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Acknowledgments:<br />

This <strong>education</strong> <strong>resource</strong> has been produced<br />

by <strong>Museums</strong> and <strong>Galleries</strong> <strong>NSW</strong> to support<br />

the national tour of the exhibition <strong>STUDIO</strong>:<br />

Australian Painters photographed by R. Ian<br />

Lloyd.<br />

Images:<br />

R. Ian Lloyd, Photographer<br />

Author:<br />

Lisa Slade, Education consultant<br />

Activities and design:<br />

Anna Scobie, Education consultant<br />

Editor:<br />

Rachel Arndt, Manager, Touring<br />

Exhibitions Services M&G<strong>NSW</strong><br />

All copyright reversed 2010. Photographs and<br />

images reproduced courtesy of the artists. The<br />

authors wish to acknowledge and thank John<br />

McDonald for the text extracts and quotations<br />

adapted for this <strong>resource</strong> from the interviews<br />

conducted during the <strong>STUDIO</strong> project.<br />

Writing tasks:<br />

John McDonald writes a column in the Sydney Morning Herald each<br />

weekend. He reviews exhibitions in Sydney and around the country. Visit the<br />

studio exhibition and write a review for your local paper. Collect a copy of the<br />

Sydney Morning Herald to research the information you will need to include<br />

in your own review.<br />

Write a journal entry of a day in the life of Ian Lloyd and John McDonald.<br />

Choose a day when they are going to take a photograph of your favourite<br />

studio and interview your favourite artist.<br />

Suggested comparisons:<br />

Contrast and compare the paintings of Rosella Namok and Angus<br />

Nivison who both depict the weather in their work through different cultural<br />

perspectives.<br />

Contrast and compare the self portraiture and performance aspects of Anna<br />

Platten’s and Guo Jian’s paintings.<br />

Compare the opposite natures of Angus Nivison’s and Marion Borgelt’s<br />

studio practice.<br />

Compare the drawing practice that is included in both John Wolseley’s and<br />

Angus Nivison’s paintings.<br />

Compare and contrast artists John Wolseley and John Mawurndjul who both<br />

explore concepts of country and landscape in their art practice.<br />

Explore the concepts of yarning and oral histories through the works of Julie<br />

Dowling and Rosella Namok.<br />

Connect the concept of collecting as inspiration by comparing the practice of<br />

Lucy Culliton and Guo Jian.<br />

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