Nature as inspiration
With Carol Cains, Rebecca Edwards and Shaune Lakin
Yayoi Kusama, Pumpkin, 2016, mirror polished bronze. On loan from the Gwinnett Family, Tarntanya/Adelaide, South Australia. Image courtesy of Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Photographer: Saul Steed.
Free, bookings essential
Duration: 45 min including Q&A
Join curators, Carol Cains, Rebecca Edwards and Shaune Lakin for a talk introducing a new collection display which focusses on the natural world as inspiration for artists.
Carol Cains (Senior Curator, Asian and Pacific Art) will introduce the display and speak about Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin (M) 2016. Rebecca Edwards (Curator, Australian Art) will focus on the biomorphic carved sculptures of Inge King and Danila Vassilief, and Shaune Lakin (Senior Curator, Photography) will introduce AES+F’s video installation Last Riot 2007. The talk considers how these artists respond to nature as a way to understand the cosmos and their personal relationship with their environment.
Nature is on display in Gallery 16 until 3 August 2025.
Art Talks is a free weekly program. Hear from artists, curators and experts on the works in our collection and exhibition program.
This program is wheelchair accessible and four assistive listening devices will be available for attendees who are hard of hearing. Please email learning@nga.gov.au for more information.
