Brook ANDREW<br/>
Australia born 1970<br/>
Trent Walter (printer)<br/>
Australia born 1980<br/>
<em>Marcia Langton</em> 2009<br/>
screenprint on paper<br/>
252.0 x 242.0 x 7.1 cm<br/>
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra<br/>
Commissioned with funds provided by<br/>
Marilyn Darling AC 2009 (2009.162.1.a-o)<br/>
© Brook Andrew/Copyright Agency, 2022

Wednesday Work of the Week: Marcia Langton

Wed 22 Jun 22, 9.15am–9.30am

Brook ANDREW<br/> Australia born 1970<br/> Trent Walter (printer)<br/> Australia born 1980<br/> <em>Marcia Langton</em> 2009<br/> screenprint on paper<br/> 252.0 x 242.0 x 7.1 cm<br/> National Portrait Gallery, Canberra<br/> Commissioned with funds provided by<br/> Marilyn Darling AC 2009 (2009.162.1.a-o)<br/> © Brook Andrew/Copyright Agency, 2022
Past program

Free

This program takes place virtually

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.
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