GEELONG GALLERY EXHIBITION PROGRAM 2003
500 Fridays: ten years of contemporary plein air painting
1 February to 30 March
Rick Amor, Philip Davey, Mary Hammond, Michael Kelly, Ian Armstrong, Robert Maclaurin and Deborah Russell get out of the studio and into the plein air every Friday. Australia has a long tradition of plein air landscape painting - from the Heidelberg School in the late 19th century down to the present day. The Friday group continues the tradition. A Geelong Gallery exhibition curated by Brian Hubber. Supported by NETS Victoria and Arts Victoria Touring Victoria grants.
Rings of History: contemporary craft from historical timbers
until 17 January
Contemporary Australian design in historic timbers illustrates the progressive face of the wood medium in Australian today. Organized by the Museums and Galleries Foundation of NSW. Sponsored in Geelong by Faggís Mitre 10.
Travels with Charles Travers Mackin (1817-1884)
until 19 January
Highly respected Geelong physician, Charles Travers Mackin, was an accomplished watercolour painter of picturesque views of early Geelong, the Ballarat goldfields and other topographical subjects sketched on his frequent travels throughout Victoria. A Geelong Gallery exhibition curated by Veronica Filmer. Accompanied by a substantial and fully illustrated catalogue. Supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation.
Australians Abroad: early 20th century prints and drawings
until 26 January
A selection of prints made before World War II by Australians while living or travelling abroad in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Includes a substantial group of prints by Lionel Lindsay of Spanish subjects, and works by Jessie Traill, John Eldershaw, Herbert Rose, Albert Fullwood and Sydney Long. Guest curated for Geelong Gallery by Dr Colin Holden.
Metalwork by Stanley J. Ellis and students
1 February to 16 March
A touring exhibition of early 20th century metalwork from the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum.
Mahgo Armstrong watercolours
1 March to 6 April
New large-scale abstract watercolours by noted Geelong-region artist Mahgo Armstrong. A Geelong Gallery exhibition. Curated by Geoffrey Edwards.
Bruno Leti: artistís books 1982-2003
 22 March to 18 May
This survey of Bruno Letiís artistís books includes all the artist's major designs in this field from the early 1980s to the present. Accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. A Geelong Gallery exhibition curated by Brian Hubber.

Cutting comments: contemporary linocuts 1995-1998
 5 April to 25 May
A survey of a wide spectrum of linocut styles and techniques applied across an equally wide range of subjects, representational and abstract. A University of Tasmania touring exhibition.
Augustine DallíAva - sculpture and drawings 1983-2003
16 April to 1 June
A comprehensive mid-career survey to recognize the achievement of prominent Victorian sculptor Augustine DallíAva. An important initiative for Geelong Gallery, this survey encompasses DallíAvaís most significant site-specific commissions (documented here with large-scale photographs and maquettes) in addition to his studio practice over two decades and a corpus of working drawings. Accompanied by a scholarly catalogue. Curated by Geoffrey Edwards.
Ceramic Icons: student exhibition
24 May to 22 June
An exhibition of student ceramics selected from schools throughout the Geelong region. The project will encourage students to make ceramic works based on their conception of well-known Australian cultural icons.
Phiction: lies, illusion and the phantasm in photography
30 May to 3 August
This exhibition celebrates the originality and diversity of Australian vision in image and text. Presents a collection of work by 33 Australian photographers, with each exhibit appropriately captioned with excerpts from Australian literature. A Horsham Regional Art Gallery touring exhibition. Curated by James McArdle, La Trobe University, Bendigo.
Geelong Print Prize
 6 June to 27 July
This acquisitive award sees some four or five works acquired at each Prize event for the Galleryís permanent collection. Guest selectors are invited to advise on the selection of work for the exhibition and on the acquisitive awards. Sponsored by the Geelong Gallery Grasshoppers support group. A long-running initiative of national interest and reputation.
Heather Stewart and Shirley Hurley
Human Form: new paintings and works on paper 14 June to 6 July
A survey of recent work by two Geelong-based artists and art educators.
Jiri Novak Tibor
12 July to 10 August
A collaborative exhibition of new and recent work by this Geelong-based artist.
Images of Australian Men
9 August to 26 September
From the collection of the Monash Gallery of Art, this selection of modern and contemporary Australian photography features an array of disparate representations of the Australian male, ëexploring what it is to be an Australian maní. A Monash Gallery of Art touring exhibition.
Thookay Ngaweeyan: young voices of Victoria
17 August to 12 October
A lively selection of Aboriginal childrenís art from the collections of Museum Victoria. A number of Public and Schools events are associated with this event.
Hothouse: the flower in contemporary art
4 October to 23 November
Flowers have a rich symbolic history and have always been popular in sacred art, book illustration and still life. Spurred on by a renewed interest in nature and the environment, Hothouse exhibits the means employed to explore the myriad meanings associated with the flower. A Monash University Museum of Art touring exhibition.

Robert Windsor
New paintings 9 October to 25 November
New work by prominent Geelong-based painter Robert Windsor.

Halina Wolski - Chua Mot Cot (Vietnam lotus)
29 November to 11 January 2004
New and recent work by a Geelong-based artist.

Giant: ancient and historic trees.
29 November 2003 to 15 February 2004
The story of Australiaís (and principally Victoria's) famous tall trees and other historic trees as featured in the visual arts, photography, rare prints and cultural history. A Geelong Gallery exhibition, curated by Geoffrey Edwards.Accompanied by a comprehensively illustrated catalogue.
British Art Pottery 1880-1980
until 19 October
Display of the most prominent manufactories active since the late 19th century, including Royal Doulton, Moorcroft, Poole Pottery, and the more recent production of Susie Cooper. Dramatic and colourful glazes - combined with rich, textural effects - are the distinguishing features of this work.