Yayoi KUSAMA
Flower obsession (2016-2017)
flower decals, fabric flowers, furniture, found objects
330.0 x 1890.0 x 1480.0 cm (variable) (installation)
ed. 1/3
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Women’s Association, 2018
2017.1244
© Yayoi Kusama, courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo

Performance and participatory art

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Gordon BENNETT<br/> <em>Performance with object for the expiation of guilt (Violence and grief remix)</em> 1996 (still)<br /> colour video transferred to digital video, sound<br /> 7 min 42 sec<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Gift of the artist, 2000<br /> 2000.219<br /> © The Estate of Gordon Bennett <!--67407--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/67407"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Gordon BENNETT
Performance with object for the expiation of guilt (Violence and grief remix)
 1996 Bonita ELY<br/> <em>Murray River punch</em> 1980; 2008 {printed} <!-- (recto) --><br /> colour inkjet prints, inkjet prints, colour DVD, sound<br /> 15 min 38 sec (a-q) 117.0 x 932.0 cm (overall)<br /> ed. 1/3<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2009<br /> 2009.435.a-q<br /> © Bonita Ely. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--91051--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/91051"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Bonita ELY
Murray River punch
 1980; printed 2008 Nick CAVE<br/> <em>Soundsuit</em> (2015) <!-- (view 1) --><br /> from the <i>Soundsuit</i> series 1992–<br /> fibreglass, cotton, shell, glass, plastic, metal<br /> 227.5 x 71.0 x 79.3 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by the Fox Family Foundation and the NGV Foundation, 2016<br /> 2016.88<br /> © Nick Cave, courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York <!--118977--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/118977"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Nick CAVE
Soundsuit
 (2015)
from the Soundsuit series 1992– Mike PARR<br/> <em>100 breaths</em> 1994 <!-- (recto) --><br /> colour video, sound<br /> 52 min<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Gift of the artist, 2002<br /> 2002.172<br /> © Courtesy of the artist <!--70104--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/70104"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Mike PARR
100 breaths
 1994

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