NGV Magazine Issue 09

NGV Magazine
Issue 9 Mar – Apr 2018

The second of two volumes dedicated to NGV Triennial features artists, interviews, essays, behind the scenes insights and photo essays of NGV Triennial and beyond.

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Features in this issue

Marlene Gilson Wathaurong born 1944 Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner 2015 City of Melbourne Collection © Marlene Gilson

COLONY: FRONTIER WARS

‘Colony: Frontier Wars features an installation of objects drawn from the NGV’s collection, which serves as a memorial to those once-known makers whose names have been lost.’
Myles Russell-Cook

Unknown (England) Thomas Watling (after) View of the town of Sydney in the colony of New South Wales c. 1799 oil on canvas 65.0 x 133.0 cm Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Gift of M.J.M. Carter AO through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation in recognition of the abilities of James Bennett to promote public awareness and appreciation of Asian art and culture 2015. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program (20155P55)

COLONY: AUSTRALIA 1770–1861

‘Colony: Australia 1770–1861 charts the period between Cook’s arrival in 1770 and 1861, when the National Gallery of Victoria was founded.'
Cathy Leahy and Rebecca Edwards

Paulina Olowska

STUDIO: PAULINA OLOWSKA

‘Olowska makes space on her canvas for precisely one woman who, like her, is a painter, but is not brandishing a brush to prove it.’
Writer Monika Szewczyk on Paulina Olowska

Yayoi Kusama

PHOTO ESSAY: FLOWER OBSESSION

'Over the course of the exhibition, the proliferation of flowers gradually covers all of the surfaces, ‘obliterating’ them.'
The evolution of artist Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition.

We Make Carpets

CREATIVE SPARKS

‘We’re researching everyday life in a way, which is what leads us to select the materials that we do.’
Dutch collective We Make Carpets on their personal and artistic journey.

Ron Mueck's Mass, 2016-17

WRITER RESPONSE

'These skulls are voids, and these massive voids are eclipsing centuries of civilisation, telling us that art is never enough.'
Alice Pung responds to Ron Mueck's Mass, 2016-17.

YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN)/ PAULINA OLOWKSA (POLAND)/ HASSAN HAJJAJ (MOROCCO)/ ZANELE MUHOLI (SOUTH AFRICA)/ FORMAFANTASMA (NETHERLANDS)/ NENDO (JAPAN)/ WE MAKE CARPETS (NETHERLANDS)/ PLUS ALICE PUNG RESPONDS TO RON MUECK (AUSTRALIA)/ FASHION AS A CHANGE AGENT/ MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK AND MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR/ MUSEUM LIFE: BEHIND THE TRIENNIAL

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