Film: The Expressionist School of the Forties - Part 2

Sidney Nolan, Russell Drysdale, Robert Klippel, James Gleeson, William Dobell

Meet important figures who shifted the way art was represented in Australia like Drysdale who after studying in Europe created his own impression based on reality. Also Robert Klippel and James Gleeson who paired together and explored the mysterious Clairvoyant Madam Sosostries and structures of the interior of skin using paint and sculpture, and William Dobell who challenged the art establishment with his distorted Joshua Smith portraiture which won him the Archibald Prize but caused him to fight his critics in court and nearly cost him his life.

Monday 12 October 2009, Art Gallery of Western Australia Theatrette

10.00 am morning tea / 10.30am film / 11.30 a tour Opus195 by Robert Klippel

Members $18 / Guests $22

Lecture: Venice & Islam

Dr Stefano Carboni, Director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia

Stefano is a world leading authority on Islamic art and glass and an expert in the ornate styles of Islamic calligraphy. Arabic is one of seven languages in which he is fluent and he has published many articles and books on the fertile art trade that flourished between Venice and the Islamic world between 828 and 1797. From Persian and Ottoman miniatures and ceramics to calligraphy, textiles and woven carpets, Stefano will speak widely about the 1000 years of Islamic influences on Venician art, architecture & culture. Don’t miss this fascinating lecture.

Monday 26 October 2009, State Library of Western Australia Auditorium

6.15pm refreshments / 6.45pm lecture

Members $30 / Guests $40

SOLD OUT

Meet the Friends of West Australian Arts

A great coming together of Friends groups from across Perth will meet for a fabulous afternoon soiree in the grounds of Government House. Join Friends of the Art Gallery of WA, Friends of the Perth International Arts Festival, Friends of WA Ballet, Friends of WASO, Friends of WA Government House, WA Opera Lovers, Friends of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery and The Woodside Valley Foundation for an afternoon of music, food, wine and banter. This event should not to be missed by anyone who loves art, music, dance and culture and wants to contribute to the development of West Australian Arts.

Sunday 8 November 2009, West Australian Government House Lawns

Members $30 / Guests $50

Behind the Veil; The Arts of Persia

ADFAS Lecture: John Osborne

Iran has a sophisticated cultural heritage ignored in headlines. This lecture illustrates the development of the region’s spectacular mosques and palaces, with an emphasis on tile work and painting, through the Islamic period until the end of the 19th Century. Persia’s classic gardens and the art of book illustration with beautiful examples from the classic period of Persian miniature painting will be viewed along with the geographical and political background. Learn also how the Shi’a form of Islam originated and became the ruling creed in the late 20th century Iran of Ayatollah Khomeini, and thus puts the contemporary situation in the context of the country’s fascinating cultural history.

Wednesday 31 March 2010

Members $30 / Guests $40

Peru: The Incas and their Predecessors Seen Through their Art and Textiles

ADFAS Lecture: Chlo Sayer

The Incas developed one of the greatest societies the world has known. Their vast empire was achieved after AD 1200 through human mastery over incredible global extremes. At its heart lay the precipitous spine of the Andes, the world’s second highest mountain chain after the Himalayas. Inca engineers and stonemasons created magnificent cities like Cuzco, their imperial capital, and Machu Picchu. Because the Incas were the last in a dizzying succession of cultures, they were able to take on the mantle of earlier civilisations. The Moche were great ceramic artists, whereas the Chimu dominated gold and silver-working techniques. Burial grounds at Paracas, on the southern coast of Peru, have yielded up rich textile finds. Sumptuous garments, preserved by the desert for well over 2,000 years, display embroidered designs that include mythological creatures, animals and geometric patterning. Today, at the start of the 21st Century, textiles are still a vital part of many people’s lives.

Tuesday 27 April 2010

Members $30 / Guests $40

Every Picture Tells a Tale: Victorian Narrative Art

ADFAS Lecture: Tim Stimson

Victorian narrative pictures can be described as the visual equivalent of the written chapters of Charles Dickens, George Eliot or Thackeray. They provide fascinating insight into the attitudes, values and morals of this period of British cultural history. In this lecture we will research this visual legacy of the 19th century and the lost art of ‘reading’ pictures.

Monday 5 July 2010

Members $30 / Guests $40

Horatio Nelson - Life and Loves

ADFAS Lecture: James Taylor

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) has inspired countless artists, authors, historians and poets to paint and write about his life and times. Nelson may have been short in stature by modern standards, in fact he was 5ft 6ins, but he was tall in deeds and his death on the deck of his flagship HMS Victory
at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805 sealed his popular fate. It is because of Nelson and others like him that Britain has such an eminent maritime heritage. Here we examine his life & loves through a range of historic paintings, drawings, watercolours & prints.

Monday 2 August 2010

Members $30 / Guests $40

Ninette to Nureyev

ADFAS Lecture: Sarah Lenton

This lecture describes the founding of the Royal Ballet at the Old Vic and Sadler’s Wells, its transferal to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the establishment of its unique style under the aegis of Ninette de Valois, Margot Fonteyn, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpman, Constant Lambert, Merle
Park and Kenneth MacMillan.

Monday 6 September 2010

Members $30 / Guests $40

The Changing Face of London: 2000 Years of a City and its People, or the Seven Ages of London

ADFAS Lecture: Andrew Davies

Since the arrival of the Romans 2000 years ago, London has been at the heart of British and world affairs. Its great men and women (Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Wren and Dickens) have shaped the city’s history and are internationally honoured. We will explore the major events in London’s history – the Norman invasion of 1066, the role of the River Thames, the Great Fire of 1666, the Great Exhibition of 1851, the impact of the railway, the Blitz, the recent transformation of the Docklands – in order to find out what has made this exciting, vibrant and sometimes infuriating city “tick”

Monday 4 October 2010

Members $30 / Guests $40