Botanical ~ dual exhibition

opening

Sun 28 July @ 2.00pm | Burrinja Gallery, Burrinja

Join us for the official opening on Sunday 28 July, from 2pm, with opening remarks by Gordon Morrison, former director of Art Gallery of Ballarat.

The Initiation of Australian Botany: Selections from Banks’ Florilegium

In Gallery 03, view a selection from the Florilegium, an extensive record of plants collected by Joseph Banks and his team on Captain James Cook’s first voyage around the world.

Drawn from Nature: Botanical Illustration between Art and Science

In Galleries 01 & 02, explore a showcase of contemporary botanical art by renowned Victorian illustrators including Amanda Ahmed, Craig Lidgerwood, David Reynolds, Deb Chirnside, Dianne Emery, Janet Matthews, Jessie Rose Ford, John Pastoriza Piñol, Mali Moir, Margo Heeley, Marta Salamon, Martha Iserman, Miffy Gilbert and Simon Deere. With works by Celia Rosser.

Image credit: Banksia ericifolia, colour engraving and etching (à la poupée) after water colour by John Frederick Miller 1773 and drawing by Sydney Parkinson 1770, engraving by R Hughes 1986 after Daniel MacKenzie and Thomas Scratchley. (c) Alecto Historical Editions / Trustees of the Natural History Museum. Photography by James Hughes, 2024. Private collection.