Body Art Travelling Exhibition
Earrings, nose-rings, prince alberts, dydos, palangs, bangles, bracelets, rings, tattoos, makeup, body and face-paint, studs, nose-pins, nostrums, blood, hair, ochre, gold, silver, lip-plates, ear-weights, branding, scarring, tucking, sucking, squeezing, shaping: across all sections of society and across cultures people decorate and transform their bodies.
The exhibition will explore the many different ways, both temporary and permanent, in which people modify, change, decorate and adorn their bodies. It will cover the what, why, how and where of 'body art'. Who does it, how do they do it and why do they do it? Themes covered in the exhibition include: universality, diversity and antiquity of styles; concepts of beauty; identity and transformation; meaning and significance of symbols; and pain, endurance and rites of passage.
Body Art website.
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Current tour dates for Body Art
15th July 2000 to 2nd October 2000
South Australian Museum (Adelaide)
21st October 2000 to 4th February 2001
Melbourne Museum
12th April 2001 to 22nd July 2001
Queensland Museum (Brisbane)
11th August 2001 to 21st October 2001
Newcastle Regional Museum
15th December 2001 to 17th March 2002
Auckland War Memorial Museum
13th April 2002 to 28th July 2002
Australian Museum (Body Art II)
Body Art tour has finished.
Contact details
Glenn Ferguson
Travelling Manager
Australian Museum
6 College Street, Sydney 2010
Phone: (+612) 9320 6212
Fax: (+612) 9320 6069
