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Media Release • 6 May 21

We Change the World

Ben QUILTY
150 year, Rorschach (2019)
oil on canvas
(a-g) 222.5 x 891.0 cm (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 2020
2020.460.a-g
© Courtesy of the artist and Tolarno Galleries
Marlene Gilson
The landing 2018
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
100.7 x 120.5 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2019
2019.199
© Marlene Gilson
David McDIARMID
Honey, have you got it? (1994)
from the Rainbow aphorism series 1994
computer-generated colour laserprint
37.5 x 28.4 cm (image) 38.5 x 29.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1994
P139.4-1994
© David McDiarmid/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Peter DREW
Monga Khan 1916 2016; 2019 {printed}
from the Aussie series 2016
brush and ink on screenprint
114.5 x 80.5 cm (image) 117.5 x 83.5 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Supporters of Prints and Drawings, 2020
2020.185
© Peter Drew
Emily FLOYD
A strategy to infiltrate the homes of the bourgeoisie (2005)
synthetic polymer paint on composition board
(a-ss) 191.0 x 845.0 x 907.5 cm (variable) (installation)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds from the Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2006
2006.8.a-ss
© Emily Floyd courtesy of Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Rosie Ware
Crepe copper lei 2017
copper, enamel paint on copper, shells, wood, steel
43.5 x 28.0 x 4.5 cm (variable)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2018
2018.29
© Rosie Ware
IRIS VAN HERPEN, Amsterdam (fashion house)
Iris van HERPEN (designer)
Dress 2011
acrylic, nylon (tulle), metal
78.0 cm (centre back) 35.0 cm (waist, flat)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Norma and Stuart Leslie, 2016
2016.594
© Iris van Herpen
Alexandra KEHAYOGLOU
Santa Cruz River 2017
wool
300.0 x 478.0 x 714.0 cm (installed)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation with the assistance of Michael and Andrew Buxton from MAB Corporation Pty Ltd, and the Andrew and Geraldine Buxton Foundation, 2018
2018.659
© Alexandra Kehayoglou
Vinca KRUK (designer)
Daniel van der VELDEN (designer)
METAHAVEN (design studio)
DVD Zone 5 2020 (detail)
from the Arrows series 2020
wool, lurex
245.0 x 150.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2021
2021.64
© Metahaven
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