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Dynamic presentations of the State Art Collection, featuring Australian, International and Indigenous art, craft and design acquired since the Gallery's inception in 1895.
These journeys of discovery are organised around key themes from the State Art Collection, which brings together painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper, craft and projections. Art works on display range in date from one of the earliest Western Australian works in the Collection, Frederick Garling's 1827 views of the Swan River, to recent works from 2006-2007 - such as Julie Dowling's painting of Indigenous resistance fighter, Yagan; contemporary sculpture by James Angus; and ceramics by Pru Venables.
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BodyOpens 21 November 2009 This new display of artworks 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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BuiltOpens 7 November 2009 Built is a new exhibition 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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HOMEOngoing Home brings together images and objects that awaken ideas and feelings about our sense of place. The notion of home involves memory, history and human relationships as often embodied in material objects... more |
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MappingOngoing Mapping explores the physical, emotional, geographical and intellectual influences that shape how we understand and move through the places we live in... more |
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PresenceOngoing Presence is about relationships between people and place, cultural and emotional ties to the land, and stories of struggle and triumph... more |
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Material GestureOngoing Material Gesture explores the fundamental roles of line and light in the physical creation of art. The material presence, whether of painting, sculpture or drawing, is the key component or essence of the work... more |
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StoryOngoing Story is centred on works of art that depict the human figure, and encourages exploration of the different ways artists use the human form within a narrative... more |
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Audio Podcasts
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The Art Gallery of Western Australia proudly presents a series of podcasts for your listening enjoyment. Each podcast will showcase works in a fascinating audio presentation of the permanent State Art Collection. We invite you to sit back and listen or download the audio files and take a walking tour of the Gallery. Lookout for our podcasts in the iTunes Store. |
Self-Guided Tours
The Gallery has produced a range of brochures, Self-Guided Tours, to assist you in your own self-paced tour, according to your interests and mood.
Water Walk
Take a new journey through your State Art Collection and explore some of the complex relationships between people and water via artworks in the Water Walk.
See also
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An in depth look at John Longstaff's 'Breaking the news'... more
- Dedicated children's activity area - wonderland.
- The Sensational Art Program offers booked, guided Touch Tours and hands on art activities for sight impaired visitors.
