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ACQUISITIONS
AUSTRALIAN ART
Arthur Streeton
/ Australia 1867–1943 /
Still life flowers
c.1920s /
Oil on canvas / 58.5 x 48.5cm / Gift of Kay Bryan through the
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2015.
Donated through the Australian Government’s
Cultural Gifts Program
ARTHUR STREETON
STILL LIFE FLOWERS
C
.1920
S
Arthur Streeton once wrote to Julian Ashton
that he found ‘painting nowadays is beginning to
interfere seriously with my gardening operations’.
From the 1920s, Streeton was increasingly concerned
with the textures and colours of flowers, a subject
that dominated his late career.
JUDITH WRIGHT
DESTINATION
2013
Destination
is a classic example of Judith Wright’s
sculptural practice, through which she exercises
a long-term fascination with the power of antique
objects to evoke past lives, and maintains a decade-
long focus on autobiographical works exploring
remembrance and loss.
JudithWright
/ Australia b.1945 /
Destination
2013 / Mixed media /
Dimensions variable / Gift of the artist through the Queensland
Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2015. Donated
through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program /
Photograph: Carl Warner
YUKULTJI NAPANGATI
UNTITLED
2014
Alongside the late Doreen Nakamarra,
Yukultji Napangati has transformed Western
Desert painting, creating complex optical fields that
pulse with the power of desert stories, culture and
law. This work marks Napangati’s emergence
as a leader among contemporary
Australian artists.
Yukultji Napangati
/ Australia b.c.1970 /
Untitled
2014 / Synthetic polymer
paint on Belgian linen / 183 x 242cm / The James C Sourris,
am
, Collection.
Purchased 2015 with funds fromJames C Sourris,
am
, through the
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation /
©The artist, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
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