Visually arresting, humorous and thoughtful, Canberra-based artist
Alison Alder reinterprets and reinvigorates portraits of the first
eight prime ministers in onetoeight, a contemporary art exhibition.
Developed from Alder’s fellowship with the Australian Prime
Ministers Centre and motivated by the early period of our nation’s
democracy, onetoeight brings these important historical figures a
little bit closer to us. Inspired by a picture of Stanley Bruce’s
cabinet where they were all wearing a lapel badge, Alder presents each
prime minister wearing at least one badge to reference a key aspect of
their time in office. Neither explicitly positive or negative, we are
left to form our own opinion. Through the portraits, intense patterned
wallpaper honouring the prime minister’s wives and a Term-O-Meter
animation tracking the changing political hues of individuals and
governments, Alder gives us a sense of our nation’s history that is
lively, dynamic and parallels the present day.
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18 King George Terrace, Parkes, ACT, 2600
18 King George Terrace, Parkes, 2600, ACT, AU