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Media Release • 6 May 21

Big Weather

Karla Dickens
We are on fire (not in a sexy way) 2020
mixed media
25.0 x 16.0 x 160.0 cm
Michael Riley
untitled (cow) 2000
from the cloud series 2000
inkjet print
84.0 x 120.0 cm (image) 118.0 x 141.0 cm (framed)
ed. 2/10
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Linda Herd and donors to the 2020 NGV Annual Appeal, 2020
2020.181
© Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2023
Albert Namatjira
MacDonnell Ranges at Heavitree Gap (early 1950s)
watercolour
34.5 x 52.0 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Esso Australia Pty Ltd, 2018
2018.1129
© Namatjira Legacy Trust/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Nici Cumpston
Flooded Gum, Katarapko Creek, Murray River National Park 2007
watercolour and pencil on inkjet print on canvas
74.5 x 202.5 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2008
2008.8
© Nici Cumpston
Emily Kam Kngwarray
After rain 1990
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
210.8 x 121.6 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1990
O.122-1990
©Emily Kam Kngwarray/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
John Mawurndjul
Namarrkon ngal-daluk, the female lightning spirit 1983
earth pigments on Stringybark (Eucalyptus sp.)
136.9 x 40.4 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Geoff and Janette Todd, 1992
O.37-1992
© The artist, licenced by Copyright Agency, Australia
Caption unavailable (145842) © Treahna Hamm
Treahna Hamm
Dark emu spiritual cultural connections to homelands 2020
possum skin, feathers, synthetic thread, synthetic polymer paint, bark ink, ochre
222.0 x 211.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2021
2021.578
© Treahna Hamm
George Nona
Mura bauwau dhoeri (Wave headdress) 2014
feathers, pearl shell, cane, natural twine and pigments, bone, cowrie shell (fam. Cypraeidae), shells, seed pod
82.1 x 47.5 cm (variable)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2014
2014.661.7
© George Nona
Yvonne Koolmatrie
Fish scoop 2010
sedge (Carex sp.)
97.3 x 45.5 x 20.3 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Indigenous Art, 2012
2012.211
© Yvonne Koolmatrie courtesy Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery
Clinton Naina
Stolen climate 2020
bleach on cotton

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2020
2020.748
© Clinton Naina