FUTURE EXHIBITIONS
JEFF WALL Photographs26 May to 10 September 2012 |
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 Jeff Wall After ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue 1999-2000 transparency in light box 174 x 250.5, AP Courtesy of the artist © Jeff Wall |
 Jeff Wall A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) 1993 transparency in light box 250 x 397, unique Tate, London Purchased with the assistance from the Patrons of New Art through the Tate Gallery Foundation and from the National Art Collections Fund 1995 © Jeff Wall |
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| Jeff Wall is recognised as one of the most innovative and influential artists working today. JEFF WALL Photographs, this first Australian survey of his work brings together twenty-six photographs to present an overview of his outstanding achievements featuring key major works from over three decades of artistic and photographic innovation. Large-scale and luminous, his photographs have rewritten nearly every convention of photography. Wall’s outstanding body of work has played a decisive role in establishing photography as the major contemporary art form it is today. | ||
Picasso to Warhol: fourteen Modern Masters
16 June - 3 December 2012
Twelve becomes fourteen
The Gallery announced today that Picasso to Warhol: Twelve Modern Masters is now Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters with the addition of works from Louise Bourgeois (American, b. France, 1911-2010) and Romare Bearden (American, 1911-1988).
As part of the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Great Collections of the World series,
the Gallery together with The Museum of Modern Art will present six world-class exhibitions over three years. The exciting partnership will launch its first, large-scale exhibition entitled Picasso to
Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters in June 2012. The launch exhibition will feature over 100 modern art
masterpieces by 14 of the most iconic artists of the 20th century.
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| Marcel Duchamp (American, born France. 1887-1968) In Advance of the Broken Arm, August 1964 (fourth version, after lost original of November 1915) Wood and galvanized-iron snow shovel 52" (132 cm) high The Museum of Modern Art, New York Gift of The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Family Foundation © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp |
Giorgio de Chirico (Italian, born Greece. 1888-1978) The Song of Love Paris, June-July 1914 Oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 23 3/8" (73 x 59.1 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome |
Last reviewed 17 February 2012
