Deborah Halpern
born Australia 1957
Angel 1988 (detail)
ceramic, steel, concrete
924.5 x 992.5 x 351.5 cm
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria in collaboration with The Australian Bicentennial Authority and with the assistance of the following sponsors: The Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited, Fellow, and The Sidney Myer Fund, Governor, through The Art Foundation of Victoria, the Crafts Board and Visual Arts / Craft Board of the Australian Council, the Melbourne Moomba Festival Ltd, Australian Building Adhesives Pty Ltd, Big S Scaffolding, Blythe Colours (Australia) Pty Ltd, D.G. Whelan Hi-Lift Rentals, the Ferro Corporation, (Australia) Pty Ltd, Johnson Tiles Pty Ltd, R. Downes and L. Grace, the Readymix Group, Tubemakers of Australia Ltd and Wormald Fire Systems, 1988
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
© Courtesy of the artist and Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Deborah Halpern
Angel
10 May to 23 July 2006
This exhibition coincides with the relocation of Deborah Halpern's major public sculpture Angel. Originally commissioned in 1987 as a project of the Australian Bicentennial Authority for the south moat of the NGV's St Kilda Road site, Angel has now been installed on the Yarra bank at Birrarung Marr - a spectacular new site for what is one of Melbourne's most loved works of public art.
Halpern is a remarkable artist; she is a sculptor, a painter, a potter, a printmaker, and a sometime cabaret performer! Her work can be exuberant and whimsical but is also imbued with a deep artistry. Over her 27 year career Deborah Halpern has produced an incredible body of work and through her numerous public sculptures has become well-known and respected within the community.
This exhibition surveys Halpern's practice and places Angel in the fuller context of her artistic career.
MACQUARIE BANK SERIES
Principal Sponsor
