Marlene Gilson

Melbourne Cup
2016

Essay

Seeing what they saw

A place to share Elisa Jane Carmichael Fragments Cheryl Rose Universal Exposition, Paris. Pavilion of the United States, 53. Street of Nations. Swiss façade, cabinet print J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer) Ponun - death (to our culture) John Packham Mr Clark's Station, Deep Creek, near Keilor Eugene von GUÉRARD The River Nile, Van Diemen's Land, from Mr Glover's farm John GLOVER Daruka – water Sophie Honess Iwantja Inma: Song, dance, ceremony Alec Baker; Hughie Cullinan; Angkuna Baker; Maringka Burton; Betty Muffler Billiamook and Shannon Gary Lee Yari country Rover Thomas Footballer Sidney NOLAN Clouds John CONSTABLE Daruka – granite Sophie Honess The grasshopper Jules LEFEBVRE Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to) Forest and sun Max ERNST Shoalhaven Gorge, New South Wales Margaret PRESTON Flour lumper, Dimboola Sidney NOLAN Aminya Pukupanarli Johnathon World Peace Bush; Pedro Wonaeamirri Blind faith HJ Wedge A lord of the bush Hans HEYSEN Dying storm over the sea west of Australia. Taken by Apollo 11 on way to first lunar landing NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer) Universal Exposition, Paris. 25. Street of Nations, Italian facade, stereograph J. LÉVY & CO, Paris (manufacturer) Rockholes and country near Kata Tjuta Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri A monk with a book TITIAN The weight of grief Karla Dickens Shearing the rams Tom ROBERTS Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night J. M. W. TURNER October Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE Gasometers at Clichy Paul SIGNAC