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Arts / Together again

MANNING Clark House and Bundanon Trust are cooking up an unusual little exhibition of works by the late Arthur Boyd – unusual because they relate to the friendship between the artist and the late historian.

Arthur Boyd’s “Figure on a chair”, 1973, oil on canvas, Bundanon Trust Collection.
Arthur Boyd’s “Figure on a chair”, 1973, oil on canvas, Bundanon Trust Collection.
The show will take place in the home of Manning and Dymphna Clark – the lounge room where Boyd and Clark discussed art, culture and other issues of the day.

The exhibition, to be launched by Harriet Elvin, CEO of the Cultural Facilities Corporation, at 4pm, on Sunday, February 15, includes four huge nudes set against the Australian bush and two portraits of Prof Clark, one in academic dress and one at their “Ness” property at Wapengo with his dog. The paintings are on loan from Bundanon, except for the one with the dog, which MCH owns.

Director of MCH, Judith Crispin, says: “There’s something lovely about showing the work at MCH because it’ll hang in the lounge where Manning and Arthur would’ve spent their afternoons drinking tea and chatting.”

In reference to reported budgetary problems currently experienced by Manning Clark House, Crispin says: “The art must go on”.

“Arthur Boyd: portrait of a friendship”, Manning Clark House, 11 Tasmania Circle, Forrest, 10am to 3pm, Thursday-Sunday, February 15-March 15. Entry by donation. Reservations for the opening to info@manningclark.org.au

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