It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the ROYGBIV: A Celebration of Colour afternoon talks, held as part of the ROYGBIV: A Celebration of Colour exhibition hosted by the School of Design and the Built Environment (DBE).

ROYGBIV: A Celebration of Colour is an international exhibition and talk series that celebrates colour in all its forms, across a range of disciplines and media, and from a wide variety of perspectives. The theme of this exhibition has been selected for both its universality and complexity, as well as its ability to enchant and delight. The exhibition brings together the Curtin community, creatives, and intellectuals on a shared journey to discover the kaleidoscopic ways in which each of us has used, understood, and experienced colour.

Talks

Civilization Codes Behind Colours

Professor Yani Wu, Xi'an Eurasia University

Professor Wu is the Deputy Secretary General of the National Tide Professional Committee of China Association for the Promotion of Culture and Art Development, a Member of China Women Painters Association, Deputy Director of Printmaking Art Committee of Xi'an Artists Association, and Head of Foundation, Art and Design School, Xi'an Eurasia University.

Colour Technology and Graphic Design Culture

Dr John Henry Martin, Curtin University

Dr Martin is a graphic designer with extensive professional experience in industry and education. His research practice centres on Australian twentieth-century communication, graphic design and print, practices, techniques, technologies and processes.

Colour in Scene 2 and Scene 3

Dr Kevin Robertson, Curtin University

"Kevin Robertson has painted his way into Australian art history. He has done this through decades of experimentation with different colour palettes and painterly styles, with realism veering on abstraction and through picturing a wide variety of subjects – from domestic interiors, to empty landscapes and streetscapes, to the wider cosmos beyond.” – Dr Laetitia Wilson, 'Artist’s Chronicle', 2022

Kevin Robertson's work is represented in many public and private collections including Artbank, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Wesfarmers, Bankwest, The University of Western Australia, Murdoch University, Kerry Stokes Collection, Janet Holmes à Court Collection, Parliament House, Canberra.

We hope you will join us for light refreshments and an afternoon of colourful contemplation.

Best wishes,

Dr Jo Li Tay and Dr Monika Lukowska

School of Design and the Built Environment

Curtin University

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