24-754: Gordon Bennett may refer to: People [ edit ] Gordon Bennett (artist) (1955–2014), Australian artist Gordon Bennett (football executive) (died 2020), English football manager Gordon Bennett (general) (1887–1962), Australian soldier Gordon Bennett (union organiser) (1944–1991), Christmas Island labor advocate Gordon Dunlap Bennett (born 1946), American Catholic bishop Gordon Lockhart Bennett (1912–2000), Canadian politician James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), American editor and New York Herald founder James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841–1918), his son, American publisher and sportsman Other uses [ edit ] Gordon Bennett (comics) ,
48-502: A British comic book character Gordon Bennett (phrase) , an English idiomatic phrase, after James Gordon Bennett Jr. "Gordon Bennett", a song by Gilbert O'Sullivan from the 1989 album In the Key of G See also [ edit ] Gordon Bennett Cup (disambiguation) Gordon Bennetts (1909–1987), Australian cricketer Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
72-531: A journal co-published by the Reeds and poet Max Harris . Heide's close relationship to this movement is reflected in much of its art collection. Between 1964 and 1967, the Reeds built a new residence, Heide II, now considered one of the finest examples of modernist architecture in Victoria. In 1980, after several years of negotiations, the Reeds sold most of Heide and significant works from their art collection to
96-410: A manifesto (or 'manifest toe' as he called it) published in 1996 he spoke of his wish "to avoid banal containment as a professional Aborigine, which both misrepresents me and denies my upbringing and Scottish/English heritage," while simultaneously expressing his wish that his young daughter could grow up in a society where her life would not be defined by her race. The confrontation of Australian racism
120-544: A suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia. Established in 1981, the museum exhibits modern and contemporary art across three buildings and is set within sixteen acres of heritage-listed gardens and a sculpture park. The museum occupies the site of a former dairy farm, purchased by arts benefactors John and Sunday Reed in 1934. They named it Heide in reference to the Heidelberg School , an impressionist art movement that developed in nearby Heidelberg in
144-731: A two-person exhibition Three Colours , which showed at several Victorian art galleries including Heide Museum of Modern Art , Shepparton Art Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery and the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery . In late 2007 he had a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria , that set his works on colonialism in an international context. Bennett exhibited his work in biennales in numerous cities, including Sydney , Venice , Gwangju , Shanghai , Prague and Berlin . Bennett expressed his discomfort with being seen as spokesman for Aboriginal peoples, and in
168-712: A variety of trades before undertaking formal art studies at the Queensland College of Art , Brisbane between 1986 and 1988. Some of his work is about what he saw when he was young. His 1991 painting Nine Ricochets won the prestigious Moët & Chandon Australian Art Fellowship , and he rapidly established himself as a leading figure in the Australian art world. Bennett lived and worked in Brisbane, where he created paintings, prints and worked in multi-media. In 2004, Bennett, together with Peter Robinson, had
192-565: Is a regular theme in works by Bennett. Gordon Bennett died in Brisbane on 3 June 2014, of natural causes. He was 58. Judith Ryan, senior curator from the National Gallery of Victoria in 2004 described Bennett as "an artist's artist" and "like no other artist currently working". Noting the influence of Jackson Pollock , Piet Mondrian and Basquiat , she considered Bennett's style to be theoretical and confronting, and intended to encourage critical reflection on national identity. Bennett
216-756: Is bordered to the north-east and east by the Yarra Valley Country Club, to the west and south by Banksia Park, and to the south-east by Templestowe Road. The site borders the Yarra River, at Fannings Bend, in its north-west corner. The museum itself comprises several detached buildings and surrounding gardens and parklands on the site, described in further detail below, all of which are used in various capacities as exhibition spaces. The sixteen acres of landscape at Heide have been developed over several decades in tandem with its art and architecture. When John and Sunday Reed purchased Heide in 1934, it
240-593: Is represented in most major public collections in Australia, including the Queensland Art Gallery , as well as in several important overseas collections. In September 2017, Bennett's 1991 Possession Island was unveiled at London's Tate Modern . Notes Bibliography Heide Museum of Modern Art The Heide Museum of Modern Art , also known as Heide , is an art museum in Bulleen ,
264-661: The Victorian Government for the establishment of a public art museum and park. In 1993, Heide III, a new purpose-built gallery building designed by Andrew Andersons , was added to the Heide complex. This building was extended when Heide underwent major redevelopments in 2005–06. Also during this period, the Sidney Myer Education Centre was built, Heide II and the surrounding gardens were restored, and new facilities were constructed. Since Heide
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#1732780690177288-546: The 1880s. Heide became the gathering place for a collective of young modernist painters known as the Heide Circle , which included Sidney Nolan , John Perceval , Albert Tucker and Joy Hester , who often stayed in the Reeds' 19th-century farmhouse, now known as Heide I. Today they rank among Australia's best-known artists and are also considered leaders of the Angry Penguins , a modernist art movement named after
312-611: The Heide III building to incorporate works from the Barbara Tucker Gift and various other works. On 13 July 2006 the museum officially re-opened after its $ 3 million dollar renovation and extension. The new buildings were designed by O'Connor + Houle Architecture. From 2008 until 2014, Jason Smith was curator and CEO of the gallery. Heide is situated on a former floodplain of the Yarra River in Bulleen . It
336-405: The Reeds opened their home to like-minded individuals such as artists Sidney Nolan , Albert Tucker , Joy Hester , John Perceval and Danila Vassilieff . Nolan, who lived at Heide intermittently for almost a decade, painted his celebrated Ned Kelly series in the farmhouse's dining room in 1946–47. In 1963, the Reeds commissioned Melbourne architect David McGlashan to design a new residence on
360-544: The creation of a public art gallery on the site, to be named 'Heide Park and Art Gallery'. The interior of Heide II was modified in preparation of it opening as a public art gallery in November 1981. Now Heide Museum of Modern Art operates as a non-profit company limited by guarantee, and on behalf of the Victorian Government, a Board of Directors is delegated as a Committee of Management. Dr Norman Wettenhall
384-409: The farm was purchased by John and Sunday Reed , passionate supporters and collectors of modern Australian art, who named the property Heide after the nearby town of Heidelberg . After moving into the farmhouse in 1935, they established a unique private library, including modernist literature, international art books, journals and magazines. Heide became a focal point for progressive art and culture as
408-759: The new house. The Reeds returned to live in Heide I, the old farmhouse after selling Heide II, most of the adjoining property and a significant portion of their art collection (113 works) to the Victorian State Government in August 1980. The purchase was agreed to and formalised by the Minister for the Arts at the time, the Hon. Norman Lacy , who continued to provide the Government's on-going support for
432-399: The property, one that had a sense of mystery and romance, and was "a gallery to be lived in". Synthesising local and international design ideas, the light-filled home they called Heide II was constructed out of Mount Gambier limestone with a palette of minimal secondary materials and neutral colours. The Reeds moved into Heide II in 1967 and Sunday Reed established the second kitchen garden near
456-632: The site was a grazing property and dairy farm with a frontage on the Yarra River. The original farmhouse was built in the 1870s. From the nineteenth century onward, the area was frequented by artists and writers who found the Yarra River and surrounding hills east of Melbourne an ideal setting in which to work, exemplified in the formation of the Heidelberg School at Heidelberg , the Montsalvat artists' colony in Eltham , and various artists' camps in locations such as Box Hill and Warrandyte . In 1934,
480-557: The title Gordon Bennett . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gordon_Bennett&oldid=1246928440 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gordon Bennett (artist) Gordon Bennett (9 October 1955 – 3 June 2014)
504-443: Was a neglected former dairy farm. They immediately set about reviving and extending the productive kitchen garden adjacent to the original farmhouse and initiated a major planting program, with a view to turning the property into a verdant parkland. Today, the cultivated landscape includes a sculpture park with over forty sculptures, several of the original gardens which are now heritage-listed, an Indigenous Remnant Conservation Zone and
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#1732780690177528-623: Was an Australian artist of Aboriginal and Anglo-Celtic descent. Born in Monto, Queensland, Bennett was a significant figure in contemporary Indigenous Australian art . Born in Monto, Queensland , in 1955, of Anglo-Celtic and Aboriginal ancestry, Gordon Bennett grew up in Victoria from the age of four, when his family moved back to Queensland, to the town of Nambour. He attended Nambour State High School . He left school at fifteen and worked in
552-433: Was appointed the first Chairman and the then Premier of Victoria, Sir Rupert Hamer was honoured as the inaugural Patron. Maudie Palmer AO was appointed the inaugural Director. The museum underwent major redevelopment in 2005–06 which included the installation of several sculptural and installation art pieces, landscaping and redesign of the gardens, construction of a new education centre & gallery space, extension of
576-408: Was established, the museum's collection has expanded through many individual gifts, and in keeping with the Reeds' original aim, continues to support young and emerging artists. The museum is situated on land originally used by indigenous peoples, a history evident in a distinguished scarred tree at the top of the property, called Yingabeal. In late colonial times through to the early twentieth century
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