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detail: [1] SILVER/BRAM: STEPHEN BRAM, ground floor south gallery, 2008, detail, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne University, Photo courtesy Ross Bird, Courtesy of the Artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney. TIM SILVER, detail, Untitled (bust), 2011, detail, Pine Timbermate woodfiller, Courtesy of the Artist and Breenspace, Sydney

PARALLEL COLLISIONS

2012 Adelaide Biennial 2 March - 29 April 2012

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

Inspired Design: Love and Death

From 2 December 2011

detail: Danie Mellor, Australia, born 1971, Mamu, Ngagen, Ngajan peoples Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Postcards from the edge (in search of living curiosities) from the series Multiple Histories, 2011, Canberra, mixed media on paper, 152.5 x 221.5 cm; d'Auvergne Boxall Bequest Fund 2011, Courtesy of the artist. Represented by Caruana & Reid Fine Art, Sydney and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane

Terrain

Crossing landscape and country

detail :: Capriccio with ruins of the Roman Forum

Past Exhibitions

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

AES+F: Allegoria Sacra

From 24 February - 3 June 2012

detail: Julie Blyfield, Australia, born 1957, Drought vessel, 2009, Stepney, Adelaide,sterling silver, 12.5 x 24.5 x 23.0 cm, Rhianon Vernon Roberts Memorial Collection 2011, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, © Julie Blyfield, Image courtesy of the artst. Photograph: Grant Hancock

New! Australian Contemporary Decorative Arts

Until late March 2012

detail: India, Rasa lila :: Nathwadara, Rajasthan :: cotton, pigments :: Barrie and Judith Heaven Collection

Special Displays

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detail: Thomas Hirschhorn, 1957 Switzerland, 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

International Art Series

From 25 February - 3 June 2012

Detail: Brent Harris, Australia, born 1956, Heritage II, 2004, Melbourne; printed by Martin King at the Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, lithograph printed in cream and black inks on paper, 65.0 x 60.0 cm (image), 106.0 x 74.5 cm (sheet), Gift of John McBride through the Art Gallery of South Australia Contemporary Collectors 2008, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, © Brent Harris

The Sleep of Reason

The prints of Louise Bourgeois, Benjamin Armstrong and Brent Harris

detail: Tjungkara KEN, Australia, 1969, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia, Ngayuku ngura - My country, 2010, Amata, South Australia, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 152.5 x 101.5 cm, d'Auvergne Boxall Bequest Fund 2010, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, © Tjungkara Ken, Courtesy of Tjala Arts

Touring Exhibitions

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