Polemics

Polemics
 (2000)

Gallery location
Gallery 4
Ground Level, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Medium
neon, mirror, transparent synthetic polymer resin
Measurements
172.5 × 102.3 cm
Accession Number
2002.39
Department
Contemporary Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2002
© Brook Andrew/Copyright Agency, 2023
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
Gallery 4
Ground Level, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Concepts and Ideas Literary and Text Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
Australian Aboriginal (culture and style) Australian Aboriginal (language families) neon sculpture polemics postcolonialism reflectivity (optical property) rhythm (artistic concept) words (layout features)
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)

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