James Gleeson
beyond the screen of sight
Introduction | Essay | Works
18 March – 13 June 2005
National Gallery of Australia
James Gleeson: beyond the screen of sight includes 80 paintings and works on paper from public, corporate and private collections throughout Australia. Many of these works have not been seen since their initial exhibition and several have been recently repatriated to Australia.
A detailed and fully illustrated catalogue – published by The Beagle Press – accompanies the exhibition. The publication includes essays by several art historians, which examine various aspects of Gleeson's career, and provides a comprehensive catalogue checklist.
Exhibition curators: Lou Klepac and Geoffrey Smith
The National Gallery of Victoria and National Gallery of Australia acknowledge the generous support of the following individuals and organisations: Anonymous, James Agapitos OAM and Ray Wilson, Geoffrey and Vicki Ainsworth, Australian Enterprise Holdings Pty Ltd, Eva Besen AO and Marc Besen AO, James Fairfax AO, Geoffrey Hassall, Eric Hawley and Glenn Weston, Andrew Klippel, Kenneth Reed, Michael J Reed, Rosemary Ricker and The Nelson Meers Foundation.
James Gleeson The attitude of lightning towards a lady mountain 1939 The Agapitos/Wilson Collection Sydney © James Gleeson more detail
Entry charges
Entry $12
Members and concessions $8
Includes entry to Grace
Cossington Smith: a retrospective exhbition
Entry for booked school groups and students under 16 is free
James Gleeson The fortress c.1949 (detail) oil on canvas, Purchased with the assistance of James Agapitos OAM and Ray Wilson OAM 2007. The James Agapitos and Ray Wilson collection of Australian surrealist art, acquired, 2007 © James Gleeson more detail