News 2016


November

PATRICIA PICCININI

5 November 2016 – 17 April 2017

On the Origin of Art

Museum of Old and New Art, 655 Main Road Berriedale, Hobart

Guest curators: Stephen Pinker, Geoffrey Miller, Brian Boyd, Mark Changizi

Artists include Bill Henson, Brett Whitely, Bridget Riley, Cindy Sherman, Fiona Pardington, Francois Boucher, Francois Morellet, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jeff Koons, John Glover, Kathleen Petyarr, Kasushika Hokusai, Lola Greeno, Patricia Piccinini, Peter Booth, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi, Takashi Murakami, Vernon ah Kee, Yayoi Kusama.

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October

BEN QUILTY

11 November 2016 – 29 January 2017 

Sappers & Shrapnel: Contemporary Art & the Art of the Trenches

Art Gallery of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide

This ambitious exhibition includes trench art from the collection of the Australian War Memorial including those made by Tasmanian Sapper Stanley K. Pearl alongside the compelling work of contemporary artists including Tony Albert, Olga Cironis, Nicholas Folland, Brett Graham, Fiona Hall, Richard Lewer, Alasdair McLuckie, Baden Pailthorpe, Ben Quilty, Sera Waters and Rene Wanuny Kulitja, Judy Ukampari Trigger, Erica Ikungka Shorty, Lucille Armstrong, Mary Katajuku Pan, Janet Inyika, Niningka Lewis and Freda Teamay from the Tjanpi Desert Weavers.

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October

CAROLINE ROTHWELL

 

Composer, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace, Sydney.

The work was commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia with funds donated by Ginny & Leslie Green and Sculpture Commission donors, 2016.

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Image: Caroline Rothwell in her studio, Photo: Ken Leafore


October

CAROLINE ROTHWELL

21 October – 31 December 2016

International Biennial of Cuenca

Fundación Municipal Bienal de Cuenca
Bolívar 13-89 y Estévez de Toral
Cuenca
Ecuador

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September

LOUISE HEARMAN

29 September – 4 December 2016

Louise Hearman

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
140 George Street, The Rocks

Curator: Anna Davis

This exhibition is the first major museum survey of Australian painter Louise Hearman, featuring painting and drawings from across her more than 25-year practice.

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September

BROOK ANDREW & DANIE MELLOR

10 September – 18 December 2016

Yinchuan Biennale

For an Image, Faster Than Light

MoCA Yinchuan, China

Curated by Bose Krishnamachari

Other participating artists include: Anish Kapoor, Yoko Ono, Liam Gillick, Mary Ellen Carroll, Liu Wei, Cao Fei, Ivan Navarro, Santiago Sierra, Slavs and Tartars, Song Dong.

 

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July

PATRICIA PICCININI

 

The TAC has launched its latest provocative road trauma campaign featuring a fictitious creation designed to survive car crashes.

TAC has collaborated with a leading trauma surgeon, a crash investigation expert and  Melbourne artist Patricia Piccinini to produce ‘Graham’, an interactive lifelike sculpture demonstrating human vulnerability.

The installation is on show at the State Library of Victoria until August 8, before going on a roadshow of regional centres. Victorians can also interact with Graham online at www.meetgraham.com.au.


June

ROSEMARY LAING

10 June – 21 June 2016

Tempest

Argyle Galleries 1-4, Central Gallery and throughout Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Dunn Place, Hobart

Tempest is presented by TMAG in association with Detached Cultural Organisation and Dark Mofo.

Curated by Juliana Engberg

Historic works from TMAG and other state collections will be shown alongside contemporary works by international and Australian artists including Tacita Dean, Valerie Sparks, Fiona Tan, William Kentridge, Victor Alimpiev, Hernan Bas, Mariele Neudecker, Rodney Graham, Pat Brassington, Rosemary Laing,  Paul Wood, Ricky Swallow, Kit Wise and David Stephenson.

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April

BILL HENSON

Opens Friday 8 April 2016

ONEIROI

Hellenic Museum, Melbourne

ONEIROI is a photographic installation by one of Australia’s leading artists, Bill Henson that will be housed permanentely at the Hellenic Museum.

The photographs that make up ONEIROI incorporate priceless treasures from our award winning Benaki collection, Gods, Myths & Mortals.

The Hellenic Museum collaborated with the Benaki Museum and artist Bill Henson to develop this unique series. The ONEIROI commission was made possible with the support of Robert Buckingham.

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April

BILL HENSON

Thursday 21 April 6 – 8 pm

Book Signing | Particle Mist

Particle Mist draws together works from three of Bill Henson’s earliest photographic series: Untitled 1974, Untitled 1975 with additional previously unseen photographs from an unfinished work begun in 1976. Together they form a portrait of an artist as a young man, which has now been published as a beautiful artist’s monograph by STANLEY/BARKER, with support from Tolarno Galleries.