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THE BODY
Here are the works from Week 5. Members of the public invited to vote for their favourite. The
top four works will be included in the YOUR Gallery display.
ARTWORK 1
Kara Walker, United States of America, born 1969,
Emancipation Approximation, scene #5, 2000, New York, screenprint on paper, 86.0 x 60.0 cm
(image); Gift of Joan Beer, Margaret Bennett, Kym Bonython
and Lady Downer through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation Collectors Club 2008, ©
Kara Walker, 2012
ARTWORK 2
Japan,
Male and Female Shinto deities [Shinzo], 13th century, Usa Shrine area, Oita, Kyushu,
camphor wood, 79.0 cm (male figure), 48.5 cm (female figure); Mrs Mary Overton Gift Fund 1998
ARTWORK 3
Unknown, India,
Self born linga (svayambhu linga), c.1900?, Narmada River, Central Region,
polished stone, 40 cm (height); Gift of Barrie Heaven 1998
ARTWORK 4
Léon Bakst, Russia/France, 1866 – 1924,
Indo Persian Dance (Marchesa Casati), 1912, Paris, gouache on paper, 56.8 x 47.4 cm
(sheet); South Australian Government Grant 1934
ARTWORK 5
George W Lambert, Australia, 1873 – 1930,
The half back (Maurice Lambert), 1920, London, oil on canvas, 76.2 x 61.0 cm; South
Australian Government Grant 1958
ARTWORK 6
Max Dupain, Australia, 1911 – 1992,
Sunbaker, 1937, Sydney, gelatin silver photograph, 38.0 x 43.2 cm (image & sheet);
Contemporary Art Acquisition Fund of Visual Arts Board 1980
ARTWORK 7
John Brack, Australia, 1920 – 1999,
Reclining nude, 1970, Melbourne, oil on canvas, 115.0 x 146.5 cm;
South Australian Government Grant 1972
ARTWORK 8
Catherine Truman, Australia, born 1957,
Palm up, 2002, Gray Street Workshop, Adelaide, English lime, shu niku ink, 20.0 x 20.0 x
5.0 cm; Mayne Contemporary Art Fund 2004, © Catherine Truman
ARTWORK 9
Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australia, 1884 – 1961,
Monaro pioneer, c.1922 23, Monaro, New South Wales,
oil on canvas, 80.8 x 64.9 cml; Gift of Mayne Nickless Limited through the Art Gallery
of South Australia Foundation 1996, © Bronwyn Wright
ARTWORK 10
Dick Watkins, Australia, born 1937, Figure with still life, 1991, Sydney, synthetic polymer
paint on canvas,
183.0 x 122.0 cm; Gift of Mary Eagle and Martin Gascoigne 1994, © Dick Watkins
ARTWORK 11
The Misses Gore, embroiderer, Australia,
The Ladies' Purse 1842, 1842, Sydney, silk, cotton, seed pearls & gold wire
embroidered onto velvet, 24.5 x 23.5 cm (open); Morgan Thomas Bequest Fund 1995
ARTWORK 12
Barbara Hanrahan, Australia, 1939 – 1991,
Smile, 1987, Adelaide, linocut on paper, 54.8 x 36.6 cm (image); Gift of Jo Steele
1998
ARTWORK 13
India,
Siva Nataraja (Dancing Siva), c.16th century, Tamil Nadu, South India, bronze, 75.7 cm;
Gift of Diana Ramsay AO and the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation in celebration of
the Foundation's 20th Anniverary 2001
ARTWORK 14
Patricia Piccinini, Australia, born 1965,
Big mother, 2005, Melbourne, silicone, fibreglass, leather, human hair, 175.0 cm (height);
Gift of the Art Gallery of South Australia Contemporary Collectors, S. Angelakis, John Ayers, Candy
Bennett, Cherise Conrick, James Darling AM and Lesley Forwood, Rick Frolich, Frances Gerard,
Patricia Grattan French, Stephanie Grose, Gryphon Partners Advisory, Janet Hayes, Ulrike Klein,
Edwina Lehmann,Ian Little, David And Pam McKee, Dr Peter McEvoy, Hugo and Brooke Michell, Jane
Michell, Paul Taliangis, Michael and Tracey Whiting and anonymous donors 2010, © Patricia
Piccinini
ARTWORK 15
Burma , Death,
Third of the Four Sights seen by Prince Siddharta, c.1900, Burma, wood, pigment, metal,
fibre, 90.0 x 38.0 x 48.0 cm (body with crows), 24.0 x 36.0 x 16.0 cm (vulture); Gift of Barrie and
Judith Heaven 2010
ARTWORK 16
Mary Katatjuku Pan, Australia, born c.1944, Pitjantjatjara people, South Australia,
Ngangkari tjitji (Medicine child), 2010, Rocket Bore, Northern Territory, raffia, minarri
grass, wool, 50.0 x 40.0 cm, 40.0 cm (diam);
South Australian Government Grant 2010, © Mary Katatjuku Pan
ARTWORK 17
Rembrandt, The Netherlands, 1606 – 1669,
Saskia with pearls in her hair, 1634, Amsterdam, etching on paper, 8.6 x 6.7 cm (plate
& sheet); Bequest of David Murray 1908
ARTWORK 18
Arthur Boyd, Australia, 1920 – 1999,
Persecuted lovers, 1957 58, Melbourne, oil, tempera on composition board, 137.2 x 182.9
cm; A.R.Ragless Bequest Fund 1964
ARTWORK 19
Utagawa (Toyokuni III) Kunisada, Japan, 1786 – 1865,
Figure standing on a balcony in warlike position, wielding a sword, colour woodcut, 33.7 x
23.9 cm; Gift of Miss F.M. Lowe 1981
ARTWORK 20
Sidney Nolan, Australia, 1917 – 1992,
Brighton Road State School or Perspective Love
Song, 1944, Melbourne, synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 59 x 89.5 cm; Gift
of Sidney and Cynthia Nolan 1974
detail: James Angus, Australia, born 1970, Rhinoceros, 1995, Fremantle, Western Australia,
fiberglass, synthetic polymer paint, aluminium, 105.0 x 320.0 x 165.0 cm; Gift of Helen Brown 1996,
Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
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