11 April 2007

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Events
Exhibitions

5.30pm Exhibition Talk
6.30pm Celebrity Talk
7.15pm Free Film
7.30pm ArtBar

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6.30PM
CELEBRITY TALK in association with the Archibald Prize 2007
Paul McDermott

Paul McDermott has been at the forefront of the Australian entertainment industry since the Doug Anthony All Stars stormed to national and international success in the late 1980's. For more than a decade this immensely popular entertainer and artist has proved to be one of the most versatile in Australia. Tonight he shares his views on this years Archibald Prize finalists.

5.30PM EXHIBITION TALK TEZUKA; Marvel of Manga
Dr. Michael Hill Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
Dr. Michael Hill, labelled Doctor Comics on Radio National for his PhD research on comics, will speak of the work of another 'Doctor Comics', Osamu Tezuka, the trained physician who turned his back on medicine to devote his career to manga and anime. The emphasis of this talk will be on drawing. It will also include an analysis of Tezuka's graphic style, how he constructed character design and developed visual narratives

TEZUKA OsamuAstro Boy (Tetsuwan Atomu)

7.15PM
FREE FILM
In association with Tezuka: The marvel of manga

Spirited away

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Image courtesy Madman Entertainment

7.30PM 
ARTBAR in association with the Archibald Prize 2007
The Australian Army Band Saxophone Quartet
The Australian Army Band Sydney (AAB-S), the oldest professional music organisation in Australia - established in 1871. The Band has opened everything from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Opera House and can break down into nine contrasting ensembles ranging from an earthy folk band to a hard-hitting rock outfit.

GIFTED
Works from the Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for Aboriginal Art
until 15 April 2007

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Ginger Riley Munduwalawala Limmen Bight River country synthetic polymer paint on canvas Mollie Gowing Acquisition Fund for contemporary Aboriginal Art 1992 © The Estate of Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, courtesy Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne

ARTEXPRESS 2007
until 22 April

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Jack DunbarGuise of a Persona 2005 (detail)From ARTEXPRESS 2006

'I lost my balance yesterday, my mind is really beginning to slip' (overheard conversation, wharf 2, Circular Quay, Sydney, 06.07.1999) sculptural situations by Gail Hastings

until 9 May

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Gail Hastingsdifficult art decisions: wall six (detail) 1998. Courtesy of the artist and Daimler Chrysler Contemporary collection, Berlin. © Gail Hastings

Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes 07

until 13 May

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Adam CullenEdmund (detail) Archibald Prize finalist 2006

HOWARD ARKLEY
until 6 May

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Howard Arkley Superb + solid 1998. Contemporary Collection Benefactors 1998

PICTORIAL BOOKPLATES FROM THE CORRIGAN COLLECTION
until 26 JUNE

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Irena Sibley Ex Libris Pat Corrigan 1986

TEZUKA:
The Marvel of Manga

until 29 April

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TEZUKA OsamuAstro Boy (Tetsuwan Atomu)

ANNE ZAHALKA

until 2 May

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Anne Zahalka The Sunbather #2 from the series 'Bondi: Playground of the Pacific' 1989 (printed 1990) Hallmark Cards Australian Photography Collection Fund 1990

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