Seminars

ACAAA runs a successful series of seminars and public lectures, which attract a broad range of attendees including University of Sydney staff and students, staff and students from other tertiary institutions, staff from major art institutions and interested members of the public. ACAAA continues to maintain a wide national and international profile through notification of these seminars and other events of interest to a growing mailing list.

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S.T. Lee Annual Lecture in Asian Art and Archaeology 2009

Doctor Pascal Royère
Architect, EFEO, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The restoration of the Baphuon Temple in Angkor

Date: Wednesday 14th October 2009
Time: 6 - 8pm
Location: Refectory, of the Main Quadrangle, University of Sydney

RSVP: Monday 5th October 2009 (Martin King - 9351-7667 or email

Lee Lecture 2009.

Seminars, Semester 2, 2009

Wednesday 2 September, 2009
Time - 5.30 for 6pm
At - Gallery 4A, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, 181-187 Hay Street, Sydney

Muhamad ‘Enin’ Supriyanto
Independent Curator and Writer

Presented in association with Gallery 4A
Moderated by Dr Thomas Berghuis, Deputy Director ACAAA

Enin Supriyanto will speak generally about the various aspects of development in Indonesian contemporary art in the last decade and will illustrate his talk with many examples of contemporary artworks. Much of the presentation will be based on his book Indonesian Contemporary Art Now (SNP Publishing, Singapore, 2007). The session will start with a brief Q &A and there will also be an opportunity for attendees to put questions to Mr Supriyanto.

Muhamad ‘Enin’ Supriyanto, independent curator and writer focusing on Indonesian contemporary art, studied at the Fine Art and Design Department, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB, 1984-1989). He has curated various contemporary art shows and projects in Indonesia, and participated in many regional and international art forums. He initiated and established Indonesian Printmaking Triennale, which is organised by Bentara Budaya; i-Curate, a curatorial workshop programme for art students and young curators, organised by Galeri Soemardja, ITB, Bandung. He is a member of the Academic Advisory Board of Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong, and also a guest editor of C-Arts Magazine, Jakarta. His essays and writings are published in local and international publications, including books such as: Marc Bollansee & Enin Supriyanto (ed.): Indonesian Contemporary Art Now (2007), Enin Supriyanto (ed.) The Journey of Indonesian Painting, Bentara Budaya Collection (2006, 2008); Carla Bianpoen (et.al.): Indonesian Women Artists, The Curtain Opens (2007). He lives and works in Jakarta, Indonesia.


Wednesday 23 September
Time - 5pm
At - Room Latin 225, Main Quadrangle, University of Sydney

Gill Green
Honorary Associate
Department of Art History and Film Studies, University of Sydney

A Tale of Two Cities: Modernity and its expression on early twentieth century textiles in Southeast Asia

This investigation was initiated by two antique textiles - a cotton batik sarong from Pekalongan, Java and a tie dyed silk headscarf created in Cambodia. They share a remarkably similar pictorial composition depicting modernist themes. This is intriguing as Cambodia and central Java are two thousand kilometres apart, and their inhabitants' ethnicities and textile traditions quite different. This presentation explores developments in historical context, local economy and techniques impacting traditional textile production in the region. It is proposed that vibrant intra-regional exchange and engagement with colonially-inspired entrepreneurship promoted innovation and experimentation.

Gill Green has studied the Cambodian textile and weaving tradition for the past 15 years and has lectured and published widely on this subject. Her first book Traditional Cambodian Textiles published in 2003 was awarded the RL Shep prize by the Textile Society of America. Gill’s second book Pictorial Cambodian Textiles was published last year. She has an MA from ANU and is an Honorary Associate of the Department of Art History and Film Studies at the University of Sydney