Visiting Artist Julian Hume - Art and the Palaeontological Record
Internationally renowned, Dr Julian Hume, Natural History Museum London,Ìýis in AdelaideÌýworking on a collaborative palaeontological art project,Ìýto produce two paintings depictingÌýmegafauna andÌýbiodiversity. He will be speaking about the paintings, his work and taking audience questions.
When: Friday 25th May 2018,Ìý6:30pm - 7:15pm
Where: Braggs Lecture Theatre, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, 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 birdsÌý
Julian's recent works produced during this visit,Ìýdepicts 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.ÌýHisÌýstoriesÌýtell 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’s painting of the megafauna is based on Naracoorte fossil depositsÌýwhere Ìýworked with him on the types of animals found andÌýhabitats. 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,Ìý6:30pm - 7:15pm
Where: Braggs Lecture Theatre, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, 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 birdsÌý
Julian's recent works produced during this visit,Ìýdepicts 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.ÌýHisÌýstoriesÌýtell 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’s painting of the megafauna is based on Naracoorte fossil depositsÌýwhere Ìýworked with him on the types of animals found andÌýhabitats. The other work is based on the Renmark area.
Event hosted by with support of and .
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