Event Urszula Szulakowska and the Brisbane Art Scene in the 1980s

Urszula Szulakowska and the Brisbane Art Scene in the 1980s

Panel discussion

25 May 2024
2.00PM–3.00PM

Last year, art historian Urszula Szulakowska passed away. A key figure in the Meanjin/Brisbane art scene of the 1980s, she was an influential teacher, critic, curator, and mentor. The local art magazine Eyeline was named after her own eyeliner. Back then, Meanjin/Brisbane was a different place, still under the thumb of police-state premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was culturally isolated, with little of the arts infrastructure we now take for granted. Along with two other key British-born, Brisbane-based academics—Graham Coulter-Smith and Nicholas Zurbrugg—Szulakowska was a catalyst for change. Join Michele HelmrichJeanelle Hurst, Luke Roberts, and Nancy Underhill as they discuss Szulakowska’s influence and impact on the scene.

Urszula Szulakowska, courtesy ARI Remix Living Archives and Social Memory Project.

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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