Exhibitions of 2D artworks shown in Australia are of "flat" artworks. Painting, drawing, etching, printing and photographic rpints are examples of these.
Date: 09 Aug 2007 - 20 Oct 2008
Artist: Benjamin Jung and Karsten Knorr
The idea of an artwork being sponsored by a range of business identities is not new. Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, painted in 1642, is said to have been commissioned by a Captain and his civic militia guards and incorporates their names on a shield in the
Date: 09 Aug 2007 - 20 Oct 2008
Artist: Marsha Thomson, Andrew Demetriou, Eddie McGuire, Frances Lindsay, Mal Walden, Red Symons, Alexi Glass, Paul Bonnici and Nigel Dawson
The project was driven by AFLPA executive members, Essendon's Mark Bolton and Richmond's Joel Bowden, with the support of Derek Linsell of the AFL Foundation. In October 2006 the Victorian Government committed $3 million to the project.
Date: 01 May 2008 - 31 Dec 2008
Artist: Gordon & Elaine Syron
Indigenous pioneer artist, Gordon Syron, is well-known for his satirical paintings, and over the last 30 years Gordon and wife, Elaine, have collected over 1300 pieces of Indigenous art, representing a unique songline of both the contemporary and traditio