James Gleeson beyond the screen of sight
18 March – 13 June 2005
National Gallery of Australia
Introduction | Essay | Works
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| Works from the National Gallery of Australia's collection | ||
| Principles of the ritual of homicide 1939 oil on canvas Purchased 1982 |
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| The five wounds 1943 oil on canvas Purchased 1989 |
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| The citadel 1944 oil on composition board Purchased 1972 |
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| A door in London has been left open and an electric
eel enters while attention is diverted by an attempted suicide 1978 ink and collage Gift of Frank O'Keefe 1991 |
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| The authority of the shell 1992 oil on canvas Gift of the artist 1997 |
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| Works from other collections | ||
| City on a tongue 1938 oil on canvas The University of Sydney Art Collection, Sydney Australia |
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| Massive journey of personally nocturn'd object 1938 oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Australia Gift of Mrs J. McCaughey, l984 |
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| Neo-organic figuration describing the inclination
of entities 1939 oil on canvas Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| The attitude of lightning towards a lady mountain 1939 oil on canvas Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| We inhabit the corrosive littoral of habit 1940 oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Australia |
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| Images of spring disguised in lethal attitudes of
duty 1941 oil on canvas Collection of the Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Australia |
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| Structural emblems of a friend 1941 oil on canvas board Collection of the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Australia Purchased with assistance of the John Darnell Bequest l984 |
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| Coagulations on the maintenance of identity 1942 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| The personal contortion 1943 oil on canvas Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| Fete champetre, a lethal regulation 1944 oil on canvas Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| The pretext of accident 1944 oil on canvas Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| The sower 1944 oil on canvas Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia |
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| Funeral procession in a wounded landscape 1945 oil on canvas Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| Images 1946 oil on canvas The University of Sydney Art Collection, Sydney Australia Gift of Lucy Swanton, 1953 |
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| The nerve garden 1946 oil on canvas on composition board Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| Gardens of the Night 1947 oil on canvas Kerry Stokes Collection |
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| Variations on a kiss 1 1947 pen and ink and wash Collection of the artist |
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| Variations on a kiss 2 1947 pen and ink and wash Collection of the artist |
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| Variations on a kiss 3 1947 pen and ink and wash Collection of the artist |
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| Variations on a kiss 4 1947 pen and ink and wash Collection of the artist |
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| Variations on a kiss 5 1947 pen and ink and wash Collection of the artist |
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| Variations on a kiss 6 1947 pen and ink and wash Collection of the artist |
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| The agony in the garden 1947–48 oil on canvas The University of Sydney Art Collection, Sydney Australia |
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| The judgement of Paris 1950 oil on canvas The University of Sydney Art Collection, Sydney Australia Bequest of Alan R Renshaw l976 |
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| Gondolier with siren 1951 oil on canvas board Frank O'Keefe Collection |
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| Italy l951 oil on canvas Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia |
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| Phlebas the Phoenician 1951 oil on canvas board Frank O'Keefe Collection |
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| Spain 1951 oil on canvas Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| The Siamese moon l952 (dated 1951) oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Australia The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AOI OBE Honorary Life Benefactor 2004 |
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| Crucifixion 1952 oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Australia Bequest of Alan R Renshaw l975 |
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| Tristan 1952 oil on canvas (three panels) Private collection |
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| Signals from the frontier 1957–58 oil on composition board (three panels) Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Australia Purchased with funds donated by Mr Roderick Carnegie l970 |
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| Synaptic displacement 1958 oil on hardboard Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia Gift of Patrick White 1970 |
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| Daedalus and Icarus 1964 oil on composition board (suite of 12 works) Private collection |
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| A cloud of witnesses 1966 oil on canvas (three panels) Collection of the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Australia |
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| Crater with revenant 1966 oil on canvas Frank O'Keefe Collection |
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| Shadow and substance 1970 oil on composition board Collection of the artist |
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| The trap 1971 oil on canvas Collection of the Rockhampton City Art Gallery, Rockhampton Australia |
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| Invisible cities and memory 2 1976 collage, brush and pen and ink and wash Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| Invisible cities and memory 3 1976 synthetic polymer paint, collage, brush and pen and ink and wash Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| The creation of Adam 1976 synthetic polymer paint, collage, brush and pen and ink and wash Frank O'Keefe Collection |
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| The image of the King, riven by a bolt of lightning,
is revealed as a silo of spaghetti 1978 syntheetic polymer paint, collage, brush and ink, relief printing, wash and frottage Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia Gift of Frank O'Keefe l987 |
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Two hippocritters in tumultuous circumstances 1978 |
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| Peregian Codex 1982–83 artist's book: various media, mostly wash and collage Collection of the artist |
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| St. Autumn's eyes 1984 oil on canvas Collection of the Colonial First State Property, Commonwealth Bank of Australia |
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| The nightmakery 1984 oil on canvas Hassall Collection |
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| The arrival of implacable gifts 1985 oil on canvas Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia |
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| Preparations at Patmos l986 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| The keeper of used shadows 1986 oil on canvas Collection of the Schubert Art Galleries, Brisbane Australia |
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| Rituals for an anxious spring l987 oil on canvas Collection of the Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne Australia |
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| The cone l987 oil on canvas Hassall Collection |
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| Lapsed shadows recycled to a capable coast l988 oil on canvas Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia |
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| Bocklin's Isle as a contained mirage 1989 oil on canvas Private collection Courtesy of Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney Australia |
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| Study for Guarding against euphoria 1989 charcoal, collage and wash Gift of the artist 2001 Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Australia |
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| The dance 1989 oil on canvas James Fairfax AO Collection |
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| Journey to the edge of night 1990 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| Clouded answers l991 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| A rage of mountains relaxed by subliminal chanting 1993 oil on canvas Collection of the AEH Group |
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| Portrait of the artist as an evolving landscape l993 oil on canvas Agapitos/Wilson Collection |
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| The dream of Abbott Suger c1150 1995 oil on canvas Collection of George and Jennifer Lianos |
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| Guardian posts1995 oil on canvas Collection of JGH Blanch |
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| Arriving with the night 1998 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| The colonists arrive 1998 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| The riddle of the clouds 2000 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| Visitors 2000 oil on canvas Collection of the artist |
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| A masked alert 2001 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| Declaration of intent 2001 oil on canvas Frank O'Keefe Collection |
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| Faux Delft by day/night 2001 oil on canvas Hassall Collection |
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| Icons of hazard 2001 oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Australia Presented through the NGV Foundation by Mr James Gleeson AO Governor 2004 |
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| Rising to the night 2001 oil on canvas Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Australia Presented through the NGV Foundation by Mr James Gleeson AO Governor 2004 |
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| Disputed evidence 2002 oil on canvas Barda and O'Neill Collection |
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| Equivocal signs 2002 oil on canvas Hassall Collection |
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| Always beginning 2003 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| Images for a darkening time 2003 oil on canvas Private collection |
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| Ubu regnent (1) The senior mandarin (2) 2004 oil on canvas (two panels) Collection of the artist |
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