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Unearthed: Fifty years of Australian landscape art from the Charles Nodrum Collection

16 July 2010 - 29 August 2010

Charles Nodrum is one of Australia’s most recognised art dealers and collectors and an enthusiastic support of the Arts. Since the early 1980’s his gallery in Richmond has developed a reputation for presenting the work of leading Australian and International artists. Since the early 1970’s Nodrum has also been an avid collector, building a collection that encapsulates his personal interest and passion for the abstract and alternative art movements

This exhibition brings together a selection of works which highlight this passion as well as the diversity of media and breadth of style inherent in his collection. Taking as a focus the landscape, it celebrates the rural and the urban and the possibilities in between.

Featured artists include Arthur Boyd, Rupert Bunny, James Gleeson, Jim Henson, Victor Majzner, John Olsen, Deborah Russell and Fred Williams highlighting Nodrum’s personal interest and passion for the abstract and alternative art movements of the period.

LUMA I La Trobe University Museum of Art exhibition.

Darebin Art Show

3 September 2010 - 17 October 2010

Established in 1992, the Darebin Art Show (DAS) is a biennial exhibition of contemporary visual arts and crafts celebrating the depth and talent of Darebin’s artistic community. The City of Darebin acquires works to the value of $3,500 for its public art collection and also sponsors a $500 People’s Choice Award. The Darebin Art Show is open to all artists who live, work or learn within the boundaries of the municipality. Previous winners include: Eolo Paul Bottaro, Jarrod Atkinson, Ju Yuen Merran Chew, Louise Grant, Phil Harris and John Sheehan.

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre exhibition

Formed: Selected Works from the Etta Hirsh Ceramics Collection

22 October 2010 - 28 November 2010

Emmanuel and the late Etta Hirsh have been dedicated collectors and supporters of the arts in Australia for more than four decades. Formed brings together a number of works from the Etta Hirsch Ceramics Collection donated to La Trobe University in 2009 and features early wood-fired and black-fired works, glazed earthenware, stoneware and porcelain ware. Works by leading Australian ceramicists such as Greg Daly, Milton Moon, Gwyn Hanssen Piggott, Peter Rushforth and Petrus Spronk reflect the repertoire of Australian studio ceramic practices from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.

LUMA I La Trobe University Museum of Art exhibition.

High Tea

3 December 2009 - 13 February 2010

A social ritual, the ceremony of high tea is comprised of a series of gestures governing things such as the way tea should be stirred, the direction of a teapot’s spout, and the proper way to eat a scone!   High Tea explores the social, political and cultural role of high tea in contemporary culture. How does the spectacle of consuming food and drink contribute to notions of identity? 

Exhibiting artists are Tara Badcock, Penelope Benton, James Carey, Paul Compton, Benja Harney, Sharon Margaret, Danielle Maugeri, Amanda McKenzie, James Oates, Jeremy Pryles and Malte Wagenfeld.

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and Craft Victoria exhibition.