ISMS: REALISM

Mon 1 Jul 2013
12am

This is a past program.
ACCA Main Exhibition Gallery

Realism – Or should we say Shock of the Real! We don't mean Courbet and Co., exclusively. We want to investigate the idea of the real and the ISM of it.  What is Realism now and why do we need it?  

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PROGRAM

Monday July 1, Realism, Juliana Engberg
Monday July 8, Impressionism, Juliana Engberg
Wednesday July 17, Surrealism, Juliana Engberg
Wednesday July 24, Abstract Expressionism, Anthony White
Wednesday July 31, Minimalism, Callum Morton
Wednesday August 21, Postmodernism, Edward Colless
Wednesday August 28, Installation-ism, Callum Morton
Wednesday September 4, Catastrophism, Edward Colless
Monday September 30, Now-ism, Juliana Engberg
 
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