From Here, for Now
From Here, for Now begins with Australia鈥檚 outback as a signifier of national identity, connecting this with American stereotypes of outsiders, and hidden histories, through works by Charlene Carrington, Rosemary Laing, Robert Macpherson, Richard Prince and Kaylene Whiskey.
Personal identity is explored in the diary-like art of Ghada Amer, Tracey Emin, Sally M Nangala Mulda and Jenny Watson, highlighting the political in everyday experiences, while the human body and selfhood are examined in works by Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti, Antony Gormley, Mike Parr and Pablo Picasso.
Domestic settings fragment and regroup in still-life works by Giorgio Morandi, Jude Rae and Ricky Swallow. History painting comes apart under pressure in works by Anselm Kiefer and Susan Norrie. And portraiture is visceral and downright meaty in the hands of Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Ben Quilty and Jenny Saville.
Works by Marco Fusinato, Janet Laurence, Raquel Ormella and Ai Weiwei convey both political urgency and a lack of agency, while a collaborative work by Marion Gaemers, Lynnette Griffiths, Florence Gutchen, Racy Oui-Pitt and Ellarose Savage from the Torres Strait Islands is a powerful lament for our environment.
From Here, for Now also features two new art commissions for the Sydney Modern Project: Simryn Gill鈥檚 major work Clearing, responding to elements of the natural history of the site, and Richard Lewer鈥檚 suite of drawings which, along with his multi-panel painting in the new building, record some of the individuals involved in constructing the expanded campus.
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From Here, for Now begins with Australia鈥檚 outback as a signifier of national identity, connecting this with American stereotypes of outsiders, and hidden histories, through works by Charlene Carrington, Rosemary Laing, Robert Macpherson, Richard Prince and Kaylene Whiskey.
Personal identity is explored in the diary-like art of Ghada Amer, Tracey Emin, Sally M Nangala Mulda and Jenny Watson, highlighting the political in everyday experiences, while the human body and selfhood are examined in works by Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti, Antony Gormley, Mike Parr and Pablo Picasso.
Domestic settings fragment and regroup in still-life works by Giorgio Morandi, Jude Rae and Ricky Swallow. History painting comes apart under pressure in works by Anselm Kiefer and Susan Norrie. And portraiture is visceral and downright meaty in the hands of Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Ben Quilty and Jenny Saville.
Works by Marco Fusinato, Janet Laurence, Raquel Ormella and Ai Weiwei convey both political urgency and a lack of agency, while a collaborative work by Marion Gaemers, Lynnette Griffiths, Florence Gutchen, Racy Oui-Pitt and Ellarose Savage from the Torres Strait Islands is a powerful lament for our environment.
From Here, for Now also features two new art commissions for the Sydney Modern Project: Simryn Gill鈥檚 major work Clearing, responding to elements of the natural history of the site, and Richard Lewer鈥檚 suite of drawings which, along with his multi-panel painting in the new building, record some of the individuals involved in constructing the expanded campus.
Artists on show
- Ai Weiwei
- Alberto Giacometti
- Anselm Kiefer
- Antony Gormley
- Ben Quilty
- Charlene Carrington
- Florence Gutchen
- Francis Bacon
- Ghada Amer
- Giorgio Morandi
- Janet Laurence
- Jenny Saville
- Jenny Watson
- Jude Rae
- Kaylene Whiskey
- Louise Bourgeois
- Lucian Freud
- Lynnette Griffiths
- Marco Fusinato
- Marion Gaemers
- Mike Parr
- Pablo Picasso
- Racy Oui Pitt
- Raquel Ormella
- Richard Lewer
- Richard Prince
- Ricky Swallow
- Robert MacPherson
- Rosemary Laing
- Sally M Nangala Mulda
- Simryn Gill
- Susan Norrie
- Tracey Emin
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