Deakin University Art Gallery exhibition: A leg through the ceiling: the art and collection of Etta and Emmanuel Hirsh
Event has expired!
Please note that this event has expired.
Curated by James Lynch, this exhibition celebrates the recent gift and long-term loan of artworks from the family of pioneering art collectors Etta and Emmanuel Hirsh to Deakin University.
The project highlights the significance of these leading Naarm/Melbourne collectors of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and their dedication to artists, new ideas, risk-taking and the importance of living creative and cultural lives.
Exhibition venue
Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne Burwood Campus, Building FA. Open now until 16 December.
Image: Geoffrey PROUD, Nadine and Geoffrey 1967, charcoal and oil on composition board, Deakin University Art Collection. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Irwin Hirsh in memory of Etta and Emmanuel Hirsh, 2021 © Sue Proud and courtesy of Fellia Melas Gallery Sydney.
Also showing now: Who am I and how am I to live?
Developed by senior lecturer Shane McIver, first-year health students reflect on climate change and the environment through photography. All works were produced in 2022 and are digital colour photographs, ink-jet printed on Ilford papers.
Exhibition venue
Deakin University Library, Melbourne Burwood Campus, Building V. Open now until 16 December 2022, 8am–9pm Sunday to Friday, and 1pm–5pm Saturday.
Banner image: Photograph by Kaylah Karwan. Image: cobblestone laneway surrounded by brick walls covered with weathered posters, an overcast sky looms overhead.
Visit Deakin University Art Gallery for more information.
You must be logged in to post a comment.