Presented by Vivienne Lawes
The period covered in this lecture is one during which local artists began to look away from Western (particularly Dutch) fine art traditions and towards the native artisanal and ritual practices that represent notions of national identity. We focus on the effects of colonialism and post-colonialism in the evolution of fine art in the Indonesian archipelago. Ranging from the Western Romantic style of painting by the aristocratic 19th century Indonesian painter Raden Saleh, through the ‘Mooi Indies’ school of the inter-war period, to the embrace of Western Modernism in the mid-20th century. The lecture finishes with developments in contemporary art.
Viv Lawes is an art historian, art market analyst and curator/writer combining a hands-on career in the art business with academic research and education. Teaching at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, the University of the Arts London, the City & Guilds of London Art School, University of London, and Imperial College. She is UK Consultant to Larasati Auctioneers (Jakarta/ Singapore) and One East Asia gallery, Singapore, and has curated exhibitions in London and Singapore since 2011.
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$30 per lecture
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Bowral Memorial Hall, Bendooley Street, Bowral NSW, Australia
P. 0400 728 861
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