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Special Events for the Australian Modern
Masterpieces exhibition
Moderns Film Screening - The Picture Show Man and A
Son is Born
Sat 22 Oct, 8 - 10.30pm, Free - Donation for supper
At the beginnings of this century a man, his son and
a piano player travel around Australia showing the
first silent movies. This warm and witty 1977 comedy
set in the 1920s stars John Meillon and Garry
MacDonald. It will be screened with a 1946 family
melodrama about a woman (Muriel Steinbeck) who
marries an irresponsible drifter (Peter Finch).
Presented
in partnership with the Ballarat Film Society.
Moderns Family Evening
Wed 26 Oct, 5 - 7pm
Enjoy the Moderns exhibition while the kids enjoy a
free workshop with local artist Pauline
O'Shanessy-Dowling.
Moderns Film Screening - Between Wars with shorts
Thu 27 Oct, 8 - 10.30pm, Free, Donation for supper
Corin Redgrave, who died earlier this year, stars in
this1974 feature directed by Michael Thornhill.
Redgrave plays Dr Edward Trenbow, a young war
surgeon dealing with the theories of Freud who
eventually becomes a well-respected Sydney
psychiatrist. This film will be screened with 1985
award-winning short
The
Drover's Wife, and
Sebastian the Fox - The Painter
featuring Barry Humphreys. Presented in partnership
with the Ballarat Film Society.
Guided Tours of Australian Modern Masterpieces
Wednesdays to Sundays, 11am
Join one of the Gallery's Volunteer Guides for a
special guided tour of the show, included in your
entry.
Coming Up during November
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Photograph by Francis Reiss, c 1989 |
Wed 9 Nov, 12.15 - 1.15pm. Free.
Wed 9 Nov, 6 - 7pm. Donation (wine and cheese)
Dr Sheridan Palmer, who is writing a biography of
the notable Australian art critic Bernard Smith who
is known as the father of Australian art history. In
this talk she discusses the importance of Bernard
Smith as a major player in defining the history of
Modernism, that extraordinary cycle of stylistic
changes and ideologies in which new codes of
behaviour, dress, architecture and politics
redefined culture and ostensibly freed modern life
from its traditions. Wine and cheese will be
available - entry by donation.
Moderns Film Screening - Heritage and The Rise and
Fall of Squizzy Taylor
Tue 22 Nov, 8 - 10.30pm. Free. Donation for supper.
Charles Chauvel's second sound feature presents the
nation building ideology generally endorsed in the
1930s in a story of two families through 150 years
of shared toil. It shares the bill with Nigel
Buesst's 1968 dramatized documentary about the
notorius Melbourne gangster. This double feature
screening is part of the Special Events program for
Australian Modern Masterpieces and is presented in
partnership with the Ballarat Film Society.
Moderns Lunchtime Recital - Bronwyn Blaiklock and
Eric Christopher Perry
Fri
18 Nov, 12.30 - 1.30pm. Admission by donation.
Join
pianist Bronwyn Blaiklock and tenor Eric Christopher
Perry as they explore a diverse range of Australian
song and piano music, reflecting the cultural
movements in the Australian Modern masteprieces
exhibition. They present sample elements borrowed,
adapted and created in a unique soundscape.
Presented by the Art Gallery of Ballarat in
partnership with Bronwyn Blaiklock, Ballarat Writers
Inc and the University of Ballarat.
Moderns Lunchtime Recital - Nathan Curnow: Ern
Malley and the Angry Penguins
Fri
25 Nov, 12.30 - 1:30pm. Admission by donation.
Join
award-winning poet Nathan Curnow for readings from
the 'Angry Penguins' era, including the notorious
Ern Malley poems -the literary hoax that aimed to
discredit the Australian avant-garde. This event is
offered in association with the Australian Modern
masterpieces exhibition. Presented by the Art
Gallery of Ballarat in partnership with Bronwyn
Blaiklock, Ballarat Writers Inc and the University
of Ballarat.
Go to the Gallery Events web page for information
about coming events
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