Southern gravity
'From thunder and summer rains on the high South African veld to a day’s work in Sydney. A terracotta clay and water work made with a fast hand. I mak...
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Explore a world of art, including Australian art from colonial to present day, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, old masters, Asian and contemporary art. Suitable for 5-12 year olds (with an adult).
Framework houses
Since 1959 Bernd and Hilla Becher have produced photographs of industrial and domestic architecture. Their ordered images (which they call ‘typologies...
TV cello
Nam June Paik was a pioneer of video installation in the early 1960s. Associated with the international conceptual movement Fluxus, Paik regularly col...
White terrier
Adopting both historical and contemporary motifs – from the baroque to glossy magazine advertisements – Jeff Koons’s work disrupts the distinctions be...
Two Wrapped Trees
Christo began working with the landscape as a student employed to beautify the landscape of his native Bulgaria as seen from the Orient Express. He la...
Wall drawing #1091: arcs, circles and bands (room) 2003
First drawn by: Kazuko Miyamoto First installation: Panza di Biumo residence, Varese, Italy, June 1980 Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings are executed by...
Forest
Through photographs, objects and installations Simryn Gill considers how we experience a sense of place and how both personal and cultural histories i...
Killing Time
In 'Killing time' Ricky Swallow has synthesised his interests in time passing, personal and collective memory, everyday experiences and the history of...
Spyrogyra
For the past 30 years Tony Cragg has consistently produced original ideas and a remarkable diversity of forms employing a vast array of materials and ...
Motormouth
Callum Morton’s sculptures combine incisive social observation, ideas about urban design and contemporary living, and an interest in the legacy of min...