A Body of Knowledge – The Anatomy Lesson
Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
September 13, 2012 – January 20, 2013
Two exhibitions across three venues
The Anatomy Lesson
Artists and anatomists share a long history of imagining the body, using their knowledge of what can be “seen” to reveal and understand what is “unseen” – the life that lies beneath the surface.
The anatomy Lesson includes a wonderful range of images and objects sourced from the University’s many distinctive collections. Seventeenth-century anatomical texts and prints from the Baillieu Library collection will jostle with paintings and drawings from the University of Melbourne Art Collection and the Victorian College of the Arts.
Venue: Grimwade and Annex galleries, 1st Floor, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Swanston St, The University of Melbourne
Dates: 13th September 2012 – 20th January 2013, Tuesday to Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 12noon to 5pm
Free Admission
More information see: http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/exhib-date/2012-09-01/exhib/the-anatomy-lesson or http://medicine150.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/event/floortalks
Lunchtime Floortalks
Friday September 14 | Siobhan Murphy (Independent Choreographer) discusses how her interest in the body’s micro-movements of communication inspired her dance video work This skin between us.
Friday October 5 | Nina Sellers (Artist) focuses on human anatomy and its symbiotic history with arts and technology.
Friday October 26 | Kerrianne Stone (Special Collections Curatorial Assistant, Prints) looks at highlights from the collection of 3,700 prints donated to the Baillieu Library in 1959 by Adelaide doctor, John Orde Poynton.
Friday November 2 | Dr Helen MacDonald (Historian and Writer) Helen will speak on the topic – Spare Parts: Procuring Organs to Transplant during the 1960s.
Friday November 16 | Yvonne Audette (Artist) and Dr Jennifer Conn (endocrinologist and medical educator) discuss their shared interest in human figure drawing.
Venue: The Anatomy Lesson – Lunchtime floortalks will be held at Grimwade Gallery, 1st Floor, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
Time: 1.00 to 1.30pm
Admission Free
Enquiries: Jenny Long 0419 368 047
