Environment

Collection Highlights

Pradyumna KUMAR<br/> <em>Global warming</em> 2017 <!-- (recto) --><br /> ink on paper<br /> 61.0 x 46.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation, 2019<br /> 2019.655<br /> © Pradyumna Kumar, courtesy of Minhazz Majumdar <!--141788--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/141788"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Pradyumna KUMAR
Global warming
 2017 Fiona HALL<br/> <em>Paradisus Terrestris Entitled</em> (1996) <!-- (front view) --><br /> aluminium and tin<br /> (a-o) 26.2 x 716.0 x 5.0 cm (installation)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the Rudy Komon Fund, Governor, 1997<br /> 1997.299.a-o<br /> © Fiona Hall <!--60472--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/60472"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Fiona HALL
Paradisus Terrestris Entitled
 (1996) Christien MEINDERTSMA (designer)<br /> LABEL/BREED, Amsterdam (manufacturer)<br/> <em>Flax chair</em> (2015) {designed}; (2017) {manufactured} <!-- (view 2) --><br /> Flax fibre (Linum usitatissimum), polylactic acid<br /> 83.1 x 52.0 x 54.5 cm<br /> ed. 12/150<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM, 2018<br /> 2017.1218<br /> © Christien Meindertsma <!--123223--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/123223"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Christien MEINDERTSMA (designer) LABEL/BREED, Amsterdam (manufacturer)
Flax chair
 designed (2015); manufactured (2017) Stephanie VALENTIN<br/> <em>Earthbound</em> 2009 <!-- () --><br /> from the <i>Earthbound</i> series<br /> inkjet photograph<br /> 70.0 x 90.0 cm (image)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Phillip Ross and Sophia Pavlovski-Ross, 2009<br /> 2016.62<br /> © Stephanie Valenin <!--113095--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/113095"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Stephanie VALENTIN
Earthbound
 2009
from the Earthbound series Nici Cumpston<br/> <em>Flooded Gum, Katarapko Creek, Murray River National Park</em> 2007 <!-- (recto) --><br /> watercolour and pencil on inkjet print on canvas<br /> 74.5 x 202.5 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2008<br /> 2008.8<br /> © Nici Cumpston <!--86140--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/86140"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Nici Cumpston
Flooded Gum, Katarapko Creek, Murray River National Park
 2007 Nici Cumpston<br/> <em>Nookamka - Lake Bonney</em> 2007 <!-- (recto) --><br /> watercolour and pencil on inkjet print on canvas<br /> 74.2 x 203.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2008<br /> 2008.7<br /> © Nici Cumpston <!--86141--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/86141"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Nici Cumpston
Nookamka - Lake Bonney
 2007 Nici Cumpston<br/> <em>Tree stumps, western shoreline - Nookamka</em> 2007 <!-- (recto) --><br /> watercolour and pencil on inkjet print on canvas<br /> 74.2 x 202.8 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2008<br /> 2008.6<br /> © Nici Cumpston <!--86142--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/86142"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Nici Cumpston
Tree stumps, western shoreline - Nookamka
 2007 Caption unavailable (7154) © Peter Dombrovskis <!--7154--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/7154"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a>
Caption unavailable (7154) © Peter Dombrovskis


Caption unavailable (7198) © Peter Dombrovskis <!--7198--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/7198"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a>
Caption unavailable (7198) © Peter Dombrovskis


Harry NANKIN<br/> <em>I, terra, thou / Nothofaqus (Cradle Mountain)</em> 1993 <!-- (recto) --><br /> from the <i>An epochal ecology of being</i> series 1993<br /> gelatin silver photogram<br /> 106.5 x 338.2 cm (image and sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented through the NGV Foundation by Jasmine Brunner and John Brunner, Members, 2002<br /> 2002.333<br /> © Harry Nankin <!--72474--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/72474"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Harry NANKIN
I, terra, thou / Nothofaqus (Cradle Mountain)
 1993
from the An epochal ecology of being series 1993 Stephanie VALENTIN<br/> <em>Rainbook</em> 2009 <!-- () --><br /> from the <i>Earthbound</i> series 2009<br /> inkjet print<br /> 69.9 x 86.9 cm (image) 90.6 x 107.2 cm (sheet)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Phillip Ross and Sophia Pavlovski-Ross, 2009<br /> 2016.63<br /> © Stephanie Valenin <!--119054--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/119054"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Stephanie VALENTIN
Rainbook
 2009
from the Earthbound series 2009 Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri<br /> Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri<br/> <em>Spirit Dreaming through Napperby country</em> 1980 <!-- (recto) --><br /> synthetic polymer paint on canvas<br /> 207.7 x 670.8 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1988<br /> O.33-1988<br /> © artists and their estates 2011, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Limited and Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd <!--2313--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/2313"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri
Spirit Dreaming through Napperby country
 1980 Gordon Hookey<br/> <em>Sacred nation, scared nation, indoctrination</em> 2003 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> (a-c) 183.0 x 640.0 cm (overall)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Presented through the NGV Foundation by Juliette, Danielle and Georgina Jerums, Member, 2003<br /> 2003.481.a-c<br /> © Gordon Hookey/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia <!--74565--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/74565"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Gordon Hookey
Sacred nation, scared nation, indoctrination
 2003 Robert Fielding<br/> <em>Graveyards in between 1–4</em> 2016 <!-- (recto) --><br /> synthetic polymer paint on inkjet prints<br /> (a) 42.0 x 59.4 cm (image) 46.9 x 61.1 cm (sheet) (Graveyards in between 1) (b) 42.0 x 59.4 cm (image) 45.9 x 61.1 cm (sheet) (Graveyards in between 2) (c) 42.0 x 59.4 cm (image) 47.0 x 61.1 cm (sheet) (Graveyards in between 3) (d) 42.1 x 59.4 cm (image) 47.0 x 61.1 cm (sheet) (Graveyards in between 4)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation, 2016<br /> 2016.683.a-d<br /> © Robert Fielding/Copyright Agency, 2023 <!--122183--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/122183"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Robert Fielding
Graveyards in between 1–4
 2016 Michael Riley<br/> <em>Untitled</em> 1998 <!-- (recto) --><br /> from the <i>Flyblown</i> series 1998<br /> inkjet print<br /> 81.9 x 107.9 cm (image) 85.9 x 111.9 cm (sheet)<br /> ed. 7/20<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation, 2008<br /> 2008.368<br /> © Michael Riley/Copyright Agency, 2023 <!--87998--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/87998"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Michael Riley
Untitled
 1998
from the Flyblown series 1998 Yhonnie Scarce<br/> <em>The Collected</em> 2010 (detail )<br /> glass, wooden boxes, transparent synthetic polymer resin, metal<br /> (a-b) 10.9 x 15.6 x 24.6 cm (overall) (small box) (c-d) 7.4 x 30.7 x 27.5 cm (overall) (medium box) (e-f) 13.1 x 33.5 x 27.0 cm (overall) (large box)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, NGV Supporters of Indigenous Art, 2011<br /> 2011.355.a-f<br /> © Yhonnie Scarce, courtesy Dianne Tanzer Gallery. Photo: courtesy the artist and dianne tanzer gallery + projects <!--100601--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/100601"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Yhonnie Scarce
The Collected
 2010 Yhonnie Scarce<br/> <em>Oppression, repression (family portrait)</em> 2004 (detail )<br /> glass, tin, inkjet prints<br /> (a-b) 21.9 x 9.6 cm diameter (overall) (c-d) 20.6 x 10.9 x 9.6 cm (overall) (e-f) 22.2 x 9.7 cm diameter (overall) (g-h) 22.2 x 11.1 x 9.8 cm (overall) (i-l) 21.0 x 9.7 cm diameter (overall) (m-n) 22.0 x 9.7 cm diameter (overall) (o-p) 18.3 x 9.7 cm diameter (overall) (q-r) 19.3 x 11.2 x 9.7 cm (overall)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Judith and Leon Gorr, 2010<br /> 2010.313.a-r<br /> © Yhonnie Scarce, courtesy Dianne Tanzer Gallery. Photo: courtesy the artist and dianne tanzer gallery + projects <!--96342--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/96342"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Yhonnie Scarce
Oppression, repression (family portrait)
 2004 Hannah Brontë<br/> <em>Umma’s Tongue – molten at 6000°</em> 2017 <!-- (video still) --><br /> HD video, sound<br /> 4 min 50 sec<br /> ed. 2/5<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2019<br /> 2019.239<br /> © Hannah Brontë <!--137740--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/137740"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Hannah Brontë
Umma’s Tongue – molten at 6000°
 2017 Clinton Naina<br/> <em>Erub has a bitumen road now</em> 2004 <!-- (recto) --><br /> synthetic polymer paint, bitumen and enamel paint on canvas (diptych)<br /> (a-b) 152.2 x 244.0 cm (overall)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds from the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2005<br /> 2005.417.a-b<br /> © Clinton Nain <!--78261--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/78261"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Clinton Naina
Erub has a bitumen road now
 2004 Lorraine Connelly-Northey<br/> <em>Possum-skin cloak: Blackfella road</em> 2011-2013 <!-- (recto) --><br /> rusted iron and tin, fencing and barbed wire, wire<br /> 268.5 x 703.0 cm irreg.<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, NGV Supporters of Indigenous Art, 2014<br /> 2014.1978<br /> © Lorraine Connelly-Northey <!--108726--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/108726"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Lorraine Connelly-Northey
Possum-skin cloak: Blackfella road
 2011-2013 John CONSTABLE<br/> <em>West End Fields, Hampstead, noon</em> (c. 1822) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 33.2 x 52.4 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1909<br /> 467-2<br /> <!--3870--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/3870"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> John CONSTABLE
West End Fields, Hampstead, noon
 (c. 1822) John CONSTABLE<br/> <em>Clouds</em> 1822 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on paper on cardboard<br /> 30.0 x 48.8 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1938<br /> 455-4<br /> <!--3862--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/3862"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> John CONSTABLE
Clouds
 1822 John TUNNARD<br/> <em>The Levant Mine</em> 1959 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on composition board<br /> 106.8 x 152.6 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1960<br /> 677-5<br /> © the artist's estate <!--4421--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/4421"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> John TUNNARD
The Levant Mine
 1959 Alan REYNOLDS<br/> <em>Spring</em> 1955 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on composition board<br /> 114.0 x 156.4 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Felton Bequest, 1956<br /> 3362-4<br /> © the estate of the artist <!--4297--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/4297"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Alan REYNOLDS
Spring
 1955 William STRUTT<br/> <em>Maria Elizabeth O'Mullane and her children</em> (c. 1854) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 68.1 x 90.3 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1976<br /> A33-1976<br /> <!--4460--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/4460"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> William STRUTT
Maria Elizabeth O'Mullane and her children
 (c. 1854) Nicholas CHEVALIER<br/> <em>The Buffalo Ranges</em> 1864 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 132.4 x 183.7 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1864<br /> p.300.7-1<br /> <!--4638--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/4638"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Nicholas CHEVALIER
The Buffalo Ranges
 1864 Eugene von GUÉRARD<br/> <em>Mount William and part of the Grampians in West Victoria</em> 1865 <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on cardboard<br /> 30.3 x 40.6 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Collier Bequest, 1955<br /> 1562-5<br /> <!--5680--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/5680"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Eugene von GUÉRARD
Mount William and part of the Grampians in West Victoria
 1865 Jaba CHITRAKAR<br/> <em>Tree plantation pata</em> 2017 <!-- (recto) --><br /> natural colour on paper<br /> 280.0 x 56.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation, 2019<br /> 2019.646<br /> © Jaba Chitrakar, courtesy of Minhazz Majumdar <!--141798--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/141798"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Jaba CHITRAKAR
Tree plantation pata
 2017 Jane SUTHERLAND<br/> <em>Field naturalists</em> (c. 1896) <!-- (recto) --><br /> oil on canvas<br /> 80.9 x 121.3 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Gift of Mrs E. H. Shackell, 1962<br /> 1062-5<br /> <!--3081--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/3081"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Jane SUTHERLAND
Field naturalists
 (c. 1896) Alexandra KEHAYOGLOU<br/> <em>Santa Cruz River</em> 2017 <!-- (recto) --><br /> wool<br /> 300.0 x 478.0 x 714.0 cm (installed)<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased NGV Foundation with the assistance of Michael and Andrew Buxton from MAB Corporation Pty Ltd, and the Andrew and Geraldine Buxton Foundation, 2018<br /> 2018.659<br /> © Alexandra Kehayoglou <!--131225--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/131225"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Alexandra KEHAYOGLOU
Santa Cruz River
 2017 James SHAW (designer)<br /> Marjan van AUBEL (designer)<br/> <em>Well proven chair</em> (2012) {designed}; (2016) {manufactured} <!-- (view 1) --><br /> wood shavings, American Ash (Fraxinus americana), bioresin, pigment<br /> 77.5 x 48.6 x 52.7 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM, 2017<br /> 2017.30<br /> © Well Proven Chair <!--122845--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/122845"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> James SHAW (designer) Marjan van AUBEL (designer)
Well proven chair
 designed (2012); manufactured (2016) Brodie Neill<br/> <em>Gyro, table</em> 2016<br/> Triennial installation view, 2017<br/> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br/> Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists and supported by Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific 2017<br/> Photo: Tom Ross<br/><br/>
Brodie Neill
Gyro, table 2016
Triennial installation view, 2017
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists and supported by Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific 2017
Photo: Tom Ross


 Elliat RICH<br/> <em>Standing place</em> 2018 <!-- (front) --><br /> from the <i>Other places</i> series<br /> Tasmanian Oak<br /> 162.0 x 112.0 x 34.0 cm<br /> ed. 1/8<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased with funds donated by Jo Horgan, 2018<br /> 2018.662<br /> © Elliat Rich/Courtesy Sophie Gannon Gallery <!--134494--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/134494"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> Elliat RICH
Standing place
 2018
from the Other places series DROOG DESIGN, Amsterdam (retailer)<br /> Tejo REMY (designer and manufacturer)<br/> <em>Rag chair</em> 1991 {designed}; 2004 {manufactured} <!-- (front 3/4 left) --><br /> cotton, steel, other materials<br /> 89.5 x 57.7 x 87.0 cm<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 2004<br /> 2004.574<br /> © Courtesy of Droog Design, Amsterdam <!--76727--><br/><a class="col-link block" href="/explore/collection/work/76727"><strong>Collection page <i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i></strong></a> DROOG DESIGN, Amsterdam (retailer) Tejo REMY (designer and manufacturer)
Rag chair
 designed 1991; manufactured 2004