Invitation

Please join us for a remarkable day of discussion and celebrate the Australian launch of Professor Marcia Pointon’s new book, Portrayal and the Search for Identity (London, Reaktion Books, 2013).

Discussion

Six distinguished scholars, curators and artists will explore a range of ideas concerning our understanding, interpretation and the value of portraiture in contemporary society.

•     Marcia Pointon, Senior Research Professor, Norwich University of the Arts
•     Jude Rae, Prominent Australian Contemporary Artist
•     Anthea Callen, Professor of Art: Practice-led Research, ANU School of Art
•     Colin Rhodes, Dean, Professor of Art History and Theory, Sydney College of the Arts
•     Christopher Chapman, Senior Curator, National Portrait Gallery
•     Helen Ennis, Associate Professor of Art History, Postgraduate Convener, ANU School of Art.

Program

Public program 9.30am - 3.00pm
Book launch and author signing, 3.00pm – 4.00pm

Refreshments

Morning tea and afternoon refreshments are included in the registration price.

Registration

Register at the National Portrait Gallery for attendance.

Fees

Fees for attendance are:

Full Day

9.30am – 4.00pm
$70 / $60 Circle of Friends

Opening address and morning session

$30 / $25 Circle of Friends
(includes refreshments)

Afternoon session and book launch

$40 / $35 Circle of Friends
(includes refreshments)

Book Launch: Portrayal and the Search for Identity by Marcia Pointon to be launched by Anthea Callen. 3.00pm

Bookings essential by Friday 15 March

Information for School of Art HDR Students

If you are an HDR student enrolled at the SoA and would like to attend you must contact Erica.seccombe@anu.edu.au before 10 March if you wish the registration price to be covered by the School of Art.

Professor Pointon

Professor Pointon is visiting the ANU School of Art to work with HDR students during March 2013. Marcia Pointon is a distinguished Art Historian and independent scholar and research consultant. She is Senior Research Professor, Norwich University of the Arts; Professor Emeritus of History of Art, University of Manchester UK and Research Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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