Exhibitions 2011
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AUSTRALIAN MODERN MASTERPIECES From the Art Gallery of New South Wales
10 December 2011 – 4 March 2012
Selected from the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Newcastle Art Gallery, this exhibition presents over eighty icons of Australian modern art.
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NEW ACQUISITIONS 2009 - 2011
26 November - 5 February 2012
Selected works of art acquired by the Gallery between 2009 - 2011.
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SAVING FACE Portraits from the collection
17 September - 13 November 2011
Drawn from the Gallery’s collection, this exhibition will explore the notion of ‘portraiture’ and its interpretations across time and media.
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TOUCH The Portraiture of Dani Marti
17 September - 13 November 2011
In what can be described as ‘unorthodox ethnography’ Marti uses the Internet to meet people who then become his subjects.
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NORMAN LLOYD Another Life
27 August – 27 November 2011
An exploration of this largely forgotten Australian landscape painter, including an investigation of his early reception in Australia and his 'other' life in Europe.
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SURFACE TENSION The art of Euan Macleod 1991 - 2009
27 August - 16 October 2011
This exhibition demonstrates the spiritual dimension of Macleod’s work that amplifies its universal value.
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CITIZEN COLLECTORS
11 June - 4 September 2011
This exhibition surveys the last ten years of art collecting by the syndicate Hawkesbury One.
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Speaking in Colour
19 March - 29 May 2011
This exhibition explores how Indigenous artists speak through colour.
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WILLIAM ROSE Composing space
19 March - 29 May 2011
Rose’s drawings and paintings are relentless and disciplined pursuits in the composition of abstract space.
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GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH a focus exhibition
5 March - 8 May 2011
This focus exhibition presents the Gallery’s significant collection of paintings by Grace Cossington Smith.
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ARTEXPRESS 2011
5 March - 8 May 2011
The annual exhibition of HSC works of art, including the outstanding work of Hunter Visual Arts students.
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LESS IS MORE Morandi & Hanssen Pigott
5 March - 8 May 2011
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott draws inspiration from Giorgio Morandi’s still life paintings and works on paper.
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OUT OF THE SHADOWS figurative sculpture and photography
22 January - 6 March 2011
In this exhibition we combine works by two artists - a sculptor and a photographer – Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and Bill Henson (born 1955) both at the peak of their careers albeit over a century...
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