Richard Larter - a retrospective

Where: National Gallery of Australia - Canberra
When: 11am Sunday 14 September

Check out this retrospective of Richard Larter's work, from June 20 to September 14 at the NGA in Canberra.

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In 2008 the National Gallery of Australia recognises and celebrates the work of Richard Larter, one of Australia’s most engaging and lively artists. The exhibition, which covers his artistic practice from the late 1950s through to the present, gives viewers the opportunity to engage with a spectrum of works that are at times provocative and dazzling, and at other times evocative and lyrical – but never dull.

Since the 1950s several themes have been present in Larter’s work. These themes are conveyed in the exhibition, including an ongoing interest in the human body and sexuality, a fascination with popular culture, and a strong opposition to censorship, authority and the Vietnam War. His paintings often challenge the perceived boundaries between abstraction and figuration and between so-called high art and low art. This retrospective reveals Larter to be a remarkable colourist, a technical innovator and a painter of lyrical landscapes and radiant luminosity.

* Open daily 10am–5pm

* Free admission

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* General information +61 2 6240 6411

* Assisted access +61 2 6240 6411

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