Exhibitions Archive in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

How have new media and digital technologies changed the way we think about portraiture, identity and faces? What new forms of audience engagement and interaction are made possible by these new technologies? Face to Face explores new forms of portraiture that incorporate a variety of different technologies, from digital prints to single channel digital video and interactive installations.
FACE TO FACE: Portraiture in the digital
Sidney Nolan is one of Australia's best known painters, his experiments with sculpture were virtually unknown until a discovery at an antiques fair in London in 1994 shed new light upon Nolan's desire to produce sculpture and to cast them in gold.
Forgotten Gold: the lost sculptures of Sidney Nolan
John Turier’s first solo exhibition was held at NRAG in 1986. This exhibition, more than twenty years later, traces the development of Turier’s distinct visual idiom and unique aesthetic language. Opening 5:30pm Friday, 22 August 2008.
John Turier: Songs from the night train
An extensive collection of Indigenous Australian art has been built over many years by Dr Colin and Elizabeth Laverty. Today it is recognised as one of the most important private collections of Indigenous Australian art. This exhibition comprises paintings by 34 artists including Paddy Bedford, Eubena Nampitjin, Makinti Napanangka, Prince of Wales, Freddie Ngarmaliny Timms and Regina Wilson.
Paintings from remote communities
Jose - A Fire in the Heart.
A Fire in the Heart.
Electrofringe hits its tenth year of showcasing electronic arts & culture in 2007, transforming Newcastle with site-specific subversions, wearable art, rogue radio waves, workshops, panels, presentations and random acts of electronic expression from over 80 local and international artists, including special guests Tim Hecker, Leafcutter John and Sebastien Roux.
Electrofringe 2007