KATHERINE HATTAM: DESIRE FIRST 1978–2015 at Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Deakin University Art Gallery warmly invites you to the official opening of KATHERINE HATTAM: DESIRE FIRST 1978–2015 To be opened by Judith Brett, political historian and Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University Thursday 17 September 6.00 pm for 6.20 pm speeches Function will conclude at 8.00 pm Free floor talks with the artist and exhibition curator Wednesday 30 September at 12.30pm and Friday 16 October at 12.30pm RSVP essential by Friday 11 September via http://engage.deakin.edu.au/katherinehattam This exhibition surveys the work of Melbourne-based artist Katherine Hattam, from the early drawings of her first exhibition at the Ewing & George Paton Galleries at The University of Melbourne in 1978 through an evolving practice that also encompasses collage, printmaking and sculpture. In a practice that has extended over five decades, Hattam has developed a distinctive register of recurring motifs, in particular the chair and other domestic objects, which she combines with references to literature, feminism, family politics, art history and modern psychoanalysis in the creation of beguiling and personally symbolic works. The exhibition catalogue includes an essay by curator Emma Busowsky Cox and is prefaced by Patrick McCaughey. Cover image: The doctor’s dilemma, 2007 (detail) Book pages, fabric, charcoal and mixed media on paper, 130 x 120 cm. Collection of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist and Daine Singer. Photography: Simon Peter Fox Exhibition dates: 9 September to 16 October 2015 Deakin University Art Gallery, Deakin University Melbourne Burwood Campus 221 Burwood Highway Burwood 3125 Melways Ref 61 B5 T :03 9244 5344 F :03 9244 5254 E: artgallery@deakin.edu.au Hours Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 4 pm Free Entry Please visit deakin.edu.au/art-collection for more details. For information about parking on campus, please visit deakin.edu.au/parking.