Visual Art
Captured during Douglas Mawson’s 1912 Antarctic expedition and currently on show as part of a display at the Art Gallery of South Australia, photographer Frank Hurley’s A blizzard expresses the sense of human frailty in a harsh environment.
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A rare longcase clock crafted exactly 200 years ago by a British convict is today marking the end of time at the Art Gallery of SA, and will help contextualise a six-day durational reading by performance artist Mike Parr.
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An elaborate chiffonier made from driftwood and wooden pegs more than 100 years ago by a female wood carver living on South Australia’s Wedge Island is now turning heads at the Art Gallery of SA.
Geometrical patterns in Islamic art are more than just numbers, writes Art Gallery of South Australia curator of Asian art James Bennett.
OFF THE WALL: The AGSA’s Lisa Slade uncovers the lesser-known story behind one of Adelaide’s favourite paintings – a monumental work that inspired late 19th-century SA suffragettes and still provides inspiration to women living in the Middle East today.
A two-sided painting described by an Adelaide critic in 1949 as a vacuous “puzzle picture” – one that would leave “spectators unmoved by any reaction except, ‘Why?’” – now has pride of place in the Art Gallery of SA’s Elder Wing.
