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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 41 sec.) ; 166087944 bytes |
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This film sheds light on the early influences of one of our greatest painters. Born in Adelaide in 1921, Smart's early years were spent discovering the back lanes of the city's inner suburbs. Now retired from painting, his last work Labyrinth (2011) evokes those memories."It is also a kind of arrival at the painting he was always chasing, never satisfied, hoping the next one on the easel would be the elusive masterpiece, the one that said it all. In this sense, Labyrinth brings a full stop to his career, and at the same time makes for a full, perpetual circle within his life," Barry Pearce, Emeritus Curator.In 2011, the University of SA conferred an honorary doctorate on Smart and in October this year, a retrospective exhibition of Smart's work opened in Adelaide in two very different venues.At Carrick Hill, a faux-Jacobean house that the young Jeffrey watched being built, Smart's early works created between 1940 and 1951 are being exhibited. And simultaneously on show at the Samstag Museum of Art are paintings from the Sydney, Rome and Tuscany years. The exhibition moves to TarraWarra Museum of Art in Healesville, Victoria in late December.A one-time teacher in Adelaide, Smart was always drawn to the idea of living in Italy. In 1951, he moved to Sydney where he became famous as Phidias in the ABC's Argonauts Club. He left for Italy in the early 60s and has lived there ever since. It was in Italy that the colours, shapes and designs of a country rebuilding itself after the war inspired a new vernacular of modern painting for Smart. Street signs, apartment blocks and construction sites became his subject matter |
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Broadcast 2012-11-27 at 22:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Men -- Conduct of life.
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Painters.
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Painting, Modern -- Exhibitions.
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Industrial design.
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Smart, Jeffrey, 1921-2013.
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Italy.
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South Australia -- Adelaide.
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Streaming video
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Barraclough, Judith-Anne, contributor
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Green, Erica, contributor
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Heathcote, Richard, contributor
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James, Clive, contributor
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Malouf, David, contributor
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Pearce, Barry, contributor
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Smart, Jeffrey, contributor
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Wilson, Geoff, contributor
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