Visiting Artist Julian Hume - Art and the Palaeontological Record
Internationally renowned, Dr Julian Hume, Natural History Museum London,听is in Adelaide听working on a collaborative palaeontological art project,听to produce two paintings depicting听megafauna and听biodiversity. He will be speaking about the paintings, his work and taking audience questions.
When: Friday 25th May 2018,听6:30pm - 7:15pm
Where: Braggs Lecture Theatre, 成人大片, North Terrace Campus
Cost: Free Public Event
Julian is an avian palaeontologist who studies island extinctions and faunas from Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues and other sites including King Island and Tasmania. He is also an well-known artist and uses art to reconstruct lost worlds and extinct animals. He has consulted on projects with David Attenborough and many others, and written five books on extinct birds听
Julian's recent works produced during this visit,听depicts the time just prior to megafauna extinction (around 50,000 years ago) and the other a scene showing the biodiversity just 300 or 400 years ago prior to European settlement.听His听stories听tell of extinction and biodiversity loss, which works well with the palaeoconservation message of using the past to inform us about the present and future. The fossil record gives us the long time-frame of biodiversity records to give us a broader dataset for conservation management and research.
Julian鈥檚 painting of the megafauna is based on Naracoorte fossil deposits听where 听worked with him on the types of animals found and听habitats. The other work is based on the Renmark area.
Event hosted by with support of and .
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When: Friday 25th May 2018,听6:30pm - 7:15pm
Where: Braggs Lecture Theatre, 成人大片, North Terrace Campus
Cost: Free Public Event
Julian is an avian palaeontologist who studies island extinctions and faunas from Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues and other sites including King Island and Tasmania. He is also an well-known artist and uses art to reconstruct lost worlds and extinct animals. He has consulted on projects with David Attenborough and many others, and written five books on extinct birds听
Julian's recent works produced during this visit,听depicts the time just prior to megafauna extinction (around 50,000 years ago) and the other a scene showing the biodiversity just 300 or 400 years ago prior to European settlement.听His听stories听tell of extinction and biodiversity loss, which works well with the palaeoconservation message of using the past to inform us about the present and future. The fossil record gives us the long time-frame of biodiversity records to give us a broader dataset for conservation management and research.
Julian鈥檚 painting of the megafauna is based on Naracoorte fossil deposits听where 听worked with him on the types of animals found and听habitats. The other work is based on the Renmark area.
Event hosted by with support of and .
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Bringing the past back to life[/caption]
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