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    Centre Five: bridging the gap
    Eckett, J (https://mcclelland.org.au/exhibitions/centre-5-bridging-the-gap, 2022)
    Post-war Australian sculpture came of age in the 1960s with the advent of Centre 5. Sculptor Julius Kane instigated the group in Melbourne in 1952, formalising a collegial alliance that emerged in the mid-1950s with Inge King, Clifford Last, Vincas Jomantas, Teisutis Zikaras, and Melbourne-born Norma Redpath and Lenton Parr. Deriving their name from a five-point program, Centre 5 aimed to bridge the gap between artist and public through exhibitions, lectures, and media interviews; seek better representation in public collections; foster a closer relationship with architects; promote a percent-for-the-arts scheme for public buildings; and lobby for sculpture-specific scholarships and fellowships. Centre 5 has been integral to McClelland since the gallery’s inception in 1971. Clifford Last and Lenton Parr both served on the McClelland art advisory committee and their guidance, as well as personal friendships among the group with inaugural director Carl Andrew and lifetime benefactor Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE, helped create an exhibiting environment uniquely sympathetic to sculpture. Centre 5: bridging the gap celebrates this connection, both inside and outside the gallery, showcasing key examples of their work made during the group’s most active years, from 1958 to 1974—when they last exhibited at McClelland. Guest curator Dr Jane Eckett is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and has written extensively on Centre 5 and modern sculpture. She is the editor of On Bunurong Country: art and design in Frankston (McClelland, 2023) and with Harriet Edquist co-editor of Melbourne Modern: European art and design at RMIT since 1945 (RMIT Gallery, 2019).
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    Creating an archive: the Abbey Art Centre digital repository
    Eckett, J ( 2021-10-07)
    20-minute paper for an online workshop, 'The Abbey Art Centre: cosmopolitanism, expatriatism and exchange', hosted by the Centre of Visual Art, University of Melbourne, 7 October 2021.
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    Bessie Davidson & Sally Smart – Two artists and the Parisian avant-garde
    Eckett, J (Memo Review, 2020)
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    Margel Hinder: Modern in motion
    Eckett, J (Memo Review, 2022-02-05)
    Review of the exhibition, Margel Hinder: Modern in motion, at Heide Museum of Modern Art, 29 October 2021 – 6 February 2022.
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    Inge King: The Memorial Gallery, with a foreword by Ken Scarlett
    Eckett, J ; Scarlett, K (Skulpturenpark Wesenberg, 2016)
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    Melbourne Modern European Art and Design at RMIT Since 1945
    Eckett, J ; Edquist, H ; Eckett, J ; Edquist, H (RMIT Gallery, 2019)
    Melbourne Modern celebrates the contribution of European émigré artists, architects and designers who taught at RMIT after 1945. It surveys the work of Viennese architects, German, Czech and Baltic sculptors and silversmiths, and Dutch and British designers. It also includes migrants who arrived in Australia as children and Australian-born artists whose formative experiences in Europe influence their teaching. Collectively their stories illuminate RMIT’s model of inclusion. The profound impact of émigré teaching on the new pedagogy that developed in the 1950s through the 1970s placed the RMIT School of Art and Applied Art at the forefront of Australian art and design education. Melbourne Modern examines the legacy of this rich and educational experiment today.
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    Foreword
    Eckett, J ; Palmer, S ; Trajkoski, A ; McLean, I (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2020)