Romanticism on Valentine's DayThis week our new Executive Producer, Audrey, delved into Romanticism and the Sublime, starting with history of the movement and then discussing Neo-Romanticism in art. Ending with an idea of a 'New Romanticim' in contemporary Australian art, one that you can take with you on your upcoming gallery visits.
Artworks discussed in this segment were:
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818
Théodore Géricault, Raft of Medusa, 1819
Henry Moore’s graphic drawings of war-time air raid shelters
Paul Nash, Pillar and Moon from 1932-42
Exhibitions A New Romance at the National Gallery of Australia in 1987 and The Sublime Imperative at ACCA in 1991
Imants Tillers, Mount Analogue, 1985
Eugene von Guérard's North-East View From the Northern Top of Mount Kosciusko from 1863
Irene Hanenbergh’s work, sepcifically at ‘dirty borrowed stardust’ exhibition at Neon Parc Gallery
Samantha Hobson, Burning Grass Season, 2019