UQ Art Museum Public Programs: 'NSPP 2015' panel discussion and artist talks

Event Details

Date:

Saturday, 14 November 2015

Time:

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

UQ Location:

James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre (St Lucia)

URL:

http://www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Please join Dr Sally Butler, Jon Cattapan and Michael Desmond in a discussion about contemporary self portraiture, followed by artist talks by Jacqueline Bradley, Julia deVille, Guan Wei and John Nixon.

As in previous years, we anticipate that our 2015 winner will join the panel discussion and artist talks.

Free. All welcome
RSVP artmuseum@uq.edu.au
07 3365 3046

For exhibition curator Michael Desmond 'self portraits tend to record a moment, less than a second in the case of photography, but only marginally longer in traditional art media. Yet the idea of ‘becoming’ might be useful in considering self portraiture. Movement and change, reflected in the individual as development and aging, is difficult to summarise visually. For many artists, looking to the future is appealing, but is leavened by the recognition that this moment – the present – is forever lost. The idea of existing somewhere between entropy and transcendence is at the heart of the 2015 National Self-Portrait Prize.'

The $50,000 invitation-only, acquisitive prize is held by The University of Queensland Art Museum every two years. The winning work is selected by an independent judge of national stature.

The exhibition continues until 13 March 2016.