Born in sydney in 1972, she attended the college of fine arts at the university of new south wales, graduating in 1993 with a bachelor of fine arts. The ngv editions program commissions leading australian and international artists, architectural and design studios, to create unique and highly collectable limited editions. The highway is a disco is the first museum survey for an artist who has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past decade. Del kathryn barton, the highway is a disco at the ngv.
If one could distill a persons entire life into two words, the twotime archibald prizewinning artist del kathryn bartons might be tight curation. Del kathryn barton by pip wallis with peggy fre paperback for. The highway is a disco is a survey of new and recent work by the two times archibald portrait prize winner that reveals the breadth of bartons practice. The highway is a disco takes the visitor into the artists sensuous world, filled with new and recent paintings, drawings and collages that feature the human and the animal. The highway is a disco by pip wallis, 9781925432428, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Its not a surprising sentiment from the artist who fuses totality and the minutiae of personal story in her portrayal of women, self and nature. It will be on display from friday, november 17 until monday, march 12. The highway is a disco reveals the artists imaginative and deeply sensuous world, where ornately decorated species both human and animal are rendered in seductive line and. Highway is a disco silk scarf x del kathryn barton. Highway is a disco silk scarf x del kathryn barton art, del. The highway is a disco is bartons largest solo exhibition to date, offering up many of her most famous works, while also presenting new works from which the exhibition draws its name. The highway is a disco reveals the artists imaginative and deeply. Visitors to the gallery still will encounter bartons work for the screen, courtesy of her second short film, red. The highway is a disco november 14, 2017 exhibitions twotime archibald prizewinner, del kathryn barton will be celebrated in the largest ever exhibition of her work to date at national gallery of victoria in del kathryn barton.
Once youve seen the sumptuous and intricately detailed world of del kathryn barton you start to realise how she won two archibald prizes. The highway is a disco also includes samples of her. And further more, itscurious that it was a victorian gallery that took the charge on this, despite bartons sydney roots. The highway is a disco will feature 150 new and recent works by barton, including her famed kaleidoscopic portraits, a neverbeforeseen largescale sculpture in homage to her mother and bartons short film red, starring australian actress and academy awardwinner cate blanchett.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. In place of such signatures, we are given an uncanny substitute, the face especially the pale skin and the tight cheekbones of actor cate blanchett. Del kathryn bartons the highway is a disco reveals an imaginative and deeply sensuous world. Curator pip wallis writes about symbolism in bartons imagery, while peggy frew explores womens experience and the film red, 2016, in an interview with the artist. Private collection basel, switzerland, del kathryn barton.
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Plus, there are few exhibitions that the reader can visit in early january, during the traditional art gallery shutdown period. Their lush, naked bodies are stark white against a vibrant canvas of marks, lines, and dots. We have to fight to preserve our child selves, says del kathryn barton. Dive into the psychedelic world of one of australias most popular visual artists, del kathryn barton. This is extraordinary, and the large format makes each page feel life size. Del kathryn barton, art and illustration, monet, picasso, choses cool, australian artists, australian painters, figure painting, art world.
The ngv presents a major solo exhibition of one of australias most popular artists, del kathryn barton. The highway is a disco takes the visitor into the artists sensuous world, filled with new and recent paintings, drawings and collages that feature the human and the animal form vibrantly rendered. Del kathryn barton of pink planets 2014 synthetic polymer paint and fibretipped pen on canvas 240. Del kathryn barton prints and artwork for sale buy online. Nov 21, 2017 artist del kathryn bartons exhibition at the national gallery of victoria the highway is a disco, actor nicole kidman on her latest film the killing of a sacred dear, playwright joanna murray.
Del kathryn bartons the highway is a disco books and. The highway is a disco by pip wallis 2018 book new del kathryn barton. Its the day before the opening of her new exhibition, the highway is a disco, at ngv australia. Thats the simple way of telling it, but collectors had already been circling her work before she became a household name.
Artist del kathryn barton, nicole kidman, joanna murraysmith. The highway is a disco includes some of her most personal works, as well as photographs of her studio and sketchbooks. Edition of 100on the occasion of the exhibition del kathryn barton the highway is a disco the national gallery of victoria presents a collectors edition art book with accompanying print, of pink planets, 2014 by del kathryn barton. The costumes, soundtrack and the rockandroll editing do their best to replace what is lost in removing bartons hand directly. Featuring comprehensive displays of recent paintings and drawings for which she is arguably best known, the exhibition also includes collage, sculpture, textiles and film, all drawn together by the artists exuberant and psychedelic aesthetic. The highway is a disco by del kathryn barton goodreads. Processed, proofed and printed by cpl digital in melbourne, the print is signed and numbered by the artist. The nightingale and the rose has its genesis in a commission by artand foundation, who asked del kathryn barton in. The highway is a disco reveals the artists imaginative and deeply sensuous world, where ornately decorated species both human and animal are rendered in seductive line and colour. Australian art in berlin, books and arts, abc radio national. Del kathryn barton the highway is a disco duration. Del kathryn barton, the highway is a disco, 2015, synthetic polymer paint and ink on paper. Nov 16, 2017 we have to fight to preserve our child selves, says del kathryn barton. Ngv australia at federation square, melbourne, 17 november 201712 march 2018colophon.
It is also another instance of a sydney artist being given a major exhibition by a victorian art museum. Renowned for her vibrant, highly detailed works, del kathryn barton is an acclaimed artist working across painting, drawing, film, textile and sculpture. The highway is a disco, ngv australia, shot by tom. Framed against a starlit sky, two female figures with feathered hair and large, limpid eyes sit astride blue and purple kangaroos. Artist del kathryn barton and husband chris plater.
From our team here at ngv, wed like to express our very best wishes to our community at this time. Nov 04, 2017 in 2008, del kathryn barton won the archibald prize and her world changed overnight. Due to the evolving nature of covid19 and after following closely the state and federal governments advice, we have extended the ngvs temporary closure until 30 june. The ngv, however, is open either side of christmas day, so with that in mind we turn to del kathryn bartons show, the highway is a disco. Edition of 100 on the occasion of the exhibition del kathryn barton the highway is a disco the national gallery of victoria presents a collectors edition art book. Del kathryn bartons the highway is a disco books and arts abc. The highway is a disco is the first museum survey for an artist who has enjoyed a. The highway is a disco at arndt singapore framed against a starlit sky, two female figures with feathered hair and large, limpid eyes sit astride blue and purple kangaroos.