Alice in Wonderland
An Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Venue: The Ian Potter Centre
Admission: Free entry
Charles Blackman is famous for his beautiful painting of dreams. In 1956, he heard for the first time Lewis Carroll's extraordinary tale of Alice in Wonderland-the story of a Vietorian girl who falls down a rabbit hole, meets a lot of funny characters and experience all kinds of things. At that time, Blackman's wife was suffering from progressive blindness. The story of Alice moving through the strange situations, often disheartened by various events, was similar to his wife's experiences. It also reflected so much of his own life. All this contributed to the completion of the Alice in Wonderland paintings.
Illustrator Workshop
Go straight to the experts for an introductory course in book illustration which includes an introduction to the process of illustration and its techniques.
Date: 5 Aug,9 a. m. -1 p. m.
Venue: Gas Works Arts Park
Topsy-Turvy
Visit the exhibition or discover wonderful curiosities in artworks and make a magic world in a box. Alice and the White Rabbit will be with you. Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland will be screened.
Date: 29 July,12 noon-3 p. m.
Venue: Theatre, NGV Australia
Drawing Workshop
Distortions (变形) of scale can make artworks strange but interesting. Find out how Charles Blackman distorted scale in his paintings to create a curious world, and then experiment with scale in your own drawings.
Dates:15, 27 and 29 July,10a. m-3 p. m.
Venue: Foyer, Level 3
