Ben Apfelbaum

ART AFTER HOURS @ ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Featured image – Self Portrait by Natasha Walsh, submitted for this years’ Archibald Prize. 

As part of its annual Art After Hours program, which the Art Gallery has run for many years, the Art Gallery has stayed open on Wednesday nights until 9 pm. This year, due to large after-hour crowds, the Gallery is now open until 10 pm with the program  set to run weekly until 26th October.

Not only can you view  their works at that time, you can also listen to an entertaining and stimulating talk, which complements the current headline show.

Coming up this Wednesday evening, Archibald Prize finalists Natasha Walsh, Mirra Whale and Zoe Young discuss Frida Kahlo and portraiture. You can also view the film   A  l’origine ( In the beginning). Afterwards, you can have a snack or relax at the bar listening to Victor Valdes and his mariachi band for a Mexican fiesta.

Later in the year  comedians will occupy the 6.30 pm slot with a series of talks called Just For Laughs.

Below are photos of some of the distinguished, comedic and musical that have appeared in previous of Art After Hours. Images by the author (c).

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art-after-hours/

Published by Ben Apfelbaum

My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this. I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years. During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar. My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY- DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborland. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher. Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY. My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there. I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, united states, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication.