Lecture | Terence Maloon on Tony Tuckson and Ian Fairweather at TarraWarra Museum of Art

Tony Tuckson Black on white, large upright c. 1958-1961 Oil on composition board, 183 x 122.4 cm Gift of Eva Besen AO and Marc Besen AO 2003, TarraWarra Museum of Art collection

Tony Tuckson
Black on white, large upright c. 1958-1961
Oil on composition board,
183 x 122.4 cm
Gift of Eva Besen AO and Marc Besen AO 2003,
TarraWarra Museum of Art collection

‘Tuckson, Fairweather and the Crisis of the Easel Picture’ | Terence Maloon, Director, ANU Drill Hall Gallery and Art Collection

To celebrate the exhibitions Ian Fairweather: The Drunken Buddha and Tony Tuckson: Paintings and Drawings, the curator, art historian and critic Terence Maloon will present a keynote lecture on these two major Australian artists. In particular, he will discuss how each artist responded to, and acted out, what the critic Clement Greenberg described in 1948 as the ‘crisis of the easel picture’.

The lecture followed by refreshments.

Date: 8th February, 4-5pm

Venue: TarraWarra Museum of Art, 311 Healesville -Yarra Glen Road, Healesville.

Website: www.twma.com.au

Tickets $20.00 adult / $15 concession (Pension & Student card holders). Includes Museum entry, lecture & refreshments.

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Or email hanna@twma.com.au