Heide Museum of Modern Art

The world in painting

26 July - 9 November 2008

Venue: Heide III: Central Galleries

Curator: Zara Stanhope

The world in painting reveals the subjects and approaches that make painting vital for twelve artists from Australia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Many of the participating artists use conventional painting materials to explore relationships with natural or urban environments or the aspects of the daily world that sustain them as individuals, while others cast a critical eye on the values engendered by society and what it means to be a global citizen.

Questioning the definition of painting, a number of works challenge ideas of what painting can be and where or how creativity can take place in our lives. The works in The world in painting are in turn beautiful, subtle, contemplative and cerebral; and the artists are united by a desire to engage the viewer in the potential painting holds today.

The Australian artists featured are: John Citizen, Amanda Davies, Diena Georgetti, Raafat Ishak, James Morrison, Nancy Naninurra Napanangka, Elizabeth Newman and Boxer Milner Tjampitjin. A selection of these artists’ works previously toured to Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chulalongkorn University Art Center in Bangkok, Yuchengco Museum in Manila and the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi. As a result of this tour Asian artists Louie Cordero, Sakarin Krue-On, Kamin Lertchaiprasert and Lê Quốc Việt have been selected to join the project in an exclusive presentation at Heide.

The world in painting was curated at the invitation of Asialink, part of the University of Melbourne, which works with business, government, philanthropic and cultural partners to initiate and strengthen Australia-Asia engagement. The project is a collaboration between Heide Museum of Modern Art and Asialink, designed to expand audiences for contemporary painting within Asia and Australia.

In 2009 The world in painting will tour to Newcastle Region Art Gallery (14 February – 10 May), Latrobe Regional Gallery (27 June – 23 August) and Warrnambool Art Gallery (19 September – 15 November) managed by NETS Victoria.

PRESENTING PARTNER

GOVERNMENT PARTNER

Indemnification for this exhibition is provided
by the Victorian Government

EXHIBITION PARTNERS

This project has been assisted by the Australian
Government through the Australia Council for
the Arts, its art funding and advisory body

AUSTRALIAN TOUR PARTNER

National Exhibition Touring (NETS) is supported
by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria
and the Community Support Fund, by the Australian
Government through the Auatralia Council, its arts
funding and advisory body, and through the Visual
Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian,
State and Territory Governments. NETS Victoria also
receives significant in-knid support from the National
Gallery of Victoria.