Mid-Century Modernism in Adelaide from 1950 to 1970
Across two decades modern art in Adelaide was transformed by arrivals and departures of a stream of artists. In this talk Dr Margot Osborne will draw on the research findings of her new book The Adelaide Art Scene: Becoming contemporary 1939-2000 to trace the development of modern art in Adelaide from the impact of émigré artists around 1950 through to the ascendancy of Op, Pop and hard-edge abstraction in the late 1960s. Key artists whose significance will be discussed are Francis Roy Thompson, Wladyslaw and Ludwik Dutkiewicz, Stan Ostoja-Kotkowski, James Cant, Charles Reddington, Barbara Hanrahan, Syd Ball and Robert Boynes.
This event is part of the SALA program.
Image: Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz, Calligraphy (detail), c. 1952, Oil on canvas
68 x 87 cm, Gift of the Dutkiewicz Family 2000, Art Gallery of South Australia,
© Courtesy of the artist
This event is part of the SALA program.
Image: Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz, Calligraphy (detail), c. 1952, Oil on canvas
68 x 87 cm, Gift of the Dutkiewicz Family 2000, Art Gallery of South Australia,
© Courtesy of the artist
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Carrick Hill
46 Carrick Hill Drive, Springfield SA 5062
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Mid-Century Modernism in Adelaide from 1950 to 1970
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