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The art of existence

Les Kossatz
Hard slide
Sheepskins, aluminium, Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga sp.), leather, steel
372.0 x 100.0 x 304.0 cm (installation)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br>Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by the Ian Potter Foundation as one of the joint winners of The Ian Potter Foundation Sculpture Commission, Governor, 1981
© Les Kossatz

Les Kossatz

22 November 2008 - 8 March 2009

The art of existence is the first exhibition to review Les Kossatz’s contribution to Australian art in a career that spans the 1960s to today. Kossatz’s consistent experimental approach to media and techniques is evident in works that reveal a lifelong fascination with the human temperament and the nature of existence, and a concern for the landscape.

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COVERS

Fiona Abicare
Arrangement
carpet, MDF, oil paint, wood, brass mesh,
dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist
© Fiona Abicare

Fiona Abicare

1 November 2008 - 22 February 2009

In COVERS, Abicare turns her attention to the architecture of the Kerry Gardner & Andrew Myer Project Gallery, transforming it into an opulent interior that is reminiscent of a 1940s Hollywood stage-set. Influenced by modernist art, design and architecture, and period fashions of the 1930s and 1940s, this project also responds to the history and identity of Heide.

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What's on at Heide

2:00pm Tuesday 9 September 2008
Exhibition tour
Hinterlands: Albert Tucker's landscapes 1960-1975

2:00pm Thursday 11 September 2008
Heide: Making history
Heide I tour

2:00pm Saturday 13 September 2008
Heide: Making history
Heide I tour

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The world in painting

James Morrison
Elizabeth
oil on canvas<br>3 panels
100.0 x 300.0 cm (overall)
Private collection, Melbourne<br>Courtesy the artist and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
© James Morrison
26 July-9 November 2008