Moderm Times - The untold story of modernism in Australia

until sunday february 15 2009
Powerhouse Museum
T : (+61 2) 9217 0111
500 Harris Street Ultimo, PO Box K346 Haymarket
NSW 1238 Sydney
Australia

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Mandy Campbell
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Modern times reveals how modernism transformed life in Australia across five tumultuous decades from 1917 to 1967. The exhibition traces for the first time the impact of modernism on all aspects of Australian culture — from art, design and architecture to advertising, photography, film and fashion.



Australia Square, 1968. Photo by Max Dupain. Courtesy Max Dupain and Associates

Bringing together over 400 artworks and artefacts, Modern times focuses on a series of major interdisciplinary exchanges between modern architects, artists and designers. It features paintings by Grace Cossington Smith, Sidney Nolan and Margaret Preston; photographs by Max Dupain, Wolfgang Sievers and Jeff Carter; designs by Clement Meadmore, Douglas Annand, Robert Klippel, and Grant and Mary Featherston; as well as models and designs by architects Harry Seidler, Robin Boyd, Roy Grounds and Jorn Utzon.