Tag Archive for Sport and Art

Floor Talk with Vincent Alessi and winner of the Basil Sellers Art Prize 2014

One of the finalists | Raquel Ormella
born Sydney, 1969, lives Sydney
Wealth for toil I 2014
cotton, metallic thread, synthetic polymer paint
220 x 270 cm
© Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane

Saturday Floor Talk | Basil Sellers Art Prize 2014 | Join Curator Vincent Alessi in conversation with the Basil Sellers Art Prize winner for 2014. Sixteen finalists have been selected for the fourth Basil Sellers Art Prize and are; Tony Albert, Narelle Autio, Zoe Croggon, Gabrielle de Vietri, Ivan Durrant, Shaun Gladwell, Richard Lewer, William Mackinnon, Rob McHaffie, Noel McKenna, Rob McLeish, Fiona McMonagle, Raquel Ormella, Khaled Sabsabi, Jenny Watson, and Gerry Wedd. The winner will be announced on 25 July 2014. Venue: Ian Potter Museum of Art, Swanston ST,…

Exhibition | Eros, Philos and Agape: A work by Ponch Hawkes

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Eros, Philos and Agape: A work by Ponch Hawkes Eros, Philos and Agape – the Greek names for the three forms of love – is an installation by photographer Ponch Hawkes. It presents the role of love in the sporting progression of four elite junior athletes. Hawkes developed the work during her year as the National Sports Museum Basil Sellers Creative Arts Fellow for 2011/12. Admission to Eros, Philos and Agape is free of charge, but visitors must present a valid match-day ticket if they wish to see the exhibition…

Talk | An Invitation to ‘Modern’ Melbourne: Reconsidering the 1956 Olympic Games Poster Dr John Hughson

'Olympic Games Melbourne' 1956 poster by Richard Beck, 1954 - 1956  Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial via Powerhouse Museum

An Invitation to ‘Modern’ Melbourne: Reconsidering the 1956 Olympic Games Poster Dr John Hughson The poster designed by Richard Beck for the Games of the XVI Olympiad introduced a significant stylistic interruption to the imagery used to promote the Olympic occasion and its ideals. Posters for the previous summer Games, since 1912, had featured different renditions of the semi-naked male athletic body. In stark contrast, Beck’s poster dispensed with human figuration instead offering a sparse geometrical design said to depict an invitation card. While there is little evidence in the…