This summer, the National Art School at Darlinghurst will feature its latest exhibition Luminous World: Contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers Collection.
Opening free to the public, Luminous World presents a unique opportunity for audiences to engage with a collection of extraordinary works by some of Australia and New Zealand’s most revered artists.
In a converation about light that encompasses properties of the optical experience, these fascinations are embraced by such artists as Laurence Aberhart, Brook Andrew, Bob Burruwal andNyapanyapa Yunupingu, who bring together a diversity of culture that aim to reveal the role light plays in creating the world around us.
Available to accompany the exhibition are a 184-page catalogue featuring large-format colour plates of artworks, an introduction by curator Helen Carroll, ‘Reflections’,a text by artist Bill Henson, ‘Harmonies’by composer Richard Mills and ‘Echoes’,poetry by John Kinsella.
Photo: Crop of Untitled from Paris Opera project by Bill Henson
Luminous World: Contemporary Art from the Wesfarmers Collection at the National Art School Galleryshows from Monday January 4 – Saturday February 27.
