NGA Art Talks

Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

The Indonesian ceramic artist Albert Yonathan Setyawan was born in 1983 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. His monumental installation Shelters 2018-19  was commissioned for the national collection in 2018. In this episode of Artists’ Artists, host Jennifer Higgie chats with Setyawan about ideas of repetition, silence and materiality in four very different works from the national collection. To find out more visit www.nga.gov.au

Artworks Discussed: 

1. Giorgio Morandi, Natura morta [Still life] 1956, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1980 © Giorgio Morandi. SIAE/Copyright Agency 
2. Wolfgang Laib, Milk stone 1980, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1981 
3. Lucie Rie, Vase c.1979, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1979 
4. Agnes Martin, Untitled # 4 1977, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1977 © Agnes Martin. ARS/Copyright Agency 

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Artists' Artists is a podcast where contemporary artists shed light on works of art from the national collection that inspire, move or intrigue them.

Bridget Riley is a British artist who was born in 1931 and lives in London, UK. The National Gallery has 15 works of art by Riley in its collection, including the new acquisition Dancing to the music of time 2022. In this episode of Artists’ Artists, host Jennifer Higgie visits Riley in her London home to talk about four works of art from the national collection that mark seminal moments in the artist's career. To find out more visit www.nga.gov.au

Artworks Discussed: 

1. Howard Taylor, No horizon 1994, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1997 © Howard H. Taylor Estate
2. Bridget Riley, Gamelan 1970, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1971 © Bridget Riley 2022. All rights reserved
3. Georges Seurat, Study for Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp 1885, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased from proceeds of The Great Impressionists exhibition 1984
4. Jackson Pollock, Blue poles 1952, purchased 1973 © Pollock-Krasner Foundation. ARS/Copyright Agency

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Danie Mellor is an Australian artist of Ngadjon and Mamu heritage who was born in 1971 and lives in Bowral, NSW. There are 33 works of art by Mellor in the national collection, including An Elysian city (of picturesque landscapes and memory) 2010 and five metal‑work sculptures. In this episode of Artists’ Artists, host Jennifer Higgie speaks with Mellor about four works of art in the national collection that creatively respond to the culture and politics of their time. To find out more visit www.nga.gov.au.

Artworks Discussed: 

1. John Mawurndjul AM, Kuninjku (Eastern Kunwinjku) people, Rainbow Serpent's antilopine kangaroo 1991, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1991 © John Mawurndjul/Copyright Agency
2. Sidney Nolan, Boy and the moon c.1939-40, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1976 © Sidney Nolan Trust
3. Margaret Preston, Shoalhaven Gorge N.S.W. 1953, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1983 © Margaret Rose Preston Estate/Copyright Agency
4. Anselm Kiefer, Abendland [Twilight of the West] 1989, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1989

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Janet Laurence is an Australian artist who was born in 1947 and lives in Warrang/Sydney. Laurence has nine works in the national collection and in 2020–21, her installation Requiem 2020 was included in the National Gallery exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now: Part One. In this episode of Artists' Artists, host Jennifer Higgie chats with Laurence about four works from the national collection that reflect, in very different ways, the relationship between art and the natural world. To find out more visit www.nga.gov.au

Artworks Discussed: 

1. Eva Hesse, Contingent 1969, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1973 © The Estate of Eva Hesse, Courtesy Hauser & Wirth
2. Robert Smithson, Rocks and mirror square II 1971, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1977 © Robert Smithson. VAGA/Copyright Agency
3. Rosalie Gascoigne, Feathered fence 1979, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of the artist 1994 © Rosalie Gascoigne/Copyright Agency
4. Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, Gumatj people, White painting #2 2010, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2010 © Courtesy of the artist's estate and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

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