Margo Lewers

Date & time

Tue 05 Apr 2011, 10.30am – Sat 16 Apr 2011, 5pm

Reception

Thu 07 Apr 2011, 8am

Location

School of Art Foyer Gallery

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Margo Lewers, Expansion, 1960, Mosaic mural. Canberra Rex Hotel. Photograph by Heidi Smith from Works of Art in Canberra
Margo Lewers, Expansion, 1960, Mosaic mural. Canberra Rex Hotel. Photograph by Heidi Smith from Works of Art in Canberra

The Ceramic Murals and Related Works

To be opened by:
Dr Robert Bell AM

Senior Curator Decorative Arts and Design
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
[In conjunction with Japanese Design Today 100]

Prominent Australian abstract artist Margo Lewers (1908 – 1978) completed her major mosaic mural commission for the Canberra Rex Hotel in 1960. This exhibition presents photographs of the mural restored with ACT Heritage assistance, related domestic mosaics and other significant Canberra public art works by Margo and Gerald Lewers.

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