What outbound touring exhibitions are coming next
October 23, 2009The Royal Exhibition Building is celebrating 120 years
October 22, 2009The Royal Exhibition Building is celebrating 120 years. As the REB brought together a fledgling Victorian colony we’d like to hear about your collections and any ideas you have to participate in the celebration.
Eyes on Earth
October 8, 2009Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic Tour
October 8, 2009CALLING ALL REGIONAL VICTORIAN VENUES
The Exhibition
Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic is the first exhibition to give focus to the extraordinary painted works collected from Arnhem Land by the University of Melbourne anthropologist, the late Professor Donald Thomson (1901-1970). The works in the exhibition comprise 20 extraordinary bark paintings and 16 objects including painted baskets and other men’s ceremonial objects as well as artists’ tools and pigments.
Curator: Ms Lindy Allen
Brochure from the Ian Potter Museum
Photographs from the Potter Museum, University of Melbourne
The Pitch
We would like to offer this exhibition to regional Victorian venues.
Given the high value of the works in the vicinity of $5.5m and size and nature of the works, a risk assessment will be required that includes an assessment of venues and whether they meet the highest international standards for exhibition, security and handling required. This includes identifying requirements for conservation and other MV staff to install and/or pack up the exhibition at particular venues, and with this, opportunities for MV to contribute to the skills development of staff in regional venues in Victoria particularly may be identified.
Specifications:
20 bark paintings
180-220 square metres
Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic Proposal & Object List
Fee:
Negotiable
Reviews:
Object List:
For the Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic Proposal and Object List please see the contact details below.
Where is the tour currently going?
Interested?
Our contact at Museum Victoria is I.M. Great. Please feel free to send a comment or contact I.M Great on 03 8341 ****
