When: 9 November 2018 – 3 February 2019
Venue: Australian Parliament House - Public Gallery, Level 1, APH
Patrons: Senator James Paterson & Mr Luke Gosling OAM MP (Co-Chairs Parliamentary Friends Museums, Libraries and Galleries)
Curator: Kelly Squires
From War is a unique and collaborative exhibition that brings together selected works from the permanent art collections of the Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (ANVAM) and Parliament House, Canberra.
From War conveys compelling stories from the lives of more than twenty veteran artists. The exhibition considers the way military service and war have impacted the lives of the exhibiting artists and their families, demonstrating the way art can positively transform lives.
For many veteran artists making art is both an expression of personal creativity and a way of ‘making meaning’. Veteran artistic practices can draw upon – and extend beyond – the individual’s experience of military service. For some, art is a lifeline and a life force; a way to tell stories and ask important questions about themselves and their place today in Australian society.
Using a diverse range of disciplines including photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, textiles, and poetry, the artists featured in the exhibition reflect on their personal questions and process sharing unique stories of their lived experiences of military service that continue to unfold today.
Artists from Parliament House Art Collection (PHAC)
Ian Fairweather
Guy Grey-Smith AM
Robert Klippel AO
Peter Rushforth AM
Albert Tucker AO
Guy Warren AM
Artists from ANVAM Arts Collection
Sean Burton
Bill Charlton
Chad Dobbs
Warrick Eady
Dan Elborne
Barham Ferguson
Kate Hallen
Phil Johns & Anila Reddy
Geoffrey Jones
George Mansford AM
Ben Pullin
Clare Randall
Lucy Sattler
Saif Shamkhi
Anna Taylor
Gordon Traill
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