Artists in Residence

Alistair Noble Australia

Title: Trouble Current Medium: mix media triptych in oil, accompanied by soundtrack Date : 2009 Dimensions: Collection category: painting

Artist in Residence program, funded by the Visual Art department.

With the end of the 1980s came a hiatus in the Artist in Residence program and it wasn’t until 2009 that an artist was again invited into the School to inspire students and leave a work of art. Alistair Noble created a mix media triptych painted in oil - Trouble Current - to be accompanied by music he composed. The work comprises one large painting and two smaller ones to produce the impression of the troubled waters. Noble came to the School on the recommendation of school art teacher Bronwyn McKean and was funded by the Visual Art Department and the Creative Arts Faculty.

Professor Alistair Noble is a composer, musician, and academic, currently head of the University of New England’s School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

Alistair is interested in exploring what he believes are the close connections between visual and aural imagination , and this work speaks to this.

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