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Quest: I the speaker

Quest: I the speaker
 (1988)

Medium
oilstick, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on canvas boards
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1988
© Courtesy of the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oilstick, synthetic polymer paint and gouache on canvas boards
Measurements
(1-170) 254.0 × 646.0 cm (overall)
Accession Number
AC8.1-170-1988
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1988
© Courtesy of the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Another Work Concepts and Ideas Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
appropriation (imagery) Bible, Old Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts) focal point lines (artistic concept) pastiches (objects) text (layout feature)
Movements
Postmodernism

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