Film

Saturday Screening

Black Angels: A Widening Vision

A painting with many cartoon-like chaotic scenes grouped together, depicting destruction, war and dilapidated buildings. There is also text scattered throughout the painting.

Gordon Bennett, Notes to Basquiat (The Death of Irony), 2002, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2020

At the Gallery
Sat 5 Mar 2022, 2pm
No performances scheduled

Join us for a free film screening of the documentary Black Angels: A Widening Vision (1994) featuring acclaimed Australian artist Gordon Bennett.

Directed by John Tristram, Black Angels: A Widening Vision follows the artist Gordon Bennett’s studio process and travels in Europe after receiving the prestigious Moët and Chandon Art Fellowship at the National Gallery in 1991.

Gordon Bennett’s Notes to Basquiat (The Death of Irony) (2002) is currently on display in Australian art: storylines. This major display, drawn from the National Gallery’s collection, weaves together multiple stories, different cultural traditions, and a range of art historical perspectives, an approach the late artist would describe as ‘a widening vision’.

Black Angels: A Widening Vision (1994) is held in the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Rated G.

Saturday Screenings is a free program of film screenings presented monthly in partnership with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.