Concrete Forest 2: Sagittaria trifolia (Threeleaf Arrowhead) 野慈菇 2008-2009 (detail)
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Ah Xian 2009 Australia
Ah Xian. concrete. 55.5 x 45.5 x 27.5 cm. Collection of the artist.
2009 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award
NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre
Thursday 17 September 2009 to Sunday 07 February 2010
Exhibition
previously on
at
NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre
in
Melbourne precinct,
Victoria,
Australia
In 1991 an extraordinary gift from Joan and Peter Clemenger enabled the National Gallery of Victoria to establish the Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, a triennial exhibition and award that celebrates the ongoing achievement of some of Australia’s most distinguished contemporary artists.
The Clemenger Contemporary Art Award has a well-deserved reputation as one of the most prestigious and exciting visual arts events in Australia. Previous recipients of the Award are Bea Maddock (1993), Richard Larter (1996), John Nixon (1999), John Mawurndjul (2003) and Judy Watson (2006).
The 2009 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award is the sixth in the series and will draw together a group of established artists whose work is conceptually and stylistically diverse, yet unified in its engagement with some of the prevailing cultural and social issues of contemporary life. As the previous five exhibitions have demonstrated, the Clemenger Contemporary Art Award is national in its scope, cross-generational, and brings into dialogue the works of Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australian artists.
Free entry
Location
NGV Australia, The Ian Potter CentreFederation Square
Melbourne Precinct
Victoria
Australia
