Modern Times

Athlete and movie-star Annette Kellerman’s ‘Modern Kellerman Bathing Suit for Women’ which became commercially available by the mid-1920s. The one-piece bathing suit became Kellerman’s trademark. Gift of Dennis Wolanski Library, Sydney Opera House, 2000

The Untold Story of Modernism in Australia

21 March 2009 - 12 July 2009

The Powerhouse Museum travelling exhibition Modern Times: The Untold Story of Modernism in Australia, presented in Melbourne by Connex, explores how modernism transformed Australian culture from 1917 to 1967, a period of great social, economic, political and technological change.

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Narelle Jubelin

Narelle Jubelin Rendition of 'Our bit' milk jug cover from the collection of the Pioneer Women's Hut, Tumbarumba, Australia (1990), detail from Trade delivers people #3 cotton petit point in Tramp Art frame 25.5 x 30.0 cm Collection of Sharon Grey & Jeff Hall © Narelle Jubelin

Cannibal Tours

28 February 2009 - 12 July 2009

Narelle Jubelin’s exhibition Cannibal Tours is a contemporary companion to Modern times and proposes an encounter with modernism through the artist’s own practice and the photographic archive of Albert Tucker.

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