Australian Art, Gallery 12 installation view
Contemporary Australian Art
The growing diversity of life in Australia is reflected by the Gallery's collection of contemporary Australian art. Since the 1970s artists have explored an increasing variety of media, such as found objects, photography, digital media and film, as well as painting, sculpture and printmaking. Australian artists access ideas and images from all over the world; they question Australia's own identity, and the role of Australian artists in an international context.
The Collection includes a strong group of the abstract works which dominated the 1960s and 1970s; artists include Dale Hickey, Robert Rooney, Nigel Lendon and Mike Brown. Conceptualism ― explored during the 1960s and 1980s ― privileges concepts or ideas over form and is represented by works by Peter Tyndall and Ian Burn. Other highlights include photography from the last three decades by Patricia Piccinini, Rosemary Laing, Fiona Hall and William Yang.
Leading Queensland artists including Robert MacPherson, Eugene Carchesio, Judith Wright and Scott Redford are also represented. Recently, the Collection has expanded to include exciting new works in installation, film and new media.
Selected Collection Highlights
Hilarie Mais The waiting 1984
Gordon Bennett Untitled 1991
Fiona Hall Medicine bundle for the non-born child 1993-94
William Robinson Dark tide, Bogangar 1994
Robert MacPherson Mayfair: (Swamp rats) Ninety-seven signs for C.P., J.P., B.W., G.W. & R.W. 1994-95
Eugene Carchesio Dead leaves of Tokyo 1999
Rosemary Laing Flight research #5 1999
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Travellers no. 3 2001
Debra Dawes Afterthought series 2 #6 2002
Joachim Froese Rhopography #42 (paw paw) 2002-03
David Rosetzky Untouchable 2003
William Yang About my mother (portfolio) 2003
Julie Blyfield Sliced pod and Pods 2003-04
Tracey Moffatt Adventure series 2 2004
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn Tala 2005
Anne Wallace That was long ago 2005
The Gallery regularly changes the works on display to ensure visitors have the opportunity to view a wide variety of works from the Collection. The online interactive resource, Design your own tour, includes images and information on some of the art works currently on display. |
