[POSTPONED] Urszula Szulakowska and the Brisbane Art Scene in the 1980s
Panel Discussion
11 May 2024
2.00PM–3.00PM
*PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed to a later date, to be announced.
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. Beloved local arts magazine Eyeline was named after her very 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 friends Michele Helmrich, Jeanelle Hurst, and Luke Roberts as they discuss Szulakowska’s influence and impact on the scene.
Urszula Szulakowska, courtesy ARI Remix Living Archives and Social Memory Project.
