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Third Australian Print Symposium NATIONAL GALLERY OF
AUSTRALIA
25 - 27 APRIL 1997
CONVENOR: ROGER BUTLER
The Third Australian Print
Symposium will be held in Canberra to coincide with
the National Gallery of Australia's major exhibition
The Europeans: ŠmigrÈ' Artists in Australia 1930
-1960.
The exhibition, which showcases
works of art in all media, is particularly rich in
prints. It includes monotypes of extraordinary power
by Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack, Erwin Fabian, Klaus
Friedeberger and Bruno Simon that were produced in
internment camps in Australia during the 1940s. Louis
Kahan, Paul Haefliger, Udo Sellbach and Henry
Saulkauskas are represented by a wonderful series of
(selfi portraits. Also on display is a vigorous group
of lithographs and woodcuts from the ~ 950s by
Melbourn~based artists known primarily for their
sculpture - Julius Kane, Guenter Stein, Teisutis
Zikaras and Karl Duldig. ln addition the exhibition
features books with wood engraved illustrations by
Vaclovas Ratas and Eva Sandor, and commercial poster
and book designs by Gert Sellheim.
The symposium's overarching theme -
that of displacements - is derived from the
exhibition. Speakers will address the theme in many
different ways - cultural, physical, emotional,
technical - relating it to printmaking practice.
The aim of the symposium is to
encourage the exchange of ideas and experiences
between artists, curators, collectors, educators,
conservators, students and the wider public.
The symposium's convenor is Roger
Butler, Senior Curator of Australian Prints, Posters
and Illustrated Books, at the National Gallery of
Australia.
The National Gallery of
Australia
The National Gallery of Australia
houses the pr~minent collection of prints, posters
and illustrated books produced by Australian artists.
Since 1981 when a specialist curator was appointed,
some ~ 7,000 items have been acquired. The emphasis
is on works produced since 1880, but major earlier
works are also acquired. Such an outstanding
collection could not have been assembled without the
gifts of artists, their families and friends, dealers
and benefactors.
The collection of contemporary
Australian prints is particularly strong due to the
generosity of L Gordon Darling. A former Chairman of
the Gallery Council, he established the Gordon
Darling Australian Print Fund in 1988.
The Australian collection of prints
is supported by the National Gallery of Australia
Research Library collection of books, catalogues,
invitations and archival material.
Keynote speaker: Imants Tillers
Imants Tillers, born in Sydney of
Latvian parents, is one of Australia's most prominent
artists. Primarily known for his multi-panel
paintings he has a long interest in printmaking. His
first etchings were made with George Baldessin in
Paris in 1968. More recently he has worked with John
Loane of Viridian Press, Melbourne. He is presently
in the process of producing a 48-panel etched version
of his monumental painting Diaspora.
For more information contact:
National Gallery Australia, GPO Box 1150, Canberra
ACT 2601
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