Bea MADDOCK<br/> <em>TERRA SPIRITUS ... with a darker shade of pale</em> 1993-1998 <!-- (recto) --><br /> hand-ground ochre and blind letterpress on 52 sheets<br /> (a-zz) 26.5 x 76.0 cm (image and sheet) (each)<br /> ed. 3/5<br /> National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br /> Purchased, 1999<br /> 1999.190.a-zz<br /> © Courtesy of the artist <!--66109-->
Bea MADDOCK
TERRA SPIRITUS ... with a darker shade of pale 1993-1998
hand-ground ochre and blind letterpress on 52 sheets
(a-zz) 26.5 x 76.0 cm (image and sheet) (each)
ed. 3/5
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1999
1999.190.a-zz
© Courtesy of the artist

Bea Maddock

Free entry

NGV International

14 Feb 13 – 21 Jul 13

Bea Maddock is one of Australia’s most acclaimed artists, recognised in particular for her innovative and evocative prints. This exhibition examines her long career through works selected from the National Gallery of Victoria’s strong holdings, spanning her early prints of the 1960s, the incorporation of photo-etching and mass-media imagery in the 1970s, and her profound explorations of existentialism, humanism and Australia’s contested histories, in particular her masterpiece, the panoramic drawing TERRA SPIRITUS … with a darker shade of pale (1993–98).

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