Brian Robinson …and meanwhile back on earth the blooms continue to flourish 2013 (detail). Wood, plastic, steel, synthetic polymer paint, feathers, plant fibre and shell, 200 x 350 x 50 cm. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through The Leah Jane Cohen Bequest, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2014. © Brian Robinson, 2013.
Tour The Botanical: Beauty and Peril with a Voluntary Gallery Guide, followed by coffee, cake and conversation in the Imagination Room. Prams/baby carriers and babies up to one-year-old welcome! Baby change facilities available.
This major exhibition explores the abundant beauty of the botanical world and the threats that assail it. The Botanical exhibition draws from the renowned Janet Holmes à Court Collection and the AGWA Collection to present a vivid, involving and sometimes disturbing journey through the diverse representation by Australian artists of the glorious kingdom of plants.
