Current Exhibitions


        

Body

From 21 November 2009

BODY exhibition opens 21 November - John Davies: Figures on railings 1981

 

This new display of artworks from the State Art Collection takes the human body as its starting point. Body will focus on corporeality in many guises, from the seemingly simple representation of the human form, to artworks by Indigenous Australian artists that are drawn from ceremonial markings on the human body, to works by contemporary artists that are determined by the physical body of the artist or seek to include the body of the viewer within their realm... more

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Built

From 7 November 2009

Built exhibition opens 7 Nov 2009 - Monument #23 Slump, Callum Morton

  Built is an exhibition from the State Art Collection which is concerned with built forms, both sculptural and pictorial, as well as with concepts of order and disorder, containment and collapse. It will feature a recent major acquisition by Callum Morton, a sculptural installation entitled Monument #23: Slump 2009... more

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Helen Smith & Jeremy Kirwan-Ward Wall works

8 April - 31 January 2010

Helen Smith & Jeremy Kirwan-Ward Wall Works  

Helen Smith & Jeremy Kirwan-Ward Wall works

These two well-known and highly regarded Perth based artists created an art work in situ during the week of 30 March to 3 April 2009, and  visitors were able to see the wall work being installed. Wall works will be on display at the Art Gallery of Western Australia until 31 January 2010... more

   

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