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Bill Henson Untitled 1985/86 (detail)
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BILL HENSON
THREE DECADES OF PHOTOGRAPHY
8 JANUARY - 3 APRIL
Bill Henson's powerful and edgy photographs bring together the formal and
classical with the gritty, casual dramas of the everyday. Henson is a
master of the use of light and dark in the tradition of the great European
masters. Beautiful, confronting and unforgettable, his images enliven, and
sometimes unsettle, our own sense of being. This landmark exhibition is
the first major survey of Bill Henson's work and a key visual arts event
in the 2005 Sydney Festival
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Michelle Heldon, Kirrawee High School When
I was little they called me Nim
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ARTEXPRESS
OUTSTANDING HSC STUDENT ARTWORKS FROM 2004
29 JANUARY - 27 MARCH
ArtExpress showcases the major works of students achieving the highest
results in HSC Visual Arts. The Art Gallery of New South Wales has been
the primary venue for ArtExpress since it was first displayed in 1983.
Since then the ArtExpress exhibition has developed a high profile and
enthusiastic following of over 100 000 visitors each year. |
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Mutlu Cerkez Untitled: 18th April 2013
2002
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ÇERKEZ AND FUSINATO
5 FEBRUARY - 20 MARCH
Mutlu Çerkez's haunting self-portraits and Marco Fusinato's lush
monochromatic paintings are at first glance visually incompatible. The
recent collaborations by these artists, however, explore their artistic
difference together with their similar interests in time and language. In
this exhibition each artist will exhibit one new painting along with a
more spontaneous collaborative work in which representation and
abstraction find common ground. |
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Dadang Christanto They give evidence
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DADANG CHRISTANTO
THEY GIVE EVIDENCE
25 FEBRUARY – 29 MAY
Dadang Christanto's larger-than-life sculptures speak eloquently for the
victims of oppression and social injustice. The 16 male and female figures
in this installation formed the first exhibition in the new Asian
galleries and have since been purchased by the Gallery. The figures
represent displaced victims, mutely carrying bodies of innocent men, women
and children - testament to the inhumanity of humanity, a silent moment to
communal grief. |
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François Boucher Project for a
frontispiece: a group of putti around a drapery
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BOUCHER, WATTEAU AND THE ORIGIN OF ROCOCO
5 MARCH - 1 MAY
François Boucher was regarded during his lifetime as the greatest living
draughtsmen in France.
Along with his predecessor Antoine Watteau and contemporaries, Boucher was
responsible for the development of the style which became known as the
rococo - intimate, dainty, graceful and pleasure loving. Assembled to
celebrate the 300th anniversary of Boucher's birth, the exhibition
features works from one of the foremost collections of Old Master drawings
in the world, the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. |
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John Olsen self portrait, Janus Faced,
winner of the 2005 Archibald Prize
STOP PRESS:
John Olsen Wins the Archibald
The
2005 Archibald Prize
The
2005 Packing Room Prize
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ARCHIBALD WYNNE AND
SULMAN PRIZE
THE CITIGROUP PRIVATE BANK
AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE
30 APRIL - 3 JULY
The nation's favourite and most prestigious prize for portraiture is
always a source of entertainment and controversy. 'No other art prize in
this country comes close to challenging its position as a genuinely
national event, and no other art prize has managed not only to survive,
but to flourish with such implausible flamboyance over eighty years.'
Edmund Capon, director Art Gallery of NewSouth Wales |
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Lyndell Brown and Charles Green Sanctuary
2002
See more about the Tranquillity
Exhibition here
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TRANQUILlTY
Lyndell Brown & Charels Green, George Farrell & Rose Parkin
7 May - 19 June 2005
The long-term collaborative partnerships of Lyndell Brown and Charles
Green, and George Farrell and Rose Parkin have created a new dialogue
between their respective practices. Visually manipulated archival
photography, video footage and a reproduction of Benjamin Rush's medicinal
Tranquilising Chair from the 18th century explore notions of memory,
amnesia and identity erasure. The works suggest self-editing of our
experiences and identity. |
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Maharana Bhim Singh worshipping Annapurna
c1825
See more about the Rajput
Sons of Kings Exhibition here
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RAJPUT SONS OF KINGS
8 JUNE - 4 SEPTEMBER
This exhibition presents approximately 90 paintings depicting Rajput
courtly life from the 1600s to the 1800s. Created in the princely states
of Rajasthan, including Mewar, Bikaner and Bundi, the paintings
encapsulate the vitality and sensuality of life at the maharana's court.
The daily activities of the courtiers and their retinue of sardars,
entertainers and servants are narrated in lively compositions.
National Gallery of Victoria Touring Exhibition |
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Margaret Preston Implement blue 192
See more about the Margaret
Preston Exhibition here
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THE ART OF MARGARET PRESTON
30 July - 23 October 2005
One of Australia's most celebrated artists, Margaret Preston created some
of the most popular, enduring and iconic works of Australian art. The Art
Gallery of New South Wales is delighted to present The art of Margaret
Preston, touring nationally in 2006. This continues the Gallery's
tradition of organising some of the most significant and popular
retrospective exhibitions of Australia's leading artists. |
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Wolfgang Laib House 1990
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WOLFGANG LAIB
The Third BALNAVES Foundation SCULPTURE PROJECT
22 JULY - 18 SEPTEMBER
Wolfgang Laib is an artist who works within, and collaborates with,
nature. In spring he goes out into the landscape and meticulously collects
pollen from hazel and pine trees. Each tree produces a different coloured
pollen and these are used to make a series of monochrome 'paintings' on
the floor of the gallery. In addition to the Pollen series he also makes
simple beeswax houses, wax boats and even walls of wax. |
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Garry Shead Colloquy with John Keats
2004
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DOBELL PRIZE FOR DRAWING
2 SEPTEMBER - 20 NOVEMBER
The most important drawing prize in Australia, this award was established
in 1993 as an initiative of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation to
encourage excellence in drawing and draughtsmanship and to honour a great
Australian artist who excelled at drawing, William Dobell (1899-1970). |
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Duanfang (1861-1911) Calligraphy 1905
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THE POETIC MANDARIN
JAMES HAYES CALLIGRAPHY COLLECTION
23 SEPTEMBER - 27 NOVEMBER
The James Hayes' gift to the Art Gallery comprises calligraphy ranging
from the late Ming period to the early 20th century and is a great
addition to the Gallery's collection. Composed by scholar-officials from
Guangdong and other provinces of China, the calligraphic works offer
insights into China's elite literary and court culture. The collection
presents a harmonious combination of calligraphy in different styles and
mediums. |
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Grace Cossington Smith The curve of the
bridge 1928–29
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GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH
4 NOVEMBER 05 - 15 JANUARY 06
Grace Cossington Smith played a vital role in the development of modernism
in Australia. This exhibition traces Cossington Smith's artistic
development through paintings and drawings as well as through her many
sketchbooks to reveal an artist of considerable depth, insight and
spirituality.
National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition |
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Pissarro Peasants' houses Eragny 1887
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CAMILLE PISSARRO
19 NOVEMBER 05 - 19 FEBRUARY 06
Camille Pissarro was the only painter of the impressionist group to
participate in all eight of the historic impressionist exhibitions held in
Paris between 1874 and 1886. Not only was he the mainstay of the group, he
was also the most astute judge of young talent. Cézanne and Gauguin both
acknowledged their profound debt to Pissarro's innovative methods. The Art
Gallery's major summer show for 2005-06 and the largest exhibition of
Pissarro's work to be presented in Australia, the exhibition will show
Pissarro's painting, drawing and printmaking at its best. |
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Art Gallery Road The Domain Sydney NSW 2000 Australia
Telephone: + 61 2 9225 1744 or toll free: 1800 679 278
Website www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
Open 7 days a week, 10am to 5pm
(closed Christmas Day and Easter Friday)
Art After Hours: late opening until 9pm on Wednesdays
Admission is free, charges may apply to some exhibitions.
Please note dates and exhibitions subject to change.
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