NGV KIDS' actIVIty booK - National Gallery of Victoria
NGV KIDS' actIVIty booK - National Gallery of Victoria
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<strong>NGV</strong> KIDS’<br />
activity book<br />
<strong>NGV</strong> KIDS 1
Hop into the world<br />
<strong>of</strong> animals in<br />
The <strong>Gallery</strong> Ark.<br />
THIS BOOK BELONGS TO:<br />
Look closely with powerful owl eyes.<br />
Discover amazing details in the art works.<br />
Have fun<br />
as you find<br />
partners for the<br />
animals and<br />
complete the<br />
activities.<br />
COVER<br />
Jeff Koons (designer)<br />
born United States 1955<br />
Puppy, vase 1998<br />
porcelain<br />
44.6 x 27.9 x 44.8cm<br />
Purchased, 2004<br />
© Jeff Koons, courtesy <strong>of</strong><br />
Gagosian <strong>Gallery</strong>, New York<br />
<strong>NGV</strong> KIDS 1
ANCIENT SPIDER MONKEY SITS<br />
SCHOOL OF FISH SWIMS<br />
How old is this painting?<br />
It is painted with acrylic,<br />
man-made paints.<br />
How many fish are in this<br />
school?<br />
Lin Onus<br />
Fish 1991<br />
There are more<br />
patterned fish<br />
painted on a<br />
plate, can you<br />
find them?<br />
Mixtec, Veracruz, Gulf Coast, Mexico<br />
Effigy vessel <strong>of</strong> monkey<br />
Early Post-Classic AD 900–1200<br />
This monkey is ANCIENT,<br />
made in Mexico over 900<br />
years ago with stone tools.<br />
What is this monkey<br />
carved from?<br />
Add some mischievous<br />
monkey details.<br />
How many more<br />
monkeys can you<br />
find?<br />
Are they all<br />
ancient?<br />
Decorate<br />
this fish<br />
with a<br />
pattern.<br />
Did You Know?<br />
Monkeys were kept as household pets in Mexico.<br />
2 THE GALLERY ARK <strong>NGV</strong> KIDS 3
BIG CAT ROARS<br />
Auguste Rodin<br />
The crying lion<br />
(Le lion qui pleure)<br />
1881<br />
COLOURFUL PARROTS PERCH<br />
Audrey Flack<br />
Parrots live forever<br />
1978<br />
Is this lion happy or sad?<br />
Is this lion strong or weak?<br />
Can you draw a sad face?<br />
This painting looks like a photograph and is<br />
full <strong>of</strong> lots <strong>of</strong> objects.<br />
Can you find a<br />
walking lion?<br />
Can you find a little<br />
lion with his paw on<br />
his cub?<br />
Are they strong?<br />
Are they sad?<br />
Circle the words that match this<br />
painting:<br />
colourful<br />
smooth<br />
rough<br />
dull<br />
exciting<br />
boring<br />
detailed<br />
bright<br />
s<strong>of</strong>t<br />
cluttered<br />
Match this painting<br />
<strong>of</strong> a parrot with another<br />
painting <strong>of</strong> parrots.<br />
Tick the words that describe<br />
the matching painting.<br />
4 THE GALLERY ARK <strong>NGV</strong> KIDS 5
PLAYFUL PUPPY SITS<br />
Would you play ball with a tiger?<br />
Would you sleep with a<br />
crocodile?<br />
Some animals make better pets<br />
than others.<br />
This puppy is also a vase.<br />
Draw some flowers in the vase<br />
and make a playful picture.<br />
PLUMP DUCKS WADDLE<br />
Did You know?<br />
Jeff Koons thought <strong>of</strong> the idea and<br />
then employed other people to make<br />
the puppy vase.<br />
There are 2 more dogs<br />
in The <strong>Gallery</strong> Ark.<br />
Can you find them?<br />
One is carved <strong>of</strong> wood and<br />
the other is in a painting.<br />
Which animal would you<br />
choose for a pet?<br />
How does artist Fred<br />
McCubbin show it is<br />
winter in this painting?<br />
How many ducks and<br />
geese can you count on<br />
this farm?<br />
Tick words in the list<br />
below when you find<br />
other farm animals<br />
in the exhibition.<br />
Did You know?<br />
There were farms close to<br />
Melbourne city 100 years<br />
ago.<br />
horse<br />
dog<br />
rabbit<br />
chicken<br />
duck<br />
Jeff Koons (designer)<br />
Puppy, vase 1998<br />
Frederick McCubbin<br />
A winter evening 1897<br />
sheep<br />
cow<br />
goose<br />
6 THE GALLERY ARK <strong>NGV</strong> KIDS 7
COLOURFUL SERPENT RESTS<br />
ENDANGERED PANDA GRAZES<br />
The Serpent curls up in its<br />
lake bed. The lake bed was<br />
created when two great<br />
serpents had a fight. It is the<br />
place where the artist was<br />
born.<br />
The Serpent is an ancestral<br />
creator spirit and brings<br />
important rains to the dry<br />
Australian desert.<br />
Why do you think the artist<br />
surrounded the Serpent<br />
with plants and flowers?<br />
Draw a picture <strong>of</strong> the rainy season, with<br />
the plants and animals enjoying the rain.<br />
Did You know?<br />
Serpents are sometimes<br />
known as the rainbow<br />
snake.<br />
How many brush strokes paint<br />
one bamboo leaf?<br />
Wu Zuoren<br />
Pandas and bamboo<br />
1964<br />
In China there are not many pandas<br />
left. Humans have hunted them and<br />
cleared their bamboo forests.<br />
How many<br />
more serpents and<br />
snakes can you find<br />
in The <strong>Gallery</strong> Ark?<br />
Did You know?<br />
Pandas eat 38 kilograms<br />
<strong>of</strong> bamboo every day.<br />
Think about what you can do<br />
to help save the endangered<br />
animals.<br />
Some other endangered animals<br />
in The <strong>Gallery</strong> Ark are:<br />
Dick Pantimas<br />
Tjupurrula<br />
Serpent Dreaming at<br />
Yippa 1980<br />
panther<br />
tiger<br />
wolf<br />
polar bear<br />
koala<br />
8 THE GALLERY ARK <strong>NGV</strong> KIDS 9
The traditional story <strong>of</strong> Noah’s Ark<br />
tells <strong>of</strong> how Noah saved the animals<br />
from a giant flood by building an ark<br />
and loading the animals two by two.<br />
Draw lots <strong>of</strong> amazing animals to<br />
fill this ark.<br />
10 THE GALLERY ARK <strong>NGV</strong> KIDS 11
WHICH ANIMAL?<br />
Make up your own ‘Which animal?’<br />
riddle:<br />
Audrey Flack<br />
born United States 1931<br />
Parrots live forever 1978<br />
oil and synthetic polymer paint<br />
on canvas<br />
211.2 x 211.2 cm<br />
Purchased through The Art<br />
Foundation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> with the<br />
assistance <strong>of</strong> Esso Australia<br />
Ltd, Fellow, 1978<br />
Lin Onus<br />
Yorta Yorta 1948–1996<br />
Fish 1991<br />
synthetic polymer paint on<br />
canvas<br />
182.5 x 182.5 cm<br />
Presented through the <strong>NGV</strong><br />
Foundation by Shell Australia<br />
Limited, Honorary Life<br />
Benefactor, 2002<br />
Dick Pantimas Tjupurrula<br />
Luritja c.1940–1983<br />
Serpent Dreaming at Yippa<br />
1980<br />
synthetic polymer paint on<br />
canvas<br />
60.8 x 51.0 cm<br />
Purchased from Admission<br />
Funds, 1988<br />
• I am the biggest animal that lives<br />
on land.<br />
• I am in Indian miniature paintings.<br />
• The Indian god Ganesha has my<br />
body and head.<br />
I am an<br />
• I carry my home upon my back.<br />
• A sculpture <strong>of</strong> me is made from<br />
real shell and dried grass.<br />
• In another sculpture I am covered<br />
with blanket squares.<br />
Jeff Koons (designer)<br />
born United States 1955<br />
Puppy, vase 1998<br />
porcelain<br />
44.6 x 27.9 x 44.8 cm<br />
Purchased, 2004<br />
Frederick McCubbin<br />
Australia 1855–1917<br />
A winter evening 1897<br />
oil on canvas<br />
120.8 x 151.2 cm<br />
Purchased, 1900<br />
Mixtec, Veracruz, Gulf Coast,<br />
Mexico<br />
Effigy vessel <strong>of</strong> monkey<br />
Early Post-Classic AD<br />
900–1200<br />
onyx (tecali)<br />
19.9 x 9.5 x 14.9 cm<br />
Presented through The Art<br />
Foundation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> by<br />
Friends <strong>of</strong> the Pre-Columbian<br />
Collection, Member, 1984<br />
Rajasthan<br />
The elephant Mrigavati<br />
c.1761–c.1765 Udaipur,<br />
Rajasthan, India<br />
opaque watercolour and gold<br />
paint on paper<br />
21.0 x 26.0 cm (image);<br />
24.8 x 30.0 cm (sheet)<br />
Felton Bequest, 1980<br />
Auguste Rodin<br />
France 1840–1917<br />
The crying lion (Le lion qui<br />
pleure) 1881<br />
bronze<br />
34.4 x 35.5 x 16.9 cm<br />
Felton Bequest, 1909<br />
Wu Zuoren<br />
China 1908–1997<br />
Pandas and bamboo 1964<br />
album: ink on paper, 8<br />
paintings, cardboard,<br />
paper, silk and gold leaf on<br />
concertina glued binding<br />
31.7 x 22.0 cm (image and<br />
sheet) (each);<br />
31.8 x 22.6 x 2.0 cm (closed);<br />
31.8 x 45.2 x 1.0 cm (open)<br />
Gift <strong>of</strong> an anonymous donor,<br />
2007<br />
I am a<br />
• I hunt at night and can see in the<br />
dark.<br />
• Little Red Riding Hood was<br />
frightened <strong>of</strong> me.<br />
• You can see me in a painting<br />
silently watching in the woods.<br />
I am a<br />
Rajasthan<br />
The elephant Mrigavati<br />
c.1761–c.1765<br />
12 THE GALLERY ARK
© <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> 2009<br />
This book is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted<br />
under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced<br />
by any process without prior written permission.<br />
Enquiries should be directed to the publisher.<br />
Published by the Council <strong>of</strong> Trustees <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong><br />
180 St Kilda Road<br />
Melbourne <strong>Victoria</strong> 3004<br />
Australia<br />
ngv.vic.gov.au<br />
Text prepared by Dianne Hilyear,<br />
Education and Programs<br />
Design: Elizabeth Carey Smith<br />
Photography: <strong>NGV</strong> Photographic Services<br />
Printing: Blue Star Print<br />
The <strong>Gallery</strong> Ark<br />
A <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> touring exhibition<br />
Mildura Arts Centre<br />
22 January – 18 February 2009<br />
Geelong <strong>Gallery</strong><br />
28 February – 26 April 2009<br />
McClelland <strong>Gallery</strong> & Sculpture Park<br />
10 May – 19 July 2009<br />
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre<br />
7 August – 13 September 2009<br />
Horsham Regional Art <strong>Gallery</strong><br />
22 December 2009 – 28 February 2010<br />
Program Supporter<br />
Supported by<br />
14 THE GALLERY ARK<br />
Indemnification for this<br />
exhibition is provided by<br />
the <strong>Victoria</strong>n Government<br />
This project is supported by<br />
the <strong>Victoria</strong>n Government<br />
through Arts <strong>Victoria</strong>’s Major<br />
Touring Initiative
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