Past Exhibitions

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P A S T E X H I B I T I O N S held at the Art Gallery of South Australia	2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

Exhibitions held during 2008



2008 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Handle with Care Free admission until 4 May 2008

The Rhianon Vernon-Roberts Memorial Collection of Contemporary Australian Jewellery Collection Display. Free admission 19 January – 2 April


Exhibitions held during 2007

War: The prints of Otto Dix 30 November 2007 - 28 January 2008

A Century in Focus: South Australian Photography 1840s - 1940s 9 November 2007 - 28 January 2008

Figurines and Frippery 2 June 2007 - 27 April 2008 A whimsical display of 18th & 19th century English porcelain featuring works from the Walker Lowe Collection, many on show for the first time in public Galley 19a

TERRA SPIRITUS, Bea Maddock 14 September - 11 November 2007 Gallery 9. Free

Grace Crowley: Being Modern 27 July - 28 October 2007 Admission charges apply

Freestyle: New Australian Design for Living 17 August - 14 October 2007 Admission charges apply

Cruel Radiance: Streetscapes in Photography 27 July - 27 September 2007 Free entry This selection from the Art Gallery of South Australia's photography collection traces an aesthetic sensibility carried by migrants and refugees from Europe to the new worlds of America and Australia and by expatriates travelling in the other direction. These photographers engage with the formal qualities of signage and advertising in streetscapes. The photographs capture an urban view. Although the images seem depopulated, the presence of people is everywhere - in architecture and graffiti - the places people make and the things left behind. Some works explore photography as a form of social commentary with empathy for those who have lived with hardship, poverty and dislocation. Others register hope and simple pleasure in what is. The display includes the works of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Walker Evans, Aaron Siskind, Weegee, and Australians Wolfgang Sievers, Mark Strizic, Grant Mudford and Eric Thake.

South Australian Living Artists Festival 3 -19 August 2007

Hans Heysen Watercolours August 2007 Gallery 3. Free A number of rare watercolours by South Australia's most famous 20th Century artist on display for a limited time

Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre: Journey to the Afterlife 21 March - 1 July 2007 AGSA Events web page NATIONAL TOUR: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 17 November 2006 – 25 February 2007 Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 21 March – 1 July 2007 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth 21 July – 28 October 2007

The Prints of Barbara Hanrahan from 5 April - 30 June 2007 Carrick Hill

Under the Big Top until 29 May 2007 Gallery 19a. Free A fascinating selection of objects reflecting the broad themes of the circus and popular entertainment on display for a limited time

Experimenta: Vanishing Point 16 February – 10 March 2007 Inspired by twisted realities in Alice in Wonderland and Being John Malkovich, the interactive media works and videos screening in this popular exhibition transform the banality of everyday life into the extraordinary and fantastic. Featuring miniature worlds, journeys through space and time and photographs that come to life, this is an exhibition of art that you can touch and play with. Experimenta: Vanishing Point includes works by Australian and international artists, film-makers, animators, sound artists and scientists working at the forefront of new media, and is presented in association with Experimenta and the 2007 Adelaide Film Festival. Free admission

Exhibitions held during 2006

Rodin: Genius of Form 1 September 2006 – 18 February 2007 Auguste Rodin was one of the most important artists of the mid to late 19^th century and his sculptures are among the most widely recognised and admired works of art of the period. The Art Gallery of South Australia is home to the major Australian collection of Rodin sculpture and Rodin: Genius of Form provides a rare opportunity to see this great collection displayed in its entirety.

M.J.M. Carter Collection: The Joy of Giving 10 November 2006 – 4 February 2007 Max Carter AO is one of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s most significant benefactors. Gifts from his collection have enhanced the Gallery’s holdings of British and Asian art, and have dramatically transformed the Gallery’s colonial Australian art collection to make it one of the most outstanding and most representative such collection in the country. Among his many gifts are important colonial Australian works by John Glover, Eugene von Guérard, S.T. Gill and Nicolas Chevalier. This exhibition, which is mounted in honour of Mr Carter’s 80th Birthday, brings together many of the major gifts from the M.J.M. Carter Collection, revealing the full extent of his generosity over four decades. Entry fees apply

1970s Conceptual Art on display until 4 February 2007 in Gallery 8 The display focuses on international and Australian conceptual art. It traces several threads associated with the conceptual art movement; the role of language in the interpretation of works of art in Ian Burn's Systematically altered photographs...1968, the documentation of performance based work in Hamish Fulton's Wheeldale Moor 1977 and Stelarc's Event for Stretched Skin, Tokyo 1974; and the aesthetics of the archive in the work of Robert Rooney, Jan Dibbets and Les Levine.

Yingarti Jilamara: The Art of the Tiwi Islands 15 September 2006 – 28 January 2007 This exhibition showcases the breadth and dynamism of art of the Tiwi Islands over time. It includes recent and historical works from the 1960s and 1970s and comprises textiles, prints, sculpture, painting and decorative arts. Works on display have been drawn from the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia and from other public and private collections in Adelaide.

The Most Delightful Thing on Earth: The Art of Gladys Reynell 30 June - 24 September 2006 Gladys Reynell was a member of the famous South Australian family which established Reynella Winery, but it was her significant artistic contributions for which she is remembered. Reynell was South Australia’s first studio potter and was among the first to introduce Europe’s Modernist ethos into Australian craft. This exhibition, which will be the first retrospective of her work, will present her pottery, paintings, linocuts and sketches and is timed to mark the 50^th anniversary of her death.

sala festival 4 - 20 August 2006 South Australian artists will showcase their works, skills and practices to audiences as part of the SALA Festival. The Art Gallery of South Australia will display works by South Australian living artists during the festival in gallery 9	salaFESTIVAL website

Margaret Preston: Art and Life 26 May - 13 August 2006

2006 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art 21st Century Modern 4 March - 7 May 2006

Francis Bacon Triptych 24 February - 7 May 2006

Celebrating 125 Years Art Gallery of South Australia 1881-2006


Exhibitions held during 2005
Visions of Adelaide: 1836-1886 28 October 2005 - 5 February 2006

Crescent Moon: Islamic Art and Civilisation in South East Asia 10 November 2005 - 29 January 2006

Australian Contemporary Glass ends 13 November 2005	more information

BANK SA Child Art Week until Thursday 27 October 2005 Radford Auditorium at the Art Gallery of SA

Grace Cossington Smith opens 28 July 2005

salaFESTIVAL 2005 agsa display until September 2005	salaFESTIVAL website

The Art of Fiona Hall 8 July - 11 September 2005

identity and desire Australian Contemporary Art 30 April - 21 June 2005 link to more information

Island to Empire 300 Years of British Art 1550-1850 11 March - 13 June 2005

Everyday Addictions new media works by South Australian artists 17 February – 14 April

17 February - 3 March

ANZAC DAY galleries 3c, 4 & 5 until Sunday 1 May link to more information

Exhibitions held during 2004

Donald Judd in Adelaide 15 October 2004 - 13 February 2005	Collection Display Gallery 8

Australians in Hollywood 11 November 2004 - 20 February 2005

Persian Treasures 4 November 2004 - 6 February 2005

Wagner's Ring: An Artistic Vision until 2 February 2005 click here to view media release as a .pdf document

Rover Thomas: I want to paint 24 September - 28 November

The Edwardians: Secrets & Desires 9 July - 12 September

Japanese Prints Images from the floating world 30 April - 13 June

Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art 28 February - 30 May 2004

John Glover and the Colonial Picturesque 19 February - 12 April 2004
Exhibitions held during 2003

Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri Retrospective 31 October – 25 January 2004

Charles Conder 21 November – 26 January 2004

20th Century Style: Furniture 15 August - 2 November 2003
salaFestival (South Australian Living Artists Festival) 1 August - 10 August 2003 Visit the salaFestival website Australian Surrealism The Agapitos / Wilson Collection 25 July - 12 October 2003 Claude Monet, Haystacks, midday 1890 30 July - 6 October 2003 Morgan Thomas Bequest Centenary Exhibition 23 May - 27 July 2003 Journey to Now: John Kaldor Art Projects & Collection 18 April - 6 July 2003 Jonathan Dady Construction Drawings 02: 2003 13 May - 24 June 2003 SEEING THE CENTRE The art of Albert Namatjira 7 March - 4 May 2003 Morris & Co 21 November 2002 - 26 March 2003
Exhibitions held during 2002
Morris & Co 21 November 2002 - 26 March 2003 Art of Arnhem Land Aboriginal Bark Paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s 20 October 2002 - 23 February 2003 Arid Arcadia: Art of the Flinders Ranges 30 August - 3 November 2002 Stella Bowen: Art, Love & War 19 July - 29 September 2002 Burke & Wills from Melbourne to myth 22 June - 18 August 2002 SALA Festival South Australian Living Artists Festival 2 - 11 August 2002 The Encounter 1802 Art of the Flinders and Baudin Voyages 15 February 2002 – 26 May 2002 2002 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art conVerge: where science meets art 1 March - 28 April 2002 conVerge
Since its inception in 1990 the Art Gallery of South Australia's Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art has become Australia's most important survey exhibition of contemporary Australian visual art. In 2002 it will explore some of the issues at the heart of Australian society and culture, such as genetic engineering, DNA testing, environmental sustainability, artificial intelligence, human cloning and genetically modified foods. Raising significant moral and philosophical dilemmas, and prompting grassroots action world-wide, today's scientific issues affect us all. The 2002 Biennial will present a dynamic range of artistic responses to some of these concerns. Supported by the Visual Arts / Craft Fund and New Media Arts Fund of the Australia Council and the Adelaide Festival website	Visit the conVerge website
Exhibitions held during 2001
LOVE AND DEATH Art in the Age of Queen Victoria 7 December 2001 – 3 February 2002 OUR COUNTRY: Australian Federation Landscapes 1900-1914 14 September – 18 November 2001 South Australian Living Artists Week 5-12 August 2001 The photography of H.H. Tilbrook South Australia at the turn of the century 20 July – 4 November 2001 Hossein Valamanesh: A Survey 29 June – 26 August Painting Forever: Tony Tuckson 28 March – 11 June BREAKAWAY 01: Year 12 Visual Arts Showcase 24 March – 29 April Australia + Germany International Craft Triennale 9 March - 22 April 2001 Tête a Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson 19 January - 11 March 2001 visit the Tête à Tête website Modern Australian Women: paintings & prints 1925-1945 24 November - 25 February 2001
Exhibitions held during 2000
Modern Australian Women: paintings & prints 1925-1945 24 November 2000 - 25 February 2001 Matisse: The Art of Drawing 20 October - 10 December 2000 Chemistry: Art in South Australian 1990-2000 The Faulding Exhibition 13 September - 5 November 2000 Five Centuries of Master Prints 5 May - 1 October 2000 Gods & Heroes: Ancient Lives: Greeks, Romans & Etruscans 8 July - 3 September 2000 South Australian Living Artists Week 6-13 August 2000 The Centenary of the Elder Wing April 2000 Just for Fun: The prints of Martin Sharp 11 February - 4 July 2000 Adelaide's Boyds 5 May - 25 June 2000 Gray Street Workshop 15 Years 11 February - 6 May 2000 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art - Beyond the Pale 4 March - 16 April 2000 The Fine Art of Giving - 90 Masterpieces from the William Bowmore Exhibition 2 November 1999 - 1 April 2000 Jeffrey Smart 26 November 1999 - 6 February 2000 Embroidery from the Art Gallery of South Australia 16 September 1999 - 30 January 2000
Exhibitions held during 1999
Jeffrey Smart 26 November 1999 - 6 February 2000 The Fine Art of Giving - 90 Masterpieces from the William Bowmore Exhibition 2 November 1999 - 1 April 2000 Embroidery from the Art Gallery of South Australia 16 September 1999 - 30 January 2000 The Mythology of Landscape: Antony Hamilton 3 September - 7 November 1999 Reflections: H J Johnstone's Evening Shadows - Australia's most copied painting 14 August - 31 October 1999 Politically Incorrect: Clarice Beckett 6 August - 19 September 1999 South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Collection Installation August 1999 Japan: Three Worlds 1 May - 11 July 1999 Picasso and the Vollard Suite 23 April - 27 June 1999 Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition 9 March - 11 April 1999 Everyday Art - Australian Folk Art 26 February - 5 April 1999
Exhibitions held during 1998
In the Cold: Photography 1945 - 1965 23 December 1998 - 31 January 1999 Life and Death Under the Pharaohs 12 December 1998 - 14 February 1999 The Ring, Wagner and his World 13 November - 14 December 1998 The Elder Bequest 6 November 1998 - 31 January 1999 This Other Eden: British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale 17 September - 15 November 1998 The Australian Flag - Professional Design Competition and Exhibition 23 July - 23 August 1998 Vive La France! Hidden Treasures of French Art: 1825-1945 10 July - 18 October 1998 Felix Gonzalez-Torres 4 July - 2 August 1998 The Painted Coast \| media release 8 May - 16 August 1998 Williams & Brack in Adelaide \| media release 8 May - 16 August 1998 REGENCY: British Art & Design: 1800 - 1830's \| media release 8 April - 14 June 1998 All this and Heaven too: The 1998 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art 28 February - 13 April 1998
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