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Percy Wyndham Lewis<br />
Figure composition: Man and woman with two bulldogs, 1912<br />
pen and ink, watercolour, gouache, 305 x 216 mm<br />
Art Gallery <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>South</strong> <strong>Wales</strong>, Sydney. Purchased 1983<br />
© Estate <strong>of</strong> Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis<br />
Michelangelo to Matisse: Drawing the Figure<br />
20 November 1999 – 27 February, 2<strong>00</strong>0<br />
explored the idea that the Chinese pursuit <strong>of</strong> collecting<br />
and displaying paintings was more than an aesthetic<br />
pleasure - that it was regarded as spiritual cultivation.<br />
International Art<br />
The major exhibition for the year was Michelangelo<br />
to Matisse: Drawing the Figure, curated by Terence<br />
Maloon and Peter Raissis. This huge and very successful<br />
exhibition <strong>of</strong> master drawings from the 16th to the 20th<br />
century included work by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt,<br />
Picasso and Raphael. Amoung the international lenders<br />
were the Uffizi Gallery, Tate Gallery, Courtauld Gallery,<br />
<strong>New</strong> York’s Metropolitan Museum <strong>of</strong> Art, J Paul Getty<br />
Museum and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.<br />
In the area <strong>of</strong> international modern and contemporary<br />
art, Victoria Lynn curated Voiceovers: The 5th Guinness<br />
Contemporary Art Project, focusing on Asian women<br />
working in new media art, and Passing Time, Moet and<br />
Chandon 2<strong>00</strong>0. Australian Perspecta was curated by<br />
Wayne Tunnicliffe and the Art Gallery hosted exhibits for<br />
the 2<strong>00</strong>0 Biennale <strong>of</strong> Sydney, including Yoko Ono’s Ex It<br />
1997, made up <strong>of</strong> 1<strong>00</strong> wooden c<strong>of</strong>fins and 1<strong>00</strong> Australian<br />
native trees.<br />
Little seen parts <strong>of</strong> the collection were given fresh<br />
focus in Hard Edge, curated by Victoria Lynn, Marking<br />
16<br />
Luca Cambiaso<br />
Study <strong>of</strong> figures<br />
pen and brown ink, brown wash, 349 x 244 mm<br />
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence<br />
Michelangelo to Matisse: Drawing the Figure<br />
20 November 1999 – 27 February, 2<strong>00</strong>0<br />
the Place, curated by Tony Bond, and Ideas and actions:<br />
Conceptual Art, Performance, Process and Documentation<br />
curated by Tony Bond, Michael Wardell and Judy Peacock.<br />
The contemporary projects programme contributed<br />
significantly to the Art Gallery’s commitment to<br />
contemporary practice with challenging and innovative<br />
new art. <strong>New</strong> installations and exhibitions included The<br />
Well Built Australian by Michael Goldberg, Exit by Horst<br />
Kiechle and Margaret Roberts, The Breath <strong>of</strong> Psyche by<br />
Joan Brassil and (surrender, penance, IWYS) by Neil<br />
Emmerson.<br />
Photography<br />
Light Pictures: the photographs <strong>of</strong> Nakayama Iwata<br />
& Yasuzo Nojima, curated by Judy Annear, was the first<br />
in-depth look at these important Japanese modernist<br />
photographers. The first art museum exhibition <strong>of</strong> work<br />
by the important Australian photographer Olive Cotton<br />
was guest curated by Helen Ennis. Modotti & Weston:<br />
Mexicanad, on loan from George Eastman House, was<br />
the first exhibition <strong>of</strong> Tina Modotti’s work to be shown in<br />
Australia.
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