Levels 3-8
Each Wednesday morning from Week 4, Term 3, join an NGV Educator live from The Picasso Century for a short and lively introduction to a work from the exhibition. To have your questions answered about the Wednesday Work of the Week 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.
Apollinaire and his friends (2nd version)
Throughout history, community has been essential to creativity. Artists, writers, performers and other creative figures can often share ideas from the brilliant to the baffling amongst their friends, without fear of judgement. Who was Apollinaire and who were his friends? What kind of ideas were the members of this creative group sharing? Find out this Wednesday when we take a close look at French artist Marie Laurencin’s group portrait Apollinaire and his friends (2nd version).
Duration: 15 mins
Cost: Free
Learning objectives
- Identify and describe Marie Laurencin’s use of line, colour and space in Apollinaire and friends
- Identify and describe the sitters in Apollinaire and friends
- Relate examples of Guillaume Apollinaire’s poetry to the events depicted in Apollinaire and friends