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Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery.
Courtesy of the Gallery.
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Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery (LMCAG) was one of the seven successful grant recipients of the inaugural Curatorial Support Initiative (CSI) in 2012 to engage experienced and dynamic independent curator, Lisa Corsi.
With a history of strong programming that actively encourages new perspectives, LMCAG’s Director, Debbie Abraham reflects on the CSI opportunity: “Inviting curators to create exhibitions not only introduces new ideas and often new work, but also extends networks for the gallery and staff. The Curatorial Support Initiative grant has enabled LMCAG to work with curator Lisa Corsi on an exhibition project examining the phenomenon of art-collecting practice in Australia, and how we define our interests as a society. The research has focused on the role played by private collectors in shaping notions of a collective cultural identity.”
Entitled Collective Identity(IeS):This is That Time, the exhibition, currently in development, concentrates on artists who were practising at the time of the Australian Bicentenary in 1988; a period when complex issues were raised about Australia’s identity. The work has been selected from the collections of a small group of private individuals with significant works by artists from this period, including work by the recently awarded recipient of the Bulgari Art Award, Jon Cattapan.
Collective Identity(IeS):This is That Time will be on show at LMCAG from 13 September – 17 November 2013. Applications for the 2014 CSI grant program are currently open for submissions.
For more information on the Curatorial Support Initiative grant program please see the Museums & Galleries NSW website: www.mgnsw.org.au/grants/gallery_grants
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