Robyn Stacey: as still as life
This exhibition leads audiences into the tantalising world of the still-life tradition. It opens with an exploration of still-life photographs drawn from MGA's collection, placing the genre and Robyn Stacey's work into context.
Venue: Monash Gallery of Art
Address: 860 Ferntree Gully Road
Date: Until 3 March 2019
Ticket: Free
Web: https://www.mga.org.au/exhibition/view/exhibition/232
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EMail: mga@monash.vic.gov.au
Call: 03 85440 500
Address: 860 Ferntree Gully Road
Date: Until 3 March 2019
Ticket: Free
Web: https://www.mga.org.au/exhibition/view/exhibition/232
: https://www.instagram.com/mga_photography
: https://www.facebook.com/Monash.Gallery.of.Art
: https://twitter.com/MGA_photography
EMail: mga@monash.vic.gov.au
Call: 03 85440 500
Stacey is one of Australia's leading photographic artists whose fascination with the still life genre inspired the magnificent works in this exhibition. Through the contemporary medium of photography Stacey brings historical collections to life on a monumental scale, interrogating what these collections meant for the original owners and brilliantly interweaving personal historical narratives into sumptuous still lifes.
Twenty"four of Stacey's large scale monumental works will take over MGA's main gallery space. These are drawn from projects that have documented and explored scientifically and historically significant collections throughout Australia, including the Macleay collection held at Sydney University and the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. The exhibition also includes over fifty Australian photographs from MGA's collection, including works by Olive Cotton, John Eaton and
Anne Zahalka, as well as a Baroque still life painting on loan from the National Gallery of Victoria.
Still life is one of the most enduring genres, which flourished during the Baroque period in Europe. It created a type of code through which inanimate objects took on allegorical meanings. Still life reflected, responded to and shaped society, and changed and democratised the art market into what it is today.
Still life was the perfect subject matter for photographers to focus on during the medium's infancy. Inanimate, unmoving objects could be composed in elaborate and dynamic composition within a controlled environment, allowing for the long exposures that photography demanded. Still life has continued to evolve in photography to this day, from compositions that reflect early baroque paintings, through to highly conceptual and experimental works that push the boundaries of what still life can be.
Through the contemporary medium of photography, Stacey brings historical collections to life on a monumental scale, interrogating what these collections meant for the original owners, brilliantly interweaving personal historical narratives into sumptuous still lifes.
A rabble of butterflies at MGA this Summer Holidays | Kids at MGA MGA's Atrium space has been turned into a lush green butterfly house! Amongst the hedges is a table full of materials, where you can gather all that you need to make your own beautiful paper butterfly to add to our flock on display.
These free activity spaces are available during gallery hours for the duration of the exhibition 24 November 2018 "“ 3 March 2019
Twenty"four of Stacey's large scale monumental works will take over MGA's main gallery space. These are drawn from projects that have documented and explored scientifically and historically significant collections throughout Australia, including the Macleay collection held at Sydney University and the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. The exhibition also includes over fifty Australian photographs from MGA's collection, including works by Olive Cotton, John Eaton and
Anne Zahalka, as well as a Baroque still life painting on loan from the National Gallery of Victoria.
Still life is one of the most enduring genres, which flourished during the Baroque period in Europe. It created a type of code through which inanimate objects took on allegorical meanings. Still life reflected, responded to and shaped society, and changed and democratised the art market into what it is today.
Still life was the perfect subject matter for photographers to focus on during the medium's infancy. Inanimate, unmoving objects could be composed in elaborate and dynamic composition within a controlled environment, allowing for the long exposures that photography demanded. Still life has continued to evolve in photography to this day, from compositions that reflect early baroque paintings, through to highly conceptual and experimental works that push the boundaries of what still life can be.
Through the contemporary medium of photography, Stacey brings historical collections to life on a monumental scale, interrogating what these collections meant for the original owners, brilliantly interweaving personal historical narratives into sumptuous still lifes.
AS STILL AS STACEY | Summer at MGA
Enter our photo studio and use our collection of props to style and shoot your own still-life masterpiece this summer!A rabble of butterflies at MGA this Summer Holidays | Kids at MGA MGA's Atrium space has been turned into a lush green butterfly house! Amongst the hedges is a table full of materials, where you can gather all that you need to make your own beautiful paper butterfly to add to our flock on display.
These free activity spaces are available during gallery hours for the duration of the exhibition 24 November 2018 "“ 3 March 2019