19 November 2011 - 18 March 2012

PROJECT / CHILDREN'S / NEW MEDIA / REGIONAL ART SPACE

SPACE INVADERS

AUSTRALIAN STREET | STENCILS | POSTERS | PASTE UPS | ZINES | STICKERS

The first exhibition of its kind at a major Australian gallery, Space Invaders delves into the complex, interesting and challenging side of the contemporary Australian street art scene through more than 100 works from more than 40 artists from all over Australia.

Space invaders celebrates the energy of street-based creativity and recognises street stencils, posters, paste-ups, zines and stickers as a new and exciting chapter in the development of Australian prints and drawings. Australian street artists are crossing from the streets to the gallery with new and inventive expressions of street-inspired creativity.

Space Invaders is a National Gallery of Australia exhbition

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This exhibtiion is supported by the Contemporary Touring Initiative through Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program, and the Visual Arts & Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and state and territory governments.

CULTURAL PARTNERS

SPECIAL MEDIA PARTNER

Prism

not titled (Red Shoes) 2004

stencil

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund 2007. Image © Prism

26 November 2011 - 18 March 2012

MAIN SPACE

SYMBOLS OF AUSTRALIA

What symbolises Australian identity? For some it’s the Kangaroo, for others it is natural wonders like Uluru or man-made icons like the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The exhibition explores the diverse range of the national symbols that define and represent Australia’s national identity. Through the use of objects and multimedia Symbols of Australia presents stories surrounding ten symbolic themes: Kangaroo, Wattle, The Flag, Boomerang, Uluru, Sydney Harbour Bridge, The Billy, Vegemite, Holden and The Southern Cross.

Symbols of Australia is a National Museum of Australia Travelling Exhibition.

Advertising poster TAA There and back with TAA,
Courtesy QANTAS, Photo: George Serras,
National Museum of Australia

29 October 2011 - 26 January 2012

MUSEUM SPACE

STRIKE A POSE WITH LEE LIN CHIN

Strike a Pose…with Lee Lin Chin explores the world of Australian style up to 40 years ago, when trendsetters created a fashion revolution with a mix of mini skirts, space-aged garments and granny dresses.

With fashion icon and SBS World News presenter Lee Lin Chin as guest curator, the exhibition celebrates the emerging local fashion industry of the time, along with its personalities, trends and influences. Posed fashion shots sit alongside the exuberance of street culture, capturing the essence of a period when cultural change ruled. Strike a Pose…with Lee Lin Chin is a National Archives of Australia Travelling Exhibition.

This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, a Commonwealth Government Program

Pierre Cardin Fashion Parade at Canberra Theatre
Centre 1967 (detail). Image courtesy National
Archives of Australia.

MAIN MUSEUM

PEOPLE PLACES POSSESSIONS: DUBBO STORIES
Dubbo means red ochre. The city dwells in red soil western plains, infused with pastoral light and productivity. This place breathes the energy and passion of its people, past and present. We all experience place by moving through it, all our senses alive to its shifting shapes and moods. This sense of place is created through the entanglements of nature and culture, past and future dreams, shared stories and collective memory.

In this exhibition we explore pastoral landscapes with symbols of agriculture and family ambition. Dubbo streetscapes reveal the changing facades of shops and the hidden stories within. Storytellers spin yarns about Dubbo events and identities. There are many objects from the old Dubbo Museum, material traces of past lives and aspirations. They speak in eloquent silence about people, place and possessions.

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Installation view:
People Places Possessions: Dubbo Stories