Join us in June at Art After Hours for a program of events inspired by the upcoming Intensely Dutch: image, abstraction and the word. Highlights include a curator's talk,a poetry reading, Jonathan Biggins in conversation with Dutch artists Theo Kuijpers and Jan Riske and a new film series Light and Dark The Cinema of the Low Countries. CELEBRITY TALKS 6.30pm 3 June - Simon Barker, musician, in association with Korean Dreams. 10 June - Theo Kuijpers and Jan Riske, artists, in conversation with actor, writer and presenter, Jonathan Biggins, in association with Intensely Dutch. 17 June - Matthys Gerber and Jelle van den Berg, discuss their work with Fernella Kernebone, in association with Intensely Dutch. 24 June - Paul Berkemeier, architect, in association with Intensely Dutch CURATOR'S TALK 5.30pm 3 June- Richard Beresford, Senior Curator of European Art, discusses Mars and the Vestal Virgin by Jacques Blanchard. EXHIBITION TALKS 5.30pm 17 June - Hendrik Kolenberg, Senior Curator Australian Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, in association with Intensely Dutch. 24 June - Jeanette Siebols, artist and lecturer, in association with Intensely Dutch. SPECIAL LECTURE 7.30pm 10 June - Ann Stephen, Senior Curator, University of Sydney Art Gallery and Collection, Narelle Jubelin and the looting of modernism. POETRY READING 5.30pm 10 June - Cornelis Vleeskens, Dutch-Australian poet and Akky van Ogtrop, independent curator, in association Intensely Dutch.
FREE FILM PROGRAM 7.15pm With unique, home-grown stories and journeys through a wider world seen through Dutch eyes, The Cinema of the Low Countries presents feature films and documentaries steeped in everyday reality, with a regional focus and a touch of absurdist humour. Highlights include The Human Dutch (dir; Bert Haanstra 1963), Antonia's line (dir: Marleen Gorris 1996), Little Crumb (dir: Maria Peters 1999), The Northerners (dir: Alex van Warmerdam 1992) and Fanfare (dir: Bert Haanstra 1958). EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW IN FEBRUARY Óscar Muñoz - until 14 June Justene Williams - until 14 June ÂngelaFerreira & Narelle Jubelin - until 14 June Korean Dreams - until 8 June The dreamers - until 18 December Double Take: Anne Landa Award for video & new media arts 2009 - until 19 July Intensely Dutch: image, abstraction and the word - opens 5 June Sydney Long: Pan - opens 6 June Weekly program information at www.artafterhours.com.au Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydney 2000 National toll free 1800 679 278 Media Information Susanne Briggs Art Gallery of New South Wales Images and Interviews available on request Telephone: 02 9225 1791 Email: susanneb@ag.nsw.gov.au |