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12th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art (detail top: Rosemary Laing, groundspeed (Rose Petal) # 17, 2001, Courtesy of the Artist & Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne. detail bottom: John Glover, A View of the artist’s house and garden, in Mills Plains, Van Diemen’s Land, 1835, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. detail top: Pat Brassington, Bloom from the series Anxious bodies, 2003. Courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery, Sydney; Arc One Gallery, Melbourne; and Bett Gallery, Hobart. detail bottom: Rob McLeish, Gravity stole my eyelid, 2011–12. Courtesy of the artist and Neon Parc, Melbourne. detail top: Shaun Gladwell, Pataphysical man, 2005, performer: Daniel Esteve Pomares, videography: Gotaro Uematsu. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney. detail bottom: Marco Fusinato, Mass black implosion (Free Music No 1, Percy Grainger), 2009. Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney.)

International Art Series (detail: Thomas Hirschhorn, Switzerland, born 1957 Twin-Subjecter, 2011 Paris model, nails, screws, plastic base, wood 225 x 155 x 56 (approx.) Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2011, © the artist)

AES+F: Allegoria Sacra (detail: AES+F, Allegoria Sacra, 2011, video still images. © AES+F Courtesy Triumph Gallery, Moscow)

Inspired Design: Love and Death (detail: Edward Farrell, Britain, c.1781-1850, Tea and coffee service [comprising teapot, coffee pot, milk jug], c1818, London, silver-gilt, ivory, milk jug 14.0 x 15.0 x 10.0 cm, Gift of Mrs J.R. Corpe 1930, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide)