Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art
A series of specially commissioned works displayed in the Art Museum's North Terrace window, held during breaks in the exhibitions program.
15 December 2000 – 15 January
Steven Carson
16 January – 5 February
Mehmet Adil – A Window from the House of Envy
6 – 28 February
Megan Walch – Shocking Crashes and Chases 2
Nicolette Duance, Tradition, Profession 2001, 3D image of CAD model © the artist |
Nicolette Duance, Gabrielle Flood, Kirsty Hewitt, Nik Karalis, Matt Page & Lisa Zamberlan and Susan Tiller & Robert Tiller
In 2001, the Art Museum presented two special exhibitions in celebration of the University of South Australia's tenth anniversary, TEN10 : Anniversary Objects (8 Mar – 7 Apr 2001) and Orbit (26 Jul – 1 Sep 2001).
TEN10 : Anniversary Objects recognises the achievements of architecture and design graduates from UniSA's Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design. Selected graduates of the School were invited to reflect on their practice over the past decade, by developing speculative installations and objects using only two materials; one white, the other expressive of the tenth anniversary, tin or aluminium.
Nik Karalis, Woods Bagot, St Andrews Residence 1999 north elevation, |
The intersection between architecture, interior architecture and industrial design is fertile ground in which to examine material culture at a number of levels of conception and production. However, the exhibition TEN10 : Anniversary Objects also offers special insights into emerging and maturing practice.
A University of South Australia Art Museum exhibition. Curated by Rachel Hurst and Gini Lee with Erica Green. Catalogue essays by Rachel Hurst, Dr Keith Eggener and Dr Michael Tawa.
Sue Saxon, the tears i cried for you (detail) 1999 35 glass vessels, cork, wax, tears, aluminium brackets, each 20 x 2 (diameter) cm, courtesy the artist © the artist |
Robert Baines, Ros Bandt, Clare Belfrage, Bronwyn Goss, Jacqui Gropp, Adrian Jones, Janie Matthews, Anne Neil, Susan Purdy, Sue Saxon and Liz Williamson
Water Medicine is an exhibition in which water has been either integral to the making of the artists' works, or has provided a thematic and conceptual frame. The physical, poetic, ritualistic, spiritual and symbolic attributes of water are imaginatively and skilfully pushed in many directions by the eleven participating artists, as they conjure something precious from the most common element.
The preciousness of water and the urgency of its conservation is of increasing visibility in our society. It is now a "commodity", a source of local, national and international tension, yet, at the same time there is something very plain and ordinary about formless, colourless water. Water cleanses, nourishes, corrodes, slakes, spills, and is the substance of our tears. Before history itself, humans fabricated vessels and methods to contain and control water. What we see reflected in water, timelessly, is an image of ourselves as mortal beings.
A John Curtin Gallery touring exhibition managed by Art on the Move. Curated by Kevin Murray. Catalogue essays by Dr Kevin Murray and Dr David Dolan.
Tracey Moffat, Scarred for life, 11, Responsible but Dreaming 1984 1999, photo off set print, 80 x 60 cm, courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney © the artist |
Di Barrett, Pat Brassington, Kate Butler, Anne Ferran, Bill Henson, Nicola Loder, Mark McDean, Tracey Moffatt, Deborah Paauwe, Polixeni Papapetrou and Ronnie van Hout
Telling Tales is an exhibition of photographs of children and childhood. The photographers variously recreate memories of childhood, explore childhood through the family album and found images, or create theatrical tableaux which represent more sinister and haunting views of the displaced and dispossessed.
Representations of children are culturally loaded and marked with a symbolic importance that can render them almost as sacred. The child is a symbol of all that is pure, innocent and full of the promise and aspirations invested by contemporary society. While commonly described as "the best years of one's life", the memory of childhood is laden with a powerful nostalgia, upon which we project our pain, joy and desire.
A Monash University Gallery touring exhibition. Curated by Katarina Paseta and Samantha Vawdrey. Catalogue essay by Anne Marsh.
Hossein & Angela Valamanesh, |
Kerry Argent, Annette Bezor, Aleks Danko, Mandy Martin, Leslie Matthews, Trevor Nickolls, Ken Orchard, Josephine Starrs & Leon Cmielewski, Catherine Truman, Angela & Hossein Valamanesh, Gerry Wedd and Ian Kidd Design
Orbit, the second exhibition organised by the Art Museum to celebrate the University of South Australia's tenth anniversary, considers the historical and contemporary success of one of Australia's foremost and oldest art schools, the South Australian School of Art (SASA). Established in 1851 as the School of Arts, from its earliest days the school has claimed a distinguished reputation for launching artists of quality and influence into long-term 'orbit '.
Orbit features the work of some exemplary SASA educated artists and designers of our time, whose practice and accomplishments have earned them national recognition since graduating, and who have continued to make dynamic contributions to contemporary visual arts practice. The exhibition represents many of the diverse disciplines and philosophies pursued at the School in recent years.
Art schools are exciting places of change. They enjoy a growing, if controversial, cultural influence. They are grappling with an expanding educational brief and new institutional circumstances, while rethinking the once-singular role of preparing artists for their unusual and difficult careers. Strong evidence of community interest in the visual arts, along with the huge capital investments still being made, nationally, in "top-end" art museum infrastructure, suggest opportunities and a continuing demand for visual arts education. Against this backdrop of significant challenge affecting all Australian art schools, Orbit provides a valuable benchmark of high achievement in fine art and design.
A University of South Australia Art Museum exhibition. Curated by Erica Green, Professor Ian North and Olga Sankey. Catalogue essay by Professor Ian North.
Helen Fuller, Wallflower 2000, brown paper, lunchwrap paper wire, cotton thread dimensions variable, courtesy the artist © the artist |
SACWA members & Irene Briant, Aadje Bruce, Jo Crawford, Sarah Crowest, Helen Fuller, Julie Gough, Yvonne Koolmatrie, Kay Lawrence, Michele Nikou, Nalda Searles, Rosemary Whitehead and Joyce Winsley
Home is where the heart is examines attitudes of "belonging" in Australia. The exhibition focuses on the work of women artists and on work, which revitalizes traditional female craft-forms as the means of exploring current issues of identity, gender, nationality and place. These issues are at the heart of contemporary Australia's continuing quest to renegotiate its relationship with its past and with the place we all call "home".
The exhibition and historical material presented in the catalogue show that Australian women have been pioneers in coming to terms with a new land and with the indigenous culture of Australia.
A Centenary of Federation project through the Country Women's Association. Curated by Vivonne Thwaites. Catalogue essays by Mary Eagle and Stephanie Radok.
Walala Tjapaltarri, Tingari Cycle (detail) 1999, acrylic on linen, 122 x 153 cm, courtesy the artist and Fireworks Gallery, Brisbane © the artist |
Scott Avery, Irene Briant, Greg Creek, Fiona Foley, Mary Napangardi Gallagher, Christine James, Catherine K, David Keeling, Leah King-Smith, Ingo Kleinert, Danny McDonald, Victor Meetens, Harry Nankin, Patrick Pound, Gregory Pryor, Walala Tjapaltjarri, Kevin Todd, David Wadelton, Heather Winter and John Wolseley
The landscape infuses the psyche of all Australians, and visions of the land have long been projected as fundamental to Australia's national identity.
Art & Land explores contemporary views of the landscape in painting, drawing, sculpture and sound by twenty Australian artists. It is not an exhibition about heroic visions of landscape, but rather an exploration of cultural issues around the concept of 'the land', such as history, politics, science, aesthetics and spirituality, and the notion that representation of the land is culturally constructed.
A touring exhibition organised by Noosa Regional Gallery on behalf of Asialink. Curated and catalogue essay by Kevin Wilson.
