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Freecall 1800 026 132 www.nma.gov.au The National Museum of Australia is an Australian Government Agency Glass point from the Kimberley region, Western Australia NMA 6768_FA_Spear_A4.indd 1 27/10/09 12:40:06 PM Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference Nov 2009 26-28 The Australian National University Conference Convenors The annual AAANZ conference for 2009 is jointly organised by representatives of various sections of The Australian National University's ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences: Professor Howard Morphy Research School of Humanities Gordon Bull ANU School of Art Dr Elisabeth Findlay School of Humanities Celia Roach ANU School of Art Dr Rebecca Elliott School of Humanities Conference Website www.aaanz.info Hosts The information contained in this publication was correct at the time of printing. The conference organisers bear no responsibilities for withdrawn or altered papers. The views expressed within this publication are those of the authors and not the conference organisers. WELCOME on behalf of the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences at The Australian National University (ANU), I would like to welcome you to the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) Annual Conference for 2009. This conference brings together a broad range of art historians, critics, curators, artists and art students. The organising committee chose to keep the theme of the conference open and allow the sessions to emerge from the most current research being undertaken by AAANZ community. The result is a diverse and stimulating range of papers. No doubt the quality of the scholarship will result in a very rewarding conference. one of the benefits of holding the conference in Canberra is the opportunity to collaborate with our major national arts institutions. We particularly wish to thank the National Museum of Australia for hosting and staging the launch of this year’s conference. We would like to thank all of the speakers for their contribution. The strength of the conference relies on the presenters putting in the time and effort to travel to Canberra to present their research. We are also especially thankful to the session convenors for their hard work in initiating and co-ordinating such a broad range of themes. Gordon Bull Head of the ANU School of Art ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences The Australian National University FORWARD As President of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand I warmly welcome delegates and visitors to our 2009 Annual Conference, generously hosted by ANU. The Art Association of Australia was founded in 1974 to act as a professional body representing art historians, critics, curators, artists and art students in the region. The publishing activities and conferences were of course never restricted to Australian topics or researchers and a true balance was found between national and international concerns. our core activities are the publication of an annual scholarly journal, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, the first refereed art-historical journal in Australia, and the management of an annual conference, generally featuring an invited keynote speaker or speakers. This year I warmly welcome Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (The University of Auckland) to open our annual conference. The conference papers that will be presented this year attest to the range and diversity of art historical, critical and curatorial scholarship currently being undertaken in this region; they range from analysis of the recreation of shells in eighteenth-century French art to Aboriginal art centres as frontiers of thought. Several large themes are being run by session leaders, and they include work on the materiality of art; contemporary issues in Aboriginal art; the representation of war; negotiating Paris 1900-1950; bringing interpretive worlds to view; contemporary photography, landscape and history; art and the crises of the contemporary world; portraiture; contemporary space in crises; the body, dress and location; legacies of Surrealism; modernism in crisis ‘down South’; keyword curating; building collections; and art in Asia/Australia. With such a range of papers and up to eight parallel sessions, perhaps the only regret from members will be that they cannot attend more of their peer’s papers. A range of Book and Journal Prizes are coordinated annually by the AAANZ and the results are keenly awaited by delegates and the publishing sector. The results of the Prize will be made during the conference. I encourage you also to attend the Annual General Meeting of the AAANZ and the Plenary Session on the topic of the Australian Institute of Art History which will be conducted by Professor Jaynie Anderson. Enjoy the parties and the atmosphere that Canberra in late spring provides. I am very grateful to the organisers of the conference for all their efforts to ensure that the success of the 2009 conference. Peter McNeil President of AAANZ Professor of Design History, UTS; Professor of Fashion Studies, Stockholm University THEMES: 1 Open Session 2 Bringing Interpretive Worlds to View 3 Building Collections 4 Contemporary Issues in Aboriginal Art 5 Contemporary Photography, Landscape and History 6 Contemporary Space in Crisis 7 Coolness: The Body, Dress and Location 8 In Honour of Saint Luke: The Materiality of Art 9 Keyword Curating: Can Art History be Blind to Practice? 10 Legacies of Surrealism 11 Modernism-in-Crisis Down South 12 Networks and Networking: Negotiating Paris, 1900-1950 13 Old Things, New Histories 14 Portraiture: A Complex Web 15 REAL Emergency: Art and the Crises of the Contemporary World 16 Shifting Cartographies: Asia / Australia / Art 17 Visualising War: Politics, Aesthetic and Logistics CONVENORS Antoinette, Michelle Elliott, Rebecca Jorgensen, Darren Naumann, Peter Beaven, Lisa Findlay, Elisabeth Lentini, Damian Peoples, Sharon Bennett, Jill Gooding, Janda Mansfield, Lisa Speck, Catherine Best, Susan Hastings, Gail Maravillas, Francis Spiteri, Raymond Brauer, Fay Hawker, Rosemary Marshall, Christopher Stephen, Ann Brennan, Anne Hely, Patsy Maskill, David Stewart, Susan Desmond, Michael Heywood, Warwick McLean, Ian Webster, Laura Downey, Georgina Inglis, Alison McNamara, Andrew SPEAKERS Akenson, David Donaldson, A. D. S. Lionis, Chrisoula Poppelreuter, Tanja Ansted, Darryn Downey, Georgina Londey, Peter Priebe, Jessica Antoinette, Michelle Drayton, Joanne Lusty, Natalya Prosser, Cherie Baird, Kingsley Eckett, Jane MacLaughlin, Sally Rankin, Elizabeth Bamford, Roderick Findlay, Elisabeth Mair, Katherine Read, Richard Beaven, Lisa Gerrish Nunn, Pamela Malor, Deborah Riddler, Eric Bennett, Jill Gill, Alison Mansfield, Lisa Robertson, Kate Berry, Jess Goddard, Angela Maravillas, Francis Romanin, Alisia Best, Susan Greenwood, John Marshall, David Sitzia, Emilie Biddle, Jennifer Gregory, Tim Marshall, Nancy Smith, Tracey Bleach, Lucy Griffiths, Amy Mataraga, Francesca Spate, Virginia Bojic, Zoja Gully, Rebecca Matthews, Georgette Speck, Catherine Bond, Tony Gutierrez, Lydia McArdle, James Spiteri, Raymond Bowker, Sam Haggblom, Kristian McLean, Ian Steggall, Susan Boyde, Melissa Hansen, Anita McNamara, Andrew Stephen, Ann Brauer, Fay Hastings, Gail McNeil, Peter Strongman, Luke Brett, Donna Holland, Allison McNeill, David Taylor, Elena Broadfoot, Keith Huppatz, D.J. Mellick Lopes, Abby Tello, Veronica Brunet, Lynn Inglis, Alison Messham-Muir, Kit Thomas, Morgan Butler, Sally Johnston, Ryan Milam, Jennifer Thurrowgood, David Cain, Deborah Jorgensen, Darren Monden, Masafumi Thwaites, Vivonne Callaway, Anita Joyce, Renee Montana, Andrew Tyler, Linda Chandler, Lisa Kayser, Petra Nandlal, Carina Wallace, Caroline CONVENORS Antoinette, Michelle Elliott, Rebecca Jorgensen, Darren Naumann, Peter Clark, Christine Kime, Grahame Naylor, Stephen Ward, Lucina Beaven, Lisa Findlay, Elisabeth Lentini, Damian Peoples, Sharon Craik, Jennifer Kirker, Anne North, Stella Warner, Carl Bennett, Jill Gooding, Janda Mansfield, Lisa Speck, Catherine Crocker, Robert Kochel, Jay Nouri Esfahani, Naghmeh Webberley, Helen Best, Susan Hastings, Gail Maravillas, Francis Spiteri, Raymond Croft, Brenda Kostyrko, Diana Nowak, Jolanta Wellington, Robert Brauer, Fay Hawker, Rosemary Marshall, Christopher Stephen, Ann Curnow, Wystan Krishnabhakdi-Vasilakis, Friederike O’Hehir, Anne Weybury, Shivaun Brennan, Anne Hely, Patsy Maskill, David Stewart, Susan Cvoro, Uros Laing, Melissa Oscar, Sara Wilson-Anastasios, Meaghan Desmond, Michael Heywood, Warwick McLean, Ian Webster, Laura De Lorenzo, Catherine Lentini, Damian Palmer, Sheridan Woodrow, Ross Downey, Georgina Inglis, Alison McNamara, Andrew Diamond, Jo Peoples, Sharon PLENARY SESSIONS Keynote Professor Jonathan Mane-Wheoki Coombs Lecture Theatre, Friday 27 November, 9:30-11am Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (Ngapuhi/Te Aupouri/Ngati Kuri), is the new Professor of Fine Arts and Head of Elam School of Fine Arts at The University of Auckland. He is an art historian, architectural historian and a cultural historian. He was previously Director of Art and Collection