Rethinking Australian Art - Art Gallery of South Australia

March 15, 2019

HIGHLIGHTING THE COMPLEX CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN AUSTRALIAN ART AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

This series of displays highlights the complex and radical changes that occurred in Australian art after the Second World War, including the revelation of Aboriginal art, the Feminist art movement and the rise of conceptual art and post modernism.

This rehang challenges preconceptions of art in Australia as being isolated or singular. To borrow the words of art historian Ian McLean, the re-presentation of the collection ‘examine the place of Australia in the world and the world in Australia’.

Exhibition Dates: Until 29th June 2019

Exhibition Hours: Open Daily - 10am to 5pm

Venue: Art Gallery of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000

Directions - https://tinyurl.com/y5f3zknt

Website - https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au

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