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Howard Arkley

Education: Interview with Candida Baskcomb, conservator
Candida Baskcomb discusses her role as conservator with educator Jane Strickland. The interview focuses on her treatment of large scale work on paper by Howard Arkley ‘Primitive’ 1981.
Duration: 6 min
Duration: 6 min
Image: Treatment of work on paper by Howard Arkley ‘Primitive’ 1981 © NGV 2006

Education: Interview with curator Jason Smith - Episode 1
Jason Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria talks with educator Susie May. In this episode Jason describes the role of a curator at the NGV.
Duration: 6 min
Duration: 6 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006

Education: Interview with curator Jason Smith - Episode 2
Jason Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria talks with Educator Susie May. In this episode Jason discusses how the Howard Arkley exhibition originated and how it was planned, organised and constructed.
Duration: 4 min
Duration: 4 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006

Education: Interview with curator Jason Smith - Episode 3
Jason Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria talks with Educator Susie May. In this episode Jason describes Howard Arkley’s work ‘Primitive’ 1981, explaining why it is a pivotal work in the development of his style and technique.
Duration: 4 min
Duration: 4 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006

Education: Interview with curator Jason Smith - Episode 4
Jason Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria talks with Educator Susie May. In this episode Jason explains the design of the exhibition and how each component was developed.
Duration: 4 min
Duration: 4 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006

Education: Interview with curator Jason Smith - Episode 5
Jason Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria talks with Educator Susie May. In this episode Jason explains how his role changes once the exhibition is open to the public. Jason then discusses why he believes Howard Arkley’s work is uniquely Australian.
Duration: 5 min
Duration: 5 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006

Education: Interview with curator Jason Smith - Episode 6
Jason Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria talks with Educator Susie May. In this episode Jason explains some thoughts he would like visitors to the exhibition to take away with them. He then discusses the high regard for Howard Arkley’s work among artists and the arts community and muses on the most satisfying aspects of being a curator.
Duration: 5 min
Duration: 5 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006

Jason Smith & Andrew McDonald on Howard Arkley part 1
Andrew McDonald (City Lights) talks to Curator Jason Smith about discovering Arkley's work as a youth and his influence on street artists in Melbourne.
Duration: 3 min
Duration: 3 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006
Jason Smith & Andrew McDonald on Howard Arkley part 2
Andrew McDonald (City Lights) talks to Curator Jason Smith about stencil artists and Arkley's 'Tattooed head'.
Duration: 5 min
Duration: 5 min
Image: Howard Arkley Tattooed head 1988 The Estate of Howard Arkley, Licensed by Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art

Jason Smith & Kathy Temin on Howard Arkley part 1
Artist Kathy Temin talks to Curator Jason Smith about first meeting Arkley and her response to Arkley's work at the time.
Duration: 5 min
Duration: 5 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006

Jason Smith & Kathy Temin on Howard Arkley part 2
Artist Kathy Temin talks to Curator Jason Smith about exhibiting with Howard Arkley in England
Duration: 3 min
Duration: 3 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006

Jason Smith & Kathy Temin on Howard Arkley part 3
Artist Kathy Temin talks with Curator Jason Smith about Arkley's use of patterning and how the viewer of Arkleys works can have individual relationships to the content.
Duration: 2 min
Duration: 2 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006

Jason Smith & Chris McAuliffe on Howard Arkley
Chris McAuliffe talks about Howard Arkley's response to contemporary art in the 1970's
Duration: 8 min
Duration: 8 min
Image: Howard Arkley exhibition © NGV 2006