The Tucker portraits

National Exhibition Register

  • In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester, 26 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
    Albert TUCKER In the mirror: self portrait with Joy Hester, 26 Little Collins Street, Melbourne , 1939
    Medium
    chromogenic print
    Dimensions
    15.0 x 14.0 cm
    Image Credit
    courtesy Albert and Barbara Tucker Foundation

About the exhibition

Albert Tucker (1914–99) is one of Australia’s most well-known and renowned artists, and a key exponent of Australian modernism. He was primarily a figurative painter who critically responded to the world around him. In 1939 Tucker acquired his first camera. From that moment on he began documenting his life and the people and places that meant so much to him. His archive of photographs range from studies of people that he used as source material for his paintings through to incredibly rare and intimate portraits of his family and friends who today are recognised as leading protagonists in Australian modernism and the Heide circle. The Tucker portraits explores how Tucker used photography within his practice – from inspiration and source material for his paintings through to capturing unique and intimate documents that explore the social, cultural and political life in Australia.

Artists and Curator

Curator
Anouska Phizacklea
Artists

Albert Tucker

Available Dates and
Exhibition Details

Available dates
01/02/2023 - 01/02/2027
Exhibition size
Between 50-75 sq or running metres
Originating state
VIC
Organised by
Monash Gallery of Art
Price
$5,000 (inc. freight)
Web Site
https://www.mga.org.au/exhibition/view/exhibition/281
Accompanying materials available
Catalogue/Book, Exhibition Tour Manual, Interpretative/Didactic Panels, Labels, Media Kit, Public Program Opportunities
Primary contact
Katie Tremschnig
Position
Gallery Registrar
Organisation
Monash Gallery of Art
Phone
+61358440500
E-mail
Katie.Tremschnig@monash.vic.gov.au
Secondary contact
Anouska Phizacklea
Phone
+61358440500
E-mail
mga@monash.vic.gov.au
Acknowledgement
courtesy Albert and Barbara Tucker Foundation