HG:60 - AAANZ | The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand

Publication Details Hard cover book, 237mm x 285mm, 1.448kg, 207 pages. ISBN: 978-0-646-84259

Author and/or Editor name/s Editor: Susanna Nelson

Academic Editors: Dr Matthew Martin and Dr Alison Inglis

Authors: Dr Lisa Beaven, La Trobe University, Dr Alex Burchmore, University of Sydney, Jane Clark, Senior Research Curator, MONA, Dr Mark K. Erdmann, University of Melbourne, Dr Vivien Gaston, University of Melbourne, A-Prof David Hansen, Australian National University, A-Prof Alison Inglis, University of Melbourne, Dr Matthew Martin, University of Melbourne, Prof Peter McNeil, University of Technology, Sydney

Author and/or Editor bio/s A-Prof David Hansen from Australian National University illuminates in his essay our nation’s regional gallery sector and the context of Hamilton Gallery and its collection. Dr Alison Inglis AM from the University of Melbourne (UOM), Dr Lisa Beaven of La Trobe University and Dr Vivien Gaston (UOM) have examined European art and sculpture in the collection; Senior Research Curator of the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart (MONA) Jane Clark has researched Australian art from colonial times to the present; Dr Matthew Martin (UOM) and Dr Peter McNeil of the University of Technology, Sydney have combined efforts to research and evaluate the importance of the European decorative arts within the collection; and Dr Mark K. Erdmann (UOM) and Dr Alex Burchmore of the University of Sydney have tackled the large and diverse Asian art collection, dividing it into broad areas relative to their expertise; Japanese and Chinese art.

Year of publication 2021

Publisher Hamilton Gallery, Australia

Abstract The remarkable project; HG:60, celebrates 60 years of Hamilton Gallery, which first opened on 22 October 1961. This project unveils some of the most significant objects from the Gallery’s collection through a stunning 200+ page publication. Nine scholars from across Australia have examined and researched the Gallery’s key collection areas; European Art, Decorative Art, Australian Art, Japanese and Chinese Art to produce this publication and co-curate the accompanying exhibition. As varied as it is impressive, the HG:60 exhibition includes paintings, ceramics, sculptures, glass, porcelain, works on paper and other astounding treasures ranging from the 2200-2000 BCE earthenware ‘Jar (guan) Machang Phase’, to recently acquired works such as Rew Hank’s masterful linocut titled ‘Playing for Keeps’. Other highlights of the exhibition include the original scoring book of Aboriginal Cricketers in England from 1868 and a small replica of one of the Pietro Tacca’s ‘Fountains of the Sea Monsters’, a fountain reclaimed from Kiama, the Grassdale family home of Herbert and May Shaw, whose bequest initiated the gallery.