Dangerously Modern is a podcast from the Art Gallery of South Australia about the unprecedented wave of women artists who left a conservative Australia to pursue modern art in the early 20th century.
On this episode, we're following the journey of the magnificent Dorrit Black. Dorrit arrived in London in 1927 and embraced modernism in the new medium of lino cut printmaking. She went on to start her own Modern Art Centre in Sydney in the 1930s and inspired the next generation of artists. But professional rivalry and her status as an ‘unmarried daughter’ would challenge her autonomy and legacy.
· Works and artists mentioned in this episode:
Dorrit Black
The eruption (c.1929-30) by Dorrit Black
Mirmande (1928) by Dorrit Black
Mirmande (1928) by Grace Crowley
Anne Dangar’s Mirmande
The Bridge (1930) by Dorrit Black
Claude Flight
Andre Lhote
· This podcast is inspired by the exhibition Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940
· Dangerously Modern is also a book featuring 50 trailblazing artists, co-published by AGSA and AGNSW.
Credits
Special thanks to Elle Freak, Tracey Lock, Wayne Tunnicliffe, Denise Mimmocchi and ADS Donaldson. This episode was produced and presented by Rosa Ellen with sound engineering by Melissa May, original music by Margie Jean Lewis and other music from Blue Dot Sessions.
Image detail: Dorrit Black, The Bridge, 1930, Sydney, oil on canvas on board, 60.0 × 81.0 cm; AGSA
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Ep 2. Dangerously Modern: Stella Bowen
Dangerously Modern is a podcast from the Art Gallery of South Australia about the unprecedented wave of women artists who left a conservative Australia to pursue modern art in the early 20th century.
In this episode we follow the story of Stella Bowen, who left Adelaide when she was 21 to study art in Europe. There she met the British writer Ford Maddox Ford, and moved to Paris with him and their daughter in the 1920s. But Stella struggled under the emotional labour demanded by Ford, undermining her own career as an artist. Following her separation from Ford, Stella turned inward, making herself the focus of her paintings and finding a new sense of freedom, before meeting a tragic end.
· Works mentioned in this episode:
Drawn From Life (1941) autobiography by Stella Bowen
· This podcast is inspired by the exhibition Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940
· Dangerously Modern is also a book featuring 50 trailblazing artists, co-published by AGSA and AGNSW.
Credits
Special thanks to Elle Freak, Tracey Lock, Rob Brookman and Alexandra Aldrich. This episode was produced and presented by Rosa Ellen with sound engineering by Melissa May, original music by Margie Jean Lewis and other music from Blue Dot Sessions.
Image detail: Stella Bowen, Self-portrait, c.1928, Paris, oil on plywood, 45.0 × 36.8 cm; AGSA
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Ep 1. Dangerously Modern: Margaret Preston
Dangerously Modern is a podcast from the Art Gallery of South Australia about the unprecedented wave of women artists who left a conservative Australia to pursue modern art in the early 20th century.
Margaret Preston is a household name in Australian art, best known for her bold paintings and woodcuts of native wildflowers. But to achieve this level of visibility she had to inhabit a bullet-proof confidence and find a sense of freedom, away from the strictures of a Victorian society. In this episode, hear how she found freedom in an unlikely Irish rural setting, discovered modernism and, it’s speculated, pursued queer relationships.
· Works and artists mentioned in this episode:
Still life with teapot and daisies (1915) by Margaret Preston
A view of the shore (1915) by Margaret Preston
Girl sitting on a bed (1917-1918) by Edith Collier
Bessie Davidson
Gladys Reynell
· This podcast is inspired by the exhibition Dangerously Modern: Australian Women Artists in Europe 1890–1940
· Dangerously Modern is also a book featuring 50 trailblazing artists, co-published by AGSA and AGNSW.
Credits
Special thanks to Elle Freak, Tracey Lock, Wayne Tunnicliffe, Denise Mimmocchi and Sally Smart. This episode was produced and presented by Rosa Ellen with sound engineering by Melissa May, original music by Margie Jean Lewis and other music from Blue Dot Sessions. Thanks to kangaroovindaloo; llupo2 and Klankbeeld for their recorded sounds used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International from freesound.org
Image detail: Margaret Preston, Still life, c.1915–16, London, oil on canvas, 48.9 × 48.9 cm; AGSA
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Tuesday Talk - Sue Kneebone speaks on her display as part of SALA
Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Join Sue Kneebone, this years South Australian Living Artist (SALA) Feature Artist, as she discusses her work on display as part of SALA.
For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au
Photo: Saul Steed
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Tuesday Talk - Jillian Jackson discusses the Ramsay Art Prize
Thank you for listening to this track produced by the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Join Exhibitions Manager Jillian Jackson as she discusses The Ramsay Art Prize in the context of the Australian art prize landscape.
For more information visit agsa.sa.gov.au
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