Small Worlds

NGV Australia, The Ian Potter Centre

Tuesday 30 November 2010 to Sunday 31 July 2011
Small Worlds presents different perspectives of a child's world. It also explores and presents different worlds assembled from small objects from the NGV Collection. These intriguing and fun mini-worlds include a teapot in the guise of Flinders Street Station, a selection of wheeled toys and engaging figurines.

Artist Anna Hoyle’s responses to these thematic assemblages animate the space which, together with a range of creative hands-on and multimedia activities, will complement and extend children’s learning and understanding about their world and that of other cultures and times

Teapot c. 1745–50
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England, Staffordshire (manufacturer) stoneware (salt-glaze) (a-b) 15.5 x 18.7 x 8.9 cm (overall) Purchased, 1974
1911 Renault two-seater Y2-2, Matchbox car 1963–68
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Lesney Products & Co. Ltd., Hackney, London (manufacturer). England 1947–82. John W. Odell (modeller) England 1920–2005. from the Models of yesteryear series 1956–72, painted zinc alloy (die-cast), plastic, 4.0 x 3.5 x 7.8 cm. Presented by Miss Lucy Kerley and nephew John Kerley, 1982