NGV Magazine

‘JR situates people in countries that nourish them: framing individuals in ways that capture connections with, and reflections on, the Murray-Darling Basin, suggesting multiple ways of knowing and ways of being in those places.’

By Dr Jessica McLean

‘Great master painters have long pushed the boundaries of both customary and contemporary art and Yolngu art is similarly driven by both tradition and innovation.’

By Myles Russell-Cook

‘These photographers – Aïda Muluneh, Ayana V. Jackson, Phumzile Khanyile, Lakin Ogunbanwo, Kim Sihyun and Girma Berta, have created contemporary portraits and self-portraits that question ideals of beauty, sexuality and identity; performative photographs that speak to history and photography; and images that merge street photography and portraiture to construct social portraits that are about the collective rather than the individual.’

By Susan van Wyk

‘One of Picasso’s favourite subjects was the goat which featured on several of his ceramic works…The goat may have had ancient mythological associations for Picasso but it may also have attracted him, like the bull, for its daring boldness and independence of character.’

By Amanda Dunsmore

‘These works of the Australian Impressionists show their influence upon each other, and also their debt to international art.’

By Anne Gray

‘More specifically, we have based our artwork on the categories and criteria of the International Union of Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) ‘Red List’. They have defined seven different categories to classify a species’ level of endangerment, starting from extinct to those of least concern.’

Interviewed by Maria Cristina Didero