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R-Balson-/41 - Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Galleries


When:	Aug 22, 2008 - Sep 27, 2008
Artist(s):	Ralph Balson
Curated by:	Nicholas Chambers and Michael Whitworth
Additional Information:	Opening: Friday 22 August 2008, 6-8pm. The exhibition will be opened by Dr Ann Lewis AM, Hon. DFA (Syd) - Symposium: Saturday 23 August, 10.30am-4pm Keynote Address 11-12am: Dr Daniel Thomas AM - Session Two 2-3pm: R-Balson-/41-Anthony Horderns' Fine Art Galleries - Panel: Deborah Edwards (Senior Curator, Australian Art, AGNSW), ADS Donaldson (artist), Dr Carolyn Barnes (Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology), Elena Taylor (Curator of Painting and Sculpture, National Gallery of Australia), Andrew McNamara (Senior Lecturer, Visual Art, Queensland University of Technology), Chair: Nicholas Chambers (Curator, Contemporary International Art, Queensland Gallery of Art/Gallery of Modern Art) and Michael Whitworth - Session Three 3.20-4pm: Re-thinking modernist abstraction - A critical re-evaluation of the influence of Roy de Maistre, Roland Wakelin and Ralph Balson on Australian Art. Chair: Nick Waterlow (Director, Ivan Dougherty Gallery)

Ralph Balson Painting no. 17 1941 oil and metallic paints on cardboard 91.7 x 64.8cm Hassall Collection Photograph Sue Blackburn

This exhibition reconstructs Ralph Balson’s 1941 exhibition at Anthony Hordern Gallery – the first one-person exhibition of abstract painting in Australia. Recognised as a landmark in the history of Australian art, Balson’s exhibition has greatly influenced subsequent generations of Australian artists. Exhibition curators Nicholas Chambers (Curator of Contemporary International Art, Queensland Art Gallery) and Michael Whitworth (art collector, benefactor and board member for the Biennale of Sydney) have spent 5 years researching the exhibition in order to assemble the surviving works and provide audiences with a unique opportunity to view the exhibition anew. An illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition.

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