‘Self portrait at home’ This artwork was conceived after a series of paintings depicting the interior of my home in Ballarat. Those paintings began as glimpses around the house, mostly captured at night, of hallways, darkened corners, and ominous entrances into bedrooms. Later on I began to fill these spaces with a figure, that of my girlfriend (now wife), and conducted portraits of her placed amongst the shadows in a deliberate attempt to conjure up associations of Baroque painting as well as still images from horror films. I wanted to see what was sinister in this house, to imagine it, as well as observing it directly. ‘Self portrait at home’ is an attempt at summarising the combination of imagination and observation, of wandering through interior spaces as well as being absorbed in it: that what we see is then also taken into our consciousness, or in the case of this painting what we see is about to be swallowed. This concept of combining what is observed with what is imagined and using references to the physical body as a kind of mediator of this process is expressed in Kenneth Slessor’s poem ‘South Country’, a poem that partly inspired my approach to this painting. The following verses provide an example: And over the flat earth of empty farms The monstrous continent of air floats back Coloured with rotting sunlight and the black, Bruised flesh of thunderstorms: Air arched, enormous, pounding the bony ridge, Ditches and hutches, with a drench of light, So huge, from such infinities of height, You walk on the sky’s beach ‘Self portrait at home’ may not express itself as seriously as Slessor’s poem does but I hope it shows the impact as well as the texture and flavour that houses of the Ballarat landscape, and those of the imagination, can have. Duncan LannanDuncan LANNAN (1972- ) Duncan Lannan undertook a Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts) at RMIT between 1995 and 1996. A further two years study at the University of Ballarat (now Federation University Australia) saw Duncan Lannan awarded a Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) in 2000. He completed a Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne in 2001. Duncan Lannan's exhibition 'Young, Dumb and Full of Ambition!' was held at the Art Gallery of Ballarat from 13 July to 11 September 2014.ContemporarySelf portrait of the artist with mouth open, and a house on the tongue. This piece was exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2007 in the "Eye to I" exhibition which was curated by former Federation University Art theory lecturer Geoff Wallis. The exhibition was a survey of self portraits by Australian contemporary artists. Gift of Geoff and Nola Wallis, 2017duncan lannan, painting, portrait, alumni, available

Flyer for the 2015 Bialik Arts Festival. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.visual and performing arts, 2010s

Bialik Rising Star program, Motown, 2015. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.visual and performing arts, music, event

Two male students dressed in costume clapping sticks together on stage, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s.shakespeare grove, visual and performing arts, primary school, drama, student, music, performance

Students dressed up in costumes, taking part in a drama production at the Shakespeare Grove campus, 1960s. The stage screen in the background depicts the ocean, sailing boats, and a lighthouse.shakespeare grove, visual and performing arts, primary school, drama, music

Four students dressed up in costumes, performing on stage at the Shakespeare Grove campus, 1960s.shakespeare grove, visual and performing arts, primary school, drama, music

Students performing a dramatic production on stage, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s.shakespeare grove, visual and performing arts, drama, music

Students dressed as Maccabees, probably for a Chanukah production, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. Students are dressed in robes, head pieces, leather sandals with decorative sticks and shields that have the Star of David. shakespeare grove, judaism, zionist, visual and performing arts, history, drama

Students on stage dressed as Maccabees for a Chanukah performance, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. Please contact [email protected] to request access to this record.judaism, celebration, visual and performing arts, drama, 1960s

Male and female students performing a Chanukah play, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. shakespeare grove, judaism, celebration, visual and performing arts, channukah, music

Three kindergarten students at Shakespeare Grove campus dressed up in costume - possibly for Purim, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. Known students: (far right) Daniel Besen.kindergarten, elc, early learning centre, celebration, visual and performing arts, purim

Kindergarten students in costume in the classroom, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. Students possibly dressed in costume for Purim celebrations. Known student: (left) Danny Gunn. shakespeare grove, kindergarten, elc, early learning centre, celebration, visual and performing arts, purim

3 Kindergarten students dressed in costume - possibly for Purim celebrations, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. Known Students: (far left) Steven Lipshut. shakespeare grove, kindergarten, elc, early learning centre, celebration, visual and performing arts, purim

Thirteen students standing on stage dressed in Chanukah costumes, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. shakespeare grove, celebration, visual and performing arts, primary school, drama, chanukah, channukah, drama, music

Students performing in costume on stage, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. Some of the signs read: "Make Love Not War", "Speed Kills", "Love", "Save the Kangaroo", "Its a mad world".shakespeare grove, celebration, visual and performing arts, drama, music

Family, teachers, friends and students from the College community gather in the grounds, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. Students are dressed in costume, possibly for a Purim celebration.kindergarten, elc, early learning centre, celebration, visual and performing arts, drama, purim

A puppet performance performed on a stage behind the main school building, Shakespeare Grove, 1960s. Students are dressed in costume, possibly for Purim.shakespeare grove, celebration, visual and performing arts, purim, drama, music, festival