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Figuring Landscapes

Article released: Tuesday, 17 February, 2009

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2-25 April 2009 | Opens 1 April, 6:00 - 8:00pm

Just shown at London’s Tate Modern, Figuring Landscapes is a remarkable collection of moving image works that has grown from the political and cultural history that links Australia and the United Kingdom.

The 58 featured artists address questions of nation and identity as well as ecological survival, post-industrialism, gender, the touristic gaze, and, uniquely in Australia, the social, political and cultural status of Indigenous people in a post-colonial society.

Australian Artists: Vernon Ah Kee, Peter Callas, John Conomos, Daniel Crooks, Destiny Deacon, Jeff Doring, Merilyn Fairskye, Allan Giddy, John Gillies, Shaun Gladwell, Tammy Honey, Hobart Hughes, John Hughes and Peter Kennedy, Lyndal Jones, Sandra Landolt, Brendan Lee, Eugenia Lim, David Mackenzie, Scott Morrison, Susan Norrie and David Mackenzie, David Perry, Patricia Piccinini, Bronwyn Platten, Dominic Redfern, Genevieve Staines and Warwick Thornton and Darren Dale.

UK Artists: Steven Ball, George Barber, Anna Cady, Nick Collins, Roz Cran, Sergio Cruz, Sofia Dahlgren, Dalziel + Scullion, Sarah Dobai, Ann Donnelly, Catherine Elwes, Dryden Goodwin, Tony Hill, Hollington and Kyprianou, Matt Hulse, Esther Johnson, Andrew Kötting, Mike Latto, Mike Marshall, Jo Millett, Matthew Murdoch, William Raban, Emily Richardson, Ben Rivers, Semiconductor, Dan Shipsides, Margaret Tait, David Theobald and Hugh Watt.

Curators: Professor Catherine Elwes and Steven Ball (UK); Professor Pat Hoffie and Dr. Danni Zuvela (Australia)
Advisors: Peter Bonnell and Mark Segal (ArtSway), Eu Jin Chua, Harry Darby, Dr. Stan Frankland, Dr. Eric Hirsch, Stuart Comer (Tate Modern).