Abstraction

Celebrating Australian Women Abstract Artists

Exhibition
25 Feb 2017 – 26 Aug 2018
Blue painting

Grace Crowley, Painting, 1951, purchased 1969.

About

The works in this exhibition use a remarkable range of media moving through painting, sculpture and applied arts and take audiences on a journey from the early 20th century through to the present day. Abstraction will unveil superb masterworks from the national collection, some of which have never been seen before, and tell stories that have remained untold for decades. It will include artists such as Margaret Preston, Dorrit Black, Grace Crowley, Anne Dangar through to Inge King, Yvonne Audette, Margo Lewers, Virginia Cuppaidge, Janet Dawson into contemporary practitioners such as Elizabeth Coats, and Melinda Harper, among others.

Curator: Lara Nicholls, Curator of 19th century Australian Art

Text sourced from: Nicholls, Lara. Abstraction : Celebrating Australian Women Abstract Artists : A National Gallery of Australia Exhibition. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2017.

Touring Dates & Venues

Touring Dates & Venues

  • Geelong Art Gallery, VIC
    25 February – 7 May 2017
  • Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
    21 May – 23 July 2017
  • Cairns Art Gallery, QLD
    15 September – 24 November 2017
  • Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
    2 March – 20 May 2018
  • QUT Art Museum, QLD
    1 June – 26 August 2018

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