Exhibitions
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24 November 2012 - 30 June 2013 Made to Remember is a zone in Indigenous art practice where objects can be seen as innovative, unusual and fundamentally unique. Made to Remember scrutinises these practices, and examines the complexity of relationships between utilitarian objects of work (such as baskets), objects made purely for pleasure and aesthetic satisfaction, and objects designed to aid in worship or to fulfill ritual obligation. Contemporary objects made from found materials (designed to reflect political or historical purposes, and objects ‘du jour’, made en masse according to the desires of the market) have stimulated a new dialogue regarding the use of Indigenous-made object as sustainable fiscal means or as a tool of reformation and change. These too have complicated and often difficult relationships with their maker and the wider public. |
Jenni Kemarre Martinello glass,
48 x 30.4 cm Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2012 © Jenni Kemarre Martinello, 2012 |
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Ongoing |
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Your Collection 1800 – today marks a new beginning for the presentation of the State Art Collection. For the first time in the Gallery’s history, the Collection is presented in a series of interconnected chronological displays, starting in the Centenary Galleries and continuing through the entire ground floor of the main Gallery. Your Collection brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous art, craft and design from international, national and Western Australian contexts in new conversations.
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William Kentridge Shadow quartetOn display in the Gallery concourse |
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South African artist William Kentridge is one of the most compelling artists of our time. His work spans an extraordinary range encompassing drawing, sculpture, film, opera, tapestry and more. |
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Year 12 Perspectives 2012 |
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7 March - 30 June 2013 Year 12 Perspectives is your yearly taste of art by the best, brightest and most talented graduating high school artists in the State. An annual barometer of what our youth are thinking and feeling, it is also a rich celebration of the role the arts play in the development of individual identities. |
Tayla Tatonetti |
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Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards 2013 |
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23 August 2013 - 27 January 2014 In 2011 the Minister for Culture and the Arts, the Honorable John Day announced that the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards would continue. The event however, would become a biennial event and would next be presented at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in 2013.
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 Recipient of the Western Australian Indigenous Award 2011 Gunybi Ganambarr Milngurr 2011 ochre, earth pigment and acrylic binder on rubber 97.0 x 77.0 cm Artwork courtesy of the artist and the Buku-Larrnggay Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory Image © Gunybi Ganambarr, courtesy of the artist and the Buku-Larrnggay Centre, Yirrkala, Northern Territory |
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Van Gogh, Dalí and Beyond: The World Reimagined |
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| 22 June - 2 December 2013 This exhibition of 134 works by 96 presents three of the most fundamental artistic genres which link and transcend the ‘isms’ of twentieth century art, from Impressionism, Cubism, Surrealism and beyond to the art of today. This selection of iconic works promises to be a visually stunning array of outstanding works by van Gogh, Picasso, Cézanne, Wesselman, Kahlo, Richter and more. Many of the most important artists of the 20th century will be represented, with works that reinvented Landscape, Still Life and Portraiture in their time. |
Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954) |
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Last reviewed 14 May 2013
