Egypt
- Perth Gallery Competition
Perth Now I am not going to be here on Saturday, so there will be no Saturday Trivia. Here's one that would normally be in that section - it's a rather nice idea, but only of any practical interest if you live in Australia. The Art Gallery of...
- Exhibition: Egyptian Antiquities From The Louvre In Perth
The West Australian (Stephen Bevis) The exhibition Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre: Journey to the Afterlife opens in Perth in Australia tomorrow, and will be on display until October 28 2007. More than 100,000 people are expected to see the Louvre’s...
- Exhibition: Egyptian Antiquities From The Louvre At Adelaide
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21417369-5006348,00.html"More than 150,000 people visited the Louvre exhibition in Canberra earlier this year and Art Gallery of SA director Christopher Menz is anticipating similar numbers during its three-month...
- Exhibition: More Re Egyptian Antiquities From The Louvre
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20810606-5002031,00.htmlAnother review of the exhibition touring Australia, introducing the exhibition and describing individual artefacts: "Last year, 200,000 Australians visited the Louvre; after the...
- Australian Exhibition To Host Louvre Artefacts
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,20158430-17102,00.html"The National Gallery of Australia will host an exhibition of Egyptian artefacts from the Louvre in Paris, from November 17. Says the gallery: 'Follow the soul on its journey from earthly...
Egypt
Exhibition: Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21033538-16947,00.html
A much better than usual review of an exhibition:
"The marvellous capacity of Egyptian carvers for convincing illusionism was not intended to show off technical virtuosity. Rather, an accurate portrayal was necessary if a statue was to fulfil its immortalising function. To depict something, or to write it, was to give it existence. This permeable line, this shimmering interplay between reality and the human modes of describing it is one of the most fascinating aspects of ancient Egypt.
So preoccupied with death were the Egyptians that we tend to think of them as morbid. But death is the source of all paradox, and it may be that the more you love life the more preoccupied you become with death. The Egyptians, I wager, loved life.
Journey to the Afterlife, the exhibition of Egyptian antiquities from the Louvre at the National Gallery in Canberra, is a marvellous show. A genuine blockbuster (never before have I seen such queues at the NGA), it manages to avoid seeming ditsy or soulless in the manner of so many blockbusters. It does not try to cower us into veneration with pyramids, temples and sphinxes. Instead, it tells a story. The story is tightly focused, sometimes arcane but never less than fascinating."
So preoccupied with death were the Egyptians that we tend to think of them as morbid. But death is the source of all paradox, and it may be that the more you love life the more preoccupied you become with death. The Egyptians, I wager, loved life.
Journey to the Afterlife, the exhibition of Egyptian antiquities from the Louvre at the National Gallery in Canberra, is a marvellous show. A genuine blockbuster (never before have I seen such queues at the NGA), it manages to avoid seeming ditsy or soulless in the manner of so many blockbusters. It does not try to cower us into veneration with pyramids, temples and sphinxes. Instead, it tells a story. The story is tightly focused, sometimes arcane but never less than fascinating."
See the above page for the full story.
Journey to the Afterlife: Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre is showing at:
Journey to the Afterlife: Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre is showing at:
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, until 25 February 2007
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, March 21 to July 1 2007
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, July 21 to October 28 2007
- Perth Gallery Competition
Perth Now I am not going to be here on Saturday, so there will be no Saturday Trivia. Here's one that would normally be in that section - it's a rather nice idea, but only of any practical interest if you live in Australia. The Art Gallery of...
- Exhibition: Egyptian Antiquities From The Louvre In Perth
The West Australian (Stephen Bevis) The exhibition Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre: Journey to the Afterlife opens in Perth in Australia tomorrow, and will be on display until October 28 2007. More than 100,000 people are expected to see the Louvre’s...
- Exhibition: Egyptian Antiquities From The Louvre At Adelaide
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21417369-5006348,00.html"More than 150,000 people visited the Louvre exhibition in Canberra earlier this year and Art Gallery of SA director Christopher Menz is anticipating similar numbers during its three-month...
- Exhibition: More Re Egyptian Antiquities From The Louvre
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20810606-5002031,00.htmlAnother review of the exhibition touring Australia, introducing the exhibition and describing individual artefacts: "Last year, 200,000 Australians visited the Louvre; after the...
- Australian Exhibition To Host Louvre Artefacts
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,20158430-17102,00.html"The National Gallery of Australia will host an exhibition of Egyptian artefacts from the Louvre in Paris, from November 17. Says the gallery: 'Follow the soul on its journey from earthly...