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Media Release • 8 Feb 23

Freedom of Movement: Contemporary Art and Design from the NGV Collection

Face in the crowd 2013
three channel video
Collection: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Nick Cave
Soundsuit (2015)
from the Soundsuit series 1992–
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by the Fox Family Foundation and the NGV Foundation, 2016
Courtesy Nick Cave
Kohei NAWA
PixCell-Red Deer (2012) (detail)
from the Beads series 2000–
Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), glass, (crystal glass), vinyl acetate, acrylic urethane, epoxy resin
206.5 x 170.8 x 185.2 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2013
2013.554
© Kohei Nawa, courtesy Sandwich, Kyoto
Nick CAVE
Soundsuit (2015)
from the Soundsuit series 1992–
fibreglass, cotton, shell, glass, plastic, metal
227.5 x 71.0 x 79.3 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by the Fox Family Foundation and the NGV Foundation, 2016
2016.88
© Nick Cave, courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Shilpa GUPTA
Untitled (Rock) (2012-2015)
microphones, steel, plastic, electrical cable, six channel audio file
A1: 155.0 x 200.0 x 255.0 cm A2: 155.0 x 210.0 x 220.0 cm A1: 155.0 x 210.0 x 235.0 cm A1: 155.0 x 240.0 x 200.0 cm B1: 127.0 x 210.0 x 260.0 cm B2: 127.0 x 235.0 x 255.0 cm B3: 129.0 x 230.0 x 255.0 cm B4: 130.0 x 21.0 x 255.0 cm C1: 140.0 x 180.0 x 230.0 cm C2: 135.0 x 190.0 x 230.0 cm C3: 135.0 x 190.0 x 220.0 cm C4: 180.0 x 220.0 x 135.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Loti & Victor Smorgon Fund, 2017
2017.198
© The artist and Galleria Continua
Alicja KWADE
WeltenLinie (2020)
powder-coated stainless steel, mirror, patinated bronze, concrete, wood, burnt wood, fossilised wood, weathered steel, sandstone, stone, marble
585.0 x 1350.5 x 1176.0 cm (installation)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, NGVWA, 2021
2020.780
© Courtesy the artist and König Galerie, Berlin
Sofia LAGERKVIST (designer)
Anna LINDGREN (designer)
Charlotte von der LANCKEN (designer)
Katja SÄVSTRÖM (designer)
FRONT DESIGN (design studio)
MOOOI, Breda (manufacturer)
Horse lamp 2006
PVC plastic, polycarbonate, steel, vicose, E27 bulb, electricals
240.0 x 75.0 x 230.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM, 2019
2019.4
© the designers. Photo: Maarten van Houten