Del Kathryn Barton: The Highway is a Disco

The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

November 17, 2017 - March 12, 2018

 

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) presents a major solo exhibition of one of Australia’s most popular artists, Del Kathryn Barton. Del Kathryn Barton: The Highway is a Disco reveals the artist’s imaginative and deeply sensuous world, where ornately decorated species – both human and animal – are rendered in seductive line and colour. Del Kathryn Barton: The Highway is a Disco is a survey of new and recent work by the two times Archibald Portrait Prize winner that reveals the breadth of Barton’s practice. Featuring comprehensive displays of recent paintings and drawings for which she is arguably best known, the exhibition also includes collage, sculpture, textiles and film, all drawn together by the artist’s exuberant and psychedelic aesthetic.

 
This exhibition reveals the artist’s imaginative and deeply sensuous artistic realm where ornately decorated species – human, animal and mixture of both – are rendered in seductive line and colour. 
 
This exhibition is a survey of new and recent work by the two-time Archibald Prize winner that reveals the breadth of Barton’s practice. In this display, paintings and drawings for which she is best known sit alongside collage, sculpture, textiles and film unified by the artist’s exuberant and psychedelic aesthetic.
 
November 17, 2017