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No 001 Barton [Exhibition]

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dc.contributor.authorAlder, Alison
dc.coverage.spatialMuseum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-19T04:19:47Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2022-05-15T08:17:26Z
dc.description.abstractIn this project, Canberra-based artist Alison Alder reinterprets and reinvigorates portraits of the first eight prime ministers. Developed from her fellowship with the Australian Prime Ministers Centre, Alder found rich inspiration in the early period in the nation's democracy. Until the introduction of Movietone newsreels in 1929, the imprint of ink on paper in newspapers, journals, magazines, posters and ephemera was the primary source of visual information available to the Australian people of their prime ministers. The printed image had the power to influence opinions and provide a sense of familiarity with, or conversely distance from the leaders of the nation. Inspired by a picture of Stanley Bruce's cabinet where they were all wearing some type of lapel badge, Alder presents each prime minister wearing at least one badge referencing a key aspect of their time in office. Neither explicitly positive nor negative, she leaves us to form our own opinion. Visually arresting, humorous and thoughtful, Alder's portraits bring these historical figures a little bit closer to us.en_AU
dc.format.extent1 worksen_AU
dc.format.extent90 x 60cm each, Screen print on tissueen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/294420
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherMuseum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament Houseen_AU
dc.rights© 2016 The Author(s)en_AU
dc.sourceOne to eighten_AU
dc.source.urihttp://www.thecuratorsdepartment.com/alison-alder-one-to-eight
dc.titleNo 001 Barton [Exhibition]en_AU
dc.typeCreative worken_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationMuseum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
local.contributor.affiliationAlder, Alison, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidAlder, Alison, u4146698en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor360602 - Fine artsen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4793941xPUB235en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://nga.gov.au/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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