experience of war.
A National Gallery of Australia Travelling Exhibition
NGA website resource > Discussion tour
The artist as witness: examining Otto Dix’s prints and works in the Gallery’s collection, contemplate the role of the artist as a witness to war. Discover the diverse techniques and strategies used to record the physical and the psychological effects of war.
1 hour • $127.50 per group of 15 or less Dobell Drawing Prize15 August – 2 November 08 This important drawing prize was established in 1993 to encourage excellence in drawing and honour a great Australian artist.
Sponsored by the Sir William Dobell Foundation. Discussion tour
Drawing attention: investigate the Dobell Prize by looking and interpreting, discussing and drawing and experimenting with materials.
1 hour • $127.50 per group of 15 or less • VAPDs and pencils essential. Other drawing materials supplied Monet and the Impressionists11 October 08 – 26 January 09 This superb exhibition from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, which has one of the world’s finest collections of Impressionist paintings, presents 60 paintings, including 30 by the master of Impressionism, Claude Monet. Accompanied by works by Cézanne, Manet, Degas, Pissarro, Renoir and Sisley, the selection will highlight the breadth of Monet’s interests, his influences and the influence he exerted on his contemporaries from the 1860s until the summit of his fame in the 1900s. The Gallery is the exhibition’s only Australian venue.
$5 per student for booked school groups • education kit available: hardcopy free with bookings; extended format online • children’s trail available Important excursion information
The Gallery strongly encourages all K-12 education groups to consider visiting this exhibition in Term 4 between 13 October and 11 November 2008 to minimise any excursion disruption and to maximise excursion outcomes.
Further information
Teachers preview
Director Edmund Capon and curator Terence Maloon will present insights into this landmark exhibition’s genesis, the history of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ Impressionist collection, key works and artists in the exhibition, and Monet’s essential role as catalyst and leader of the Impressionist movement.
Tuesday 16 September • 5.15pm–7:30pm • $15 (includes refreshments, cross-curricular resources & exhibition entry)
• Full program & booking form available August 2008 Study morning
Let there be landscape and light! Who were the Impressionists and why is Monet one of the towering figures in art history? Discover what was so radical about the Impressionists’ vision of the world. Explore key works to assess how Monet challenged landscape painting traditions and developed techniques that went beyond merely representing light in art to generating it within a painting.
Years 7–10 • 14, 21 & 29 October, 6 November • 10.30–11.30am • $7 per student (includes exhibition entry) Studio session
Viewing the gardens through Monet’s eyes: connect the Royal Botanic Gardens with art through the exhibition and the Garden’s living collection of flowering plants and landscapes created around the time Monet painted in his garden at Giverny. This practical workshop, held in the gardens adjacent to the Gallery, will provide inspiration and practical experiences for students to produce their own plein-air artwork in the style of Monet and the Impressionists.
A partnership program between the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Botanic Gardens Trust.
* Note: this studio session time does not incorporate viewing the exhibition. Please allow time either before or after this session to do so.
Years 7-8 • 2 hours • $450 per group of 30 or less (includes exhibition entry) • Monday & Wednesday • 10.30am-12.30pm or 12.30-2.30pm Da Vinci Project
• Starting with art: mastering Monet: a workshop tour for students with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities which includes discussion, artmaking, role-play and the use of sensory materials. Pre- and post-visit activities are provided.
1 hour • 8 students or less • free with $5 per student exhibition entry
• HOT art: Monet and his world: a workshop tour with a practical focus on drawing and painting for gifted and talented students focusing on the influence of Japanese art and historical perspectives on Monet’s work. Pre- and post-visit activities are provided.
Years 7 & 8 • 1.5 hours • $187.50 per group of 15 or less
What’s newThe new word order Art Gallery of NSW and Art & Australia Prize for senior student critical writing on the visual arts for senior secondary students in NSW.
Entries close 4 August
More information Gallery refurbishmentJune 08 – December 09: updates on access to exhibitions, collections, programs and excursions procedures
Education entrance: Trial period extended to 9 April 09
Further information Living Black – Yiribana GalleryEducation collection notes available | 
