20 October 2006-25 February 2007
State Library of Victoria
Who was the Lone Avenger? What magic word gave Captain Atom his powers? Where did Molo the Mighty come from? And which masked crime-fighter was banned by the Queensland Government?
Heroes & Villains: Australian comics and their creators is a free exhibition at the State Library of Victoria that explores the colourful, and sometimes controversial, history of Australian comic books, from their wartime origins in the 1940s to the present day.
Heroes & Villains showcases hundreds of Australian comic books and rare examples of original artwork, plus toys and merchandise such as Phantom skull rings and Ginger Meggs statuettes. It will appeal to comic-book fans, nostalgia buffs and families alike.
Visitors to the exhibition will discover colourful characters that have entertained generations of Australians - costumed heroes like Captain Power and Dark Nebula, western gunslingers such as the Phantom Ranger and the Hooded Rider, and cheeky misfits like Da 'n' Dill and Fatty Finn.
The exhibition documents a wide range of comic-book genres, including crime, war and horror stories, tales of fantasy and science fiction. It highlights how Australian comics moved beyond the printed page to form the basis for radio serials, toys and merchandise, and even computer games.
The exhibition examines factors that influenced the development of Australian comics, such as competition from imported comic books, censorship, popular literature and the electronic media. It shows how Australian comic fans have expressed their passion and fostered a local comic-book culture through fanzines, comics conventions and online forums.
Heroes & Villains is curated by Kevin Patrick, an Australian comics expert, collector and devoted fan. Many of the items on display are drawn from Kevin’s own former collection, which he recently gifted to the State Library, and which includes nearly every Australian comic published from 1975 to 2005. Other exhibits are from the Library’s pre-existing collection and on loan from private collectors.
Explore the world of Australian comics and their creators even further through our program of exhibition-related events.
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/exhibitions/kmg/2006/heroes/heroes_villains.html
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/exhibitions/catalogues/heroesvillains/index.html
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Get more out of your visit to Heroes & Villains: Australian comics and their creators - listen to our audio tour while you explore the exhibition.
Narrated by exhibition curator Kevin Patrick, the tour brings the world of comics to life through expert insights and interesting asides.
The audio tour consists of 15 audio files and transcripts - take the entire tour or just a section. It is designed to be heard while you are in the exhibition space at the Library, but you can also listen to the audio at your computer or on an mp3 player outside the exhibition space.
feed://learning.slv.vic.gov.au/heroes/audiotour/audiotour_podcast.xml
http://learning.slv.vic.gov.au/heroes/audiotour/
An interdisciplinary approach is fundamental to Derek Kreckler's practice, which has embraced many forms: performance, sound works, installation, internet and video.
He has exhibited and performed throughout Australia and internationally for more than 20 years including at major international events such as
Biennale of Sydney (1982, 1986, 1990 & 2004), Adelaide Biennale of Australian Art (2004), and the 2003 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, National Gallery of Victoria. Solo exhibitions include Derek Kreckler: Downstairs Performance Space, Sydney (2005); The looking and other outcomes Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne (2003); and Blind Ned Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2001). He has exhibited internationally in Kwangju, MumbaI, New York and London.
Kreckler was awarded a prestigious twelve month residency at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in New York (PS1) and was a participant in the Fire and Life project between India and Australia. His work for radio, Yurabirong, commissioned by The Listening Room, ABC Radio National, has been broadcast many times.
In 2000 Kreckler was awarded an Australia Council New Media Arts Fellowship. His work features in the collections of the Mitchell Research Library, Sydney, The Wesfarmers Collection, Art Bank and numerous private collections.
A graduate of the South Australian School of Art, Derek Kreckler holds a Master's degree from Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University. He is represented by Margaret Moore Contemporary Art, Perth.
Derek's new work consists of an installation with video and still photographs, Untitled Antidote, and a two-channel video installation, Flash in the Pan. Derek will also be showing two new photographic images.
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ALIEN NATION
17 November 2006 – 14 January 2007
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Mall
London SW1Y 5AH
Phone: +44 (0)20 7930 3647
http://www.ica.org.uk
Participating Artists:
Laylah Ali, Hamad Butt, Edgar Cleijne, Ellen Gallagher, David Huffman,
Hew Locke, Marepe, Henna Nadeem, Kori Newkirk, Yinka Shonibare MBE,
Eric Wesley, Mario Ybarra Jr.
Curated by: John Gill, Jens Hoffmann, Gilane Tawadros
Alien Nation is an ambitious and thought-provoking exhibition co-produced by the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) and the Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA) that explores the complex relationship between science fiction, race and contemporary art.
Much has been written about the connection between sci-fi cinema of the 1950s and ‘60s and the Cold War, where fear of invasion, communism and nuclear war was played out in films that projected the anxieties of the present onto the future. In recent years many artists have similarly used science fiction and extra-terrestrial forms as a way of exploring racial difference and as a potent metaphor for the threat of the outsider.
Alien Nation is curated by John Gill, Jens Hoffmann and Gilane Tawadros and presents the work of twelve contemporary international artists all of whom explore themes of ‘otherness’ and ‘difference’ through the language and iconography of sci-fi. The witty and provocative artworks on display encompass film, sculpture, photography, installation, drawing and painting and expose a disturbing contemporary narrative in which the media perpetuate a terror of ‘invasion’ from immigrants and asylum seekers (indeed any racial, cultural or ethnic ‘other’), positioning such ‘outsiders’ as the dominant threat to both family and national stability.
Mingling fact and fiction, science and art, Alien Nation will also include a collection of original sci-fi film posters from the 1950s as well as extracts from archive science fiction films that reveal our innermost fears and fantasies about the outsider.
This exhibition will be accompanied by a significant publication co-published by the ICA, inIVA and Hatje Cantz, which can be ordered through the ICA book shop and by mail order via the inIVA website.
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Mall
London SW1Y 5AH
Phone: +44 20 7930 3647
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7306 0122
Email: info@ica.org.uk
http://www.ica.org.uk
Institute of International Visual Arts
6-8 Standard Place
Rivington Street
London EC2A 3BE
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7729 9616
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7729 9509
Email: info@iniva.org
http://www.iniva.org
Living Proof
Gillian Wearing
October 07, 2006 - December 03, 2006
Adults relive their childhood traumas, passers-by carry signs revealing their inner-most thoughts, and a series of static portraits ‘speak’ about their journey through life…
A major survey of work by British artist and Turner Prize winner Gillian Wearing opens at ACCA in October.
Gillian Wearing, born in Birmingham in 1963, is one of Britain’s most important contemporary artists. Wearing’s work captures the complexity of human relationships, and draws inspiration from reality television and confession-style programs, where every-day people reveal their most intimate thoughts and experiences. Some works focus on individuals whose emotional and psychological behaviour has been stretched to the limit, others show people at their most mundane, sharing minor hopes and fears as if admitting secrets to a friend.
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Gillian Wearing, Living Proof. October 7 – December 3, 2006
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 111 Sturt Street, Southbank.
Gallery hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11am-6pm. Mondays by appointment.
Tel: 03 9697 9999. Admission: Free.
www.accaonline.org.au
For further media information: Katrina Hall on 03 9697 9999, mobile 0421 153 046 or email khall@accaonline.org.au
