
International Art | Sculpture
Satyr with wineskin cast 19th century
after UNKNOWN ROMAN
International Art | Sculpture
Satyr with wineskin cast 19th century
after UNKNOWN ROMAN
International Art | Painting
The prodigal son c.1780-1840
UNKNOWN
International Art | Sculpture
Spinario cast late 19th century
after School of PASITELES
Asian Art | Print
Courtesans (reprint) unknown
after EISEN
Asian Art | Sculpture
Flying horse of Kansu cast 1973
after EASTERN HAN ARTIST
International Art | Sculpture
Bust of Niccolo da Uzzano unknown
after DONATELLO
International Art | Sculpture
Borghese warrior 19th century
after AGASIUS THE EPHESIAN
Pacific Art | Fibre
Jipai (mask) 2011
AFEX, Ben
International Art | Glass
Decanter c.1875-1900
AESTHETIC STYLE
International Art | Glass
Vase c.1880-1900
AESTHETIC STYLE
International Art | Glass
Vase c.1880-1900
AESTHETIC STYLE
Contemporary Australian Art | Installation
Blackboards with pendulums 1992
KENNEDY, Peter
International Art | Drawing
Design
ADAM, Sicander
International Art | Metalwork
Tea urn c.1770-1800
ADAM STYLE
International Art | Ceramic
Long necked vase c.1900-50
ACOMO PUEBLO
Pacific Art | Photograph
'Te Waiherehere', Koroniti, Wanganui River, 29 May 1986 1986, printed 1997
ABERHART, Laurence
Pacific Art | Photograph
Nature morte (silence), Savage Club, Wanganui, 20 February 1986 1986, printed 1999
ABERHART, Laurence
Pacific Art | Photograph
Angel over Whangape Harbour, Northland, 6 May 1982 1982, printed 1991
ABERHART, Laurence
Australian Art | Drawing
A memory of Gumeracha (study of flies) 1908
HEYSEN, Hans
Pacific Art | Print
The boxer 2009
ABEL, Patrik
‘Gone Fishing’
In this celebratory display, artists from across the country share many waterside moments throughout history. For thousands of years, the waterways and seas of this continent have sustained life and carried important stories of creation. Their protection continues to fall to their traditional custodians, so that everyone may enjoy the unifying cultural, social and recreational nature of fishing.
Many works take in quiet and contemplative moments, such as the splash of a paddle in Wanyubi Marika’s Mumutthun (Paddle splash) 2006; the textural wonder that can be explored at a reef exposed at low tide in Naomi Hobson’s When the Tide Goes Out 2018; and painted recollections of site-specific tidal-zone fish traps by senior artist Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, which show the beauty of low tide on her father’s Country.
Fond memories of special waterside places are shared by Ian W Abdulla in Building humpies and finding food along the river at night 1997 and by Mavis Ngallametta in her large-scale painting Ngak-pungarichan (Clearwater) 2013, a wonderful depiction of a site near Aurukun in Far North Queensland, made using pigments sourced from the land.
Every angler knows that fishing isn’t fishing without misadventure. Gunybi Ganambarr shares his true story of an island stranding across two powerful artworks. The metal work Djirrit 2011 shows Ganambarr and his party on a boat, etched after a snapshot taken by their rescuers. With failed engines, their ingenious escape plan led them to fashion a traditional sail for their motorboat, made from their high-vis work shirts. With its distinctive triangular sail, Macassan sail 2020 demonstrates the Yolngu people’s longstanding cultural exchange with Macassan sailors from Sulawesi, Indonesia, who came to Australian waters annually (since at least the 1700s until the early 1900s) in their search for trepang (sea cucumber) on the southern tidal swells.