Hany Armanious, Untitled Snake Oil, 1998, synthetic polymer resin (hotmelt), bound pigment, glass, dimensions variable. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art, Gift of Ann Lewis AO, 2009. Copyright the artist.
An extraordinary gift which provides a striking road map through Australian art practice over the past five decades forms the basis of a new exhibition at the Drill Hall Gallery at The Australian National University which opens on Thursday. The exhibition - Almanac: the gift of Ann Lewis AO - displays many of the works acquired by one of Australia's best regarded collectors and art supporters, Ann Lewis. The event is organised by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney and showcases the donation made by Lewis to the MCA. The exhibition also draws from gifts to the Newcastle Region Art Gallery and Moree Plains Gallery. Tracing changes in taste, influence, styles and ideas over the last 50 years, Almanac shows a collection of depth and currency. It comprises paintings, photography, sculpture, ceramics and printmaking, including several works which will be on public display for the first time. The exhibition begins with abstract painting by modernist Ralph Balson, and later works by John Firth-Smith and Richard Dunn, and continues through to more recent works by Aboriginal artists.
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