Mirka Mora

Mirka Mora PAS DE DEUX—DRAWINGS AND DOLLS

Mirka Mora

Date:

27 October 2018 24 March 2019

Location:

Heide III: Central Galleries

Curator/s:

Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan

Admission:

Included with Museum Pass

Members:

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"People will now fully understand how prolific Mirka was." - Lesley Harding, Artistic Director, Heide Museum of Modern Art

Installation view, Mirka Mora: Pas de Deux–Drawings and Dolls 2018, Photo: Peter Dillon for The Design Files

Mirka Mora, Untitled (Mermaid) 1979, synthetic polymer paint on cotton, 4.8 x 33.2 x 18.7 cm, Courtesy William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, © Estate of Mirka Mora

Mirka Mora, Bird with Brood 1958, charcoal on paper, 49 x 76 cm, Courtesy the artist and William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, © Estate of Mirka Mora

Mirka Mora, Untitled (Sweet Response) 1989, synthetic polymer paint on cotton, 8.5 x 27.8 x 46.4 cm, Courtesy William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, © Estate of Mirka Mora

Mirka Mora, Untitled (sketchbook page) 1985, fibre-tipped pen and gouache on paper, Courtesy William Mora Galleries, Melbourne, © Estate of Mirka Mora

A beloved and central figure in the cultural life of Australia, Mirka Mora long captured the public imagination with her distinctive art and inimitable personality.

Commemorating her extraordinary life and career, this exhibition brings together some of the artist’s most personal work: drawings and soft-sculpture dolls from her home and studio where she kept them close for many decades. For Mirka these two art forms went hand-in-hand. ‘My dolls are my drawings in three-dimensions’, she said.

The myriad works on display offer a glimpse into Mirka’s enchanting private universe, where hybrid characters derived from fairy tales, folk art, surrealism and the artist’s vivid daydreams intermingled. Together they create a compelling portrait of Mirka’s innermost self.

Vale Mirka Mora

Mirka & Georges: A Culinary Affair

Heide’s Artistic Director Lesley Harding and Senior Curator Kendrah Morgan share the extraordinary story of Mirka and Georges Mora, along with recipes, family photographs and glorious images from Mirka’s studio.

RRP$55

Now available at the Heide Store

Published by Miegunyah Press, an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing and Heide Museum of Modern Art.