Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Abdul Rahman Abdullah
Eija Liisa Ahtila
Joseph Beuys
Thomas Binks
Rosa Bonheur
Basil Bradley
Mircea Cantor
Maurizio Cattelan
Henry Coombes
Herbert Thomas Dicksee
Annika Eriksson
Elliott Erwitt
Fischli & Weiss
James Giles
H. Hall
Benjamin Herring Jnr
Robert Gligorov
Lucy Gunning
Deborah Kelly
Anastasia Klose
Loretta Lux
David Noonan
Michael Parekowhai
Patricia Piccinini
John Nost Sartorius
Sinibaldo Scorza
William Strutt
Ricky Swallow
Shannon Te Ao
Caroline Tisdall
Peter Wächtler
Amelie von Wulffen
Paul Wood
The exhibition explores the human tendency to anthropomorphise through animals and their behaviours as a process of metaphoric discovery of the self.
curated by Juliana Engberg
Menagerie explores the human tendency to anthropomorphise through animals and their behaviours as a process of metaphoric discovery of the self.
Curated by ACDirector Juliana Engberg, the exhibition features works by international and national artists including Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Joseph Beuys, Thomas Binks, Rosa Bonheur, Basil Bradley, Mircea Cantor, Maurizio Cattelan, Henry Coombes, Herbert Thomas Dicksee, Annika Eriksson, Elliott Erwitt, Fischli & Weiss, James Giles, H. Hall, Benjamin Herring Jnr, Robert Gligorov, Lucy Gunning, Deborah Kelly, Anastasia Klose, Loretta Lux, David Noonan, Michael Parekowhai, Patricia Piccinini, John Nost Sartorius, Sinibaldo Scorza, William Strutt, Ricky Swallow, Shannon Te Ao, Caroline Tisdall, Peter Wächtler, Amelie von Wulffen, Paul Wood...and historical works
Image: Loretta Lux, The Waiting Girl, 2006, ilfochrome print in whitewash wood frame, 50 x 65 cm. © Loretta Lux, courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
Opening: Saturday 13 december 2014
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
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