Metaphysical landscape (To the sound of cicadas) no. 3
1990
- Medium
- oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Measurements
- 136.5 × 240.9 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Inscription
- inscribed in black pen on reverse u.c.: METAPHYSICAL LANDSCAPE (TO THE SOUND OF CICADAS) No 3; 1990 / Oil + Acrylic on canvas 132 x 239 cms / G Bennett. 1990 / One projects onto Landscape what / one thinks one sees (from within in the prison of Language / and cultural conditioning) not what is there / what is there is beyond human conscioness until / it is contained / categorised, limited by language + cultural reference, belief, etc.
- Accession Number
- 2004.323
- Department
- Contemporary Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through the NGV Foundation by KPMG Pty Ltd, Fellow, 2004
© The Estate of Gordon Bennett - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Concepts and Ideas Landscapes Relationships and Interactions
- Subjects (specific)
- appropriation (imagery) Australian Aboriginal (culture and style) flora (plants) group identity perception postcolonialism sailing vessels statues
- Movements
- Contemporary (style of art)
