Big Power Talks #1
Big Power Talks is a series of student talks about important modernist and postmodernist works from the J.W. Power and Power Collection.
JW Power: Art, war and the avant-garde (installation view), Chau Chak Wing Museum, 2025. Photograph by David James.
The first set of Big Power Talks will focus on the work of Australian artist J.W. Power, whose work is the subject of a major retrospective at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, curated by Ann Stephen and ADS Donaldson.
Presentations by Deena Loukadellis, Dominique Park and Raha Shahidi will draw out the detail of key works in the exhibition, helping visitors to see the works in the context of Power's career, and the broader artistic, historical and political milieu from which they emerged.
About the Exhibition
The Sydney-born painter J.W. Power is Australia’s most accomplished artist of the inter-war years. In London and Paris in the 1920s and ‘30s, his unique blend of cubism, surrealism and abstraction found an audience in the heart of the avant-garde. All his artworks were gifted to the University by his widow, Edith Power and are from the Edith Power Bequest, 1961, The University of Sydney.
Big Power Talks are presented by the Power Institute and the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney.
More about the exhibition "JW Power: Art, war and the avant-garde"
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Deena Loukadellis
Deena Loukadellis is a third year Visual Arts student at the University of Sydney, with a focused interest in art history. She finds inspiration in art from movements, such as the Renaissance, and is currently aiming to work within galleries and/or museums.
Dominique Park
Dominique Park is a third-year Art History and Film Studies student at the University of Sydney. Her interests lie in East Asian art, photography, and collections management. She is passionate about pursuing a career in the GLAM sector and is currently seeking opportunities to develop her skills and experience.
Raha Shahidi
Raha Shahidi is an art historian and curator whose research explores the intersections of visual culture and theatre performance in eighteenth century France. She is currently completing her PhD dissertation at the University of Sydney. Raha has international experience working in leading museums and art fairs, including the Venice Biennale.
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