Looby
Fri, 03 Sept
|Banksia Beach
Film screening. Acclaimed documentary on controversial award-winning Australian artist, Keith Looby
Time & Location
03 Sept 2021, 5:30 pm
Banksia Beach, 191 Sunderland Dr, Banksia Beach QLD 4507, Australia
About The Event
Archibald Prize winner Looby won major prizes at home and abroad, yet today his name and works are rarely seen. Born in Sydney, Keith Looby entered the National Art School at 15 and graduated with an unmistakeable style that went on to win Australian paintings’ highest plaudits including the Sulman, Blake and Archibald Prizes – the latter with Max Gillies as Bob Hawke.
Looby’s insistence on painting controversial figures, from communist Rupert Lockwood to feminist Anne Summers, won him few friends in power. Likewise his illustrations on the horrors of colonialism – remain confronting today. This documentary film received rave reviews at the 2019 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival and at its Sydney premiere at the National Art School in February 2020.– Black and White History of Australia
Producer will be present for a Q & A session at the film's conclusion here.Merelyn Alt
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$10 per ticket plus $1 booking fee Includes drinks and nibbles.
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