National Gallery of Australia | LECTURE SERIES | 2009

Where are those McCubbin recipes for a good loaf or apple pie? McCubbin gave up baking for painting and teaching art. Margaret Fulton, Australian food and cooking writer, speaks about food of the Federation period, and shares some time-honoured recipes.

Quiltmaker and author, Margaret Rolfe, discusses styles and techniques of some Australian quilts in Airing of the quilts.

John Olsen in conversation on his attitude and approaches to drawing.

Angelo Candalepas, Candalepas Associates, an award-winning Sydney practice whose work is extensively published in books and journals. Angelo is Adjunct Professor of Architecture at UNSW and a frequent commentator on industry practice.

Philip Thalis, Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects, a Sydney-based firm that explores the specificity of each site and program within its broader urban and geographical context.

PHOOEY Architects are engaged in the cultural identity of our sustainable future, actively exploring resilience, comfort and aesthetic strategies that incorporate a campaign of awareness, feedback design, recycled form and a re–value of consumption waste. Their work has been described as ugly, fabulously whimsical, a billboard for sustainability, trash, glamour!

Dr Tony Milner, Basham Professor of History, Centre for Asian Societies and Histories, Australian National University, explores the relationship between textiles and power in the Malay kingdoms.

Knitta Please founder and yard-bomber, Magda Sayeg, discusses the curious convergence of knitting and graffiti, exploring the social implication of street art in our urban environment.

Artist Nell discusses her work The perfect drip 1999 in the exhibition Soft sculpture.

Inge King discusses her work Wandering angel 2000

Mike Parr rerflects on the unconventional printmaking processes and historical underpinnings of his work Polish mud 1995.

Dr Christopher Chapman, Curator, National Portrait Gallery, discusses selected works and their relationship to the human body.

In association with International Museums Day: a talk by one of Australia’s most well–known sculptors, Bert Flugelman, who discusses public art in the context of his own work. Devised by the International Council of Museums, International Museums Day has been celebrated all over the world since 1977. It was developed to focus attention on the work done by museums and galleries and promote the role of museums and museum professionals around the world.

Debra Dawes discusses her work Parallel planes 2007.

Les Kossatz discusses his work in the Soft Sculpture exhibition.

Lauren Berkowitz discusses her work in the Soft Sculpture exhibition.

Sadie Chandler discusses her work in the Soft Sculpture exhibition.

Vivienne Binns discusses her works Japanese fabric III 2001 and Nylon over the Lachlan 2005.

Peter Perry, Director, Castlemaine Gallery and Historical Museum, and author of Max Meldrum and associates: their art, lives and influences, speaks about selected works in the exhibition Misty moderns.

Dr Elisabeth Findlay, Lecturer, Art History, Australian National University, discusses Degas’ enigmatic and compelling portraits.

Hossein Valamanesh speaks about the inspiration behind the construction of his work Touch love 2006.

Paul Noritaka Tange, architect and president of Tange Associates, will deliver a lecture about the legacy of his father, Kenzo Tange, one of Japan’s most honoured architects. Kenzo Tange was a teacher, writer, architect and urban planner, revered not only for his own work but also for his influence on many architects today. The lecture will discuss the works of Kenzo Tange and his influence on modern Japanese architecture. Presented in association with the Embassy of Japan and supported by the National Federation of Australia Japan Societies.

Dr Jenny Newell, Research Fellow, National Museum of Australia, talks about the techniques and changing meanings of carving across the Pacific.