John Brack
NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre
Friday 24 April 2009 to Sunday 09 August 2009
Exhibition
previously on
at
NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre
in
Melbourne precinct,
Victoria,
Australia
The first John Brack retrospective to be held in more than twenty years, this exhibition will survey the artist’s complete oeuvre, incorporating paintings and works on paper from all of his major series and including pictures such as The bar 1954 and Collins St., 5 p.m. 1955, now regarded as some of the most iconic images of 20th century Australian art.
More than any other artist of his generation, John Brack (1920–99) was a painter of modern Australian life. Unlike his contemporaries, Brack painted neither myth nor history and when he focused on the landscape, it was the sprawl of suburbia that caught his attention rather than the
ubiquitous Australian bush.
This is a National Gallery of Victoria Touring Exhibition. John Brack will be on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia from 2 October 2009 – 31 January 2010.
Admission fees apply
Location
NGV Australia, The Ian Potter CentreFederation Square
Melbourne Precinct
Victoria
Australia
