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Roy Lichtenstein was a master of appropriation. Applying a systematic approach to his creative energy, the artist’s entire body of work was constructed following a sophisticated strategy of image selection, reinterpretation and reissue. Lichtenstein developed a central creative principle that became a potent formula: an ability to identify over-used cultural clichés and to repackage them as monumental remixes.
Venues
- Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Vic, 19 April – 11 June 2012
- QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld, 25 June – 26 August 2012
- Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT, 16 November 2012 – 20 January 2013
Roy Lichtenstein Nude with blue hair 1994 (detail)
colour relief
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002
© Estate of Roy Lichtenstein.
Infinite Horizons
Fred Williams is one of Australia’s greatest painters. He created a highly original and distinctive way of seeing the Australian landscape and was passionate about the painting process itself. This is the first major retrospective of Williams’ work in over 25 years.
Venues
- The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne Vic., 7 April – 22 July 2012
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide SA, 31 August - 4 November 2012
Fred Williams Beachscape, Erith Island I 1974, (detail)
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra,
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1983
© estate of Fred Williams
Space invaders:
australian . street . stencils . posters . paste-ups . zines . stickers
Playful, edgy, clever and satirical, the works in Space invaders have appeared in city streets around Australia. Street art has significantly altered Australian visual culture, especially over the past decade. It has announced the arrival of a new generation of contemporary artists.
This exciting exhibition looks at street art of the past 10 years by more than 40 of the most prolific and infamous street artists working in Australia today. The works are from the Gallery’s growing collection of street art—the only one of its kind in an Australian public gallery.
Venues
- UQ Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, 9 April – 5 June 2011
- RMIT Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic., 1 September – 5 November 2011
- Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW, 18 November 2011 – 18 March 2012
Prism Not titled (red shoes)
2004
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Gordon Darling Australasian Print Fund 2007
Australian portraits 1880–1960
This exhibition takes a fresh look at portraits from the National Gallery of Australia from the period 1880 to 1960. It includes works of 34 leading Australian painters of the period, including Tom Roberts, E Phillips Fox, Hugh Ramsay, George W Lambert, Max Meldrum, Rupert Bunny, Violet Teague, Margaret Preston, Stella Bowen, Napier Waller, Albert Tucker, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Roy de Maistre, Russell Drysdale and John Brack.
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Venues
- UQ Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD | 29 January – 27 March 2011
- Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin NT | 9 April – 10 July 2011
- Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool VIC | 23 July – 4 September 2011
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston TAS | 17 September – 13 November 2011
- Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Gymea NSW | 3 December 2011 – 29 January 2012
- Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Gladstone QLD | 10 March - 6 May 2012
- Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth WA | 25 May - 29 July 2012
- Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra ACT | 17 August - 21 October 2012
Rupert Bunny Femme au chapeau brun (Woman in a brown hat) c 1917
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased 1976
Anton Bruehl photographs 1920s–1950s
From his studio in New York, Australian-born Anton Bruehl created inventive and perfectly realised colour photographs for Condé Nast magazines such as Vogue. His work ranges across advertising, images of stars of stage, screen and socialites to his personal photography in the classic documentary tradition.
Venues
- Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs NT | 30 April – 13 June 2011
- Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill VIC | 25 June – 11 September 2011
- QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD | 18 February – 15 April 2012
Anton Bruehl Portrait of Marlene Dietrich, reflected
1935
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Gift of American Friends of the National Gallery of Australia, Inc., New York, NY, USA, made possible with the generous support of Anton Bruehl Jr, 2006
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn Gift
The Elaine and Jim Wolfensohn gift enables people from all around Australia to discover and handle treasured objects. Made possible by Jim Wolfensohn, the Australian-born former president of the World Bank, the gift comprises three art-filled suitcases and the 1888 Melbourne Cup. The NGA has been touring Wolfensohn gifts to schools, libraries, community centres, regional galleries and nursing homes across Australia since 1990.View more
Venues
Red and Yellow Cases
- Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn NSW | 30 January –- 28 February 2012
- Manning Regional Art Gallery, Tarree NSW | 2 March – 9 April 2012
- Arts North West, Glen Innes NSW | 10 April – 21 May 2012
Blue Case
- ArtsAbility, Canberra ACT | 13 February – 13 March 2012
- Arts OutWest Inc, Bathurst NSW | 14 March – 30 April 2012
- Festival of Art, Moruya NSW | 1 May – 28 May 2012
1888 Melbourne Cup
- City of Holdfast Bay Glenelg SA | 2 February – 14 March 2012
- Civic Hall Galleries Port Lincoln SA | 15 March – 18 April 2012
- Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery Port Pirie SA | 19 April – 25 June
Karl Millard 'Lizard Grinder' 2000 brass, bronze, copper, sterling silver, money metal, Peugeot mechanism, stainless steel screws, Collection of the National Gallery of Australia