Levels 3-8
Join educators from the NGV and the National Portrait Gallery for a short and lively introduction to one work from the exhibition WHO ARE YOU | Australian Portraiture at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. To have your questions answered about the Wednesday Work of the Week during the program send them in advance to education.bookings@ngv.vic.gov.au.
A program recording will also be available to access online for booked participants for one week.
Marcia Langton
Professor Marcia Langton AO is a descendant of the Yiman and Bidjara nations of Queensland and an anthropologist, geographer and academic. She is well known for her work in the fields of Indigenous rights, justice, and artistic expression. In this final episode of Wednesday Work of the Week for the term, we team up with a guest presenter from the National Portrait Gallery to discover the meanings and messages in a portrait of Marcia Langton by Brook Andrew.
Duration: 15 mins
Cost: Free
Learning objectives
- Identify and describe the sitter and/or subject in Marcia Langton
- Analyse and interpret the ideas and messages communicated in the artwork
- Consider how the artwork reflects traditional and/or contemporary characteristics associated with portraiture.