Title

The world in painting.

Collective title

Heide Museum of Modern Art travelling exhibition

Venues

Heide Museum of Modern Art. (26 July 2008 – 9 November 2008)

Latrobe Regional Gallery. (2009 – 23 August 2009)

Newcastle Region Art Gallery (21 February 2009 – 10 May 2009)

Warrnambool Art Gallery [2]. (19 September 2009 – 15 November 2009)

Date

(2008 – 2009)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (VIC, NSW). Painting

Curator

Stanhope, Zara

Documentation

Catalogue

Countries of context

Australia | Philippines | Thailand | Vietnam

Abstract

The world in painting reveals the subjects and approaches that make painting vital for twelve artists from Australia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Many of the participating artists use conventional painting materials to explore relationships with natural or urban environments or the aspects of the daily world that sustain them as individuals, while others cast a critical eye on the values engendered by society and what it means to be a global citizen. [Heidi MMA media]

Questioning the definition of painting, a number of works challenge ideas of what painting can be and where or how creativity can take place in our lives. The works in The world in painting are in turn beautiful, subtle, contemplative and cerebral; and the artists are united by a desire to engage the viewer in the potential painting holds today.

The Australian artists featured are: John Citizen, Amanda Davies, Diena Georgetti, Raafat Ishak, James Morrison, Nancy Naninurra Napanangka, Elizabeth Newman and Boxer Milner Tjampitjin. A selection of these artists’ works previously toured to Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chulalongkorn University Art Center in Bangkok, Yuchengco Museum in Manila and the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi. As a result of this tour Asian artists Louie Cordero, Sakarin Krue-On, Kamin Lertchaiprasert and Lê Quốc Việt have been selected to join the project in an exclusive presentation at Heide.

The world in painting was curated at the invitation of Asialink, part of the University of Melbourne, which works with business, government, philanthropic and cultural partners to initiate and strengthen Australia-Asia engagement. The project is a collaboration between Heide Museum of Modern Art and Asialink, designed to expand audiences for contemporary painting within Asia and Australia.