Creative Acts
Artists and their inspirations
Step inside the unseen inner worlds of artists to discover the intense, sometimes otherworldly forces that drive creation in Creative Acts.
This bold exhibition at State Library Victoria features new commissions by visionary Australian creators alongside collection highlights from the Library that trace the spiritual connections, rituals and deeply personal quests behind artistic practice.
Experience how Joan Lindsay dreamt Picnic at Hanging Rock into being, how Howard Arkley’s Tudor Village series was inspired by Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens and how bohemian icon Vali Myers drew from her transcendent ties with animals.
Commissioned works include Peter Carey on True History of the Kelly Gang, Dr Chandrabhanu OAM’s classical Odissi dance, Dr Deanne Gilson’s painting sharing her Wadawurrung ancestors’ Creation story, Barry William Hale’s 9-metre automatic drawing and Bundit Puangthong’s vivid mural of childhood and culture.
Free exhibition
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State Library Victoria
328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
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