What outbound touring exhibitions are coming next

smulvey01 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:06 +0000

The Royal Exhibition Building is celebrating 120 years

smulvey01 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:44:03 +0000

The 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

smulvey01 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:57:27 +0000

Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic Tour

smulvey01 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:26:20 +0000

CALLING 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:

Crikey.com.au

The Australian

Aboriginal Art News

Object List:

For the Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic Proposal and Object List please see the contact details below.