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Lot #19 - Gordon Bennett

  • Auction House:
    Deutscher and Hackett
  • Sale Name:
    Modern + Contemporary Art
  • Sale Date:
    13 Jun 2018 ~ 7pm (AEST)
  • Lot #:
    19
  • Lot Description:
    Gordon Bennett
    (1955 – 2014)
    Camouflage #2, 2003
    synthetic polymer paint on Belgian linen
    182.5 x 152.0 cm
    signed, dated and inscribed with title verso: G Bennett 23-2-2003 / “CAMOUFLAGE #2” / …
    EXHIBITED: Figure/Ground (Zero), Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 17 July – 9 August 2003, cat. 2 (illus. in exhibition catalogue) ; Disobedience, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 8 September – 15 October 2005; Gordon Bennett, a survey, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 6 September 2007 – 16 January 2008 and touring Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 10 May – 3 August 2008, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 20 December 2008 – 22 March 2009 (label attached verso) RELATED WORK/S: Camouflage #7, 2003, acrylic on linen, 182.5 x 152.0 cm, in the collection of the Australian National University, Canberra; Camouflage #8, 2003, acrylic on linen, 182.5 x 152.0 cm, in the collection of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
  • Provenance:
    Sherman Galleries, Sydney (stamped verso) ; Gene and Brian Sherman, Sydney
  • References:
    Hill, P., ‘Zero Hour’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 2 August 2003; McLean, I., ‘Camouflage’, Figure/Ground (Zero) exhibition catalogue, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, 17 July – 9 August 2003; Murray-Cree, L. (ed.), Twenty. Sherman Galleries 1986 – 2006, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2006, p. 122 (illus. installation) ; Gellatly, K., Gordon Bennett: A Survey, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2007, pl. 63, n.p. (illus.)
  • Notes:
    Gordon Bennett lived and worked in Brisbane SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2016 – 2018 Be Polite. Gordon Bennett, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 2017 The National 2017, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; 2014 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Museen Dahlem, Berlin, Germany; 2012 Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany; 2008 16th Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions – forms that turn, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; 2007 Gordon Bennett: A Survey, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne and touring to Queensland; Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; 2005 International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Prague, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic; 2004 – 2005 Three Colours, Gordon Bennett and Peter Robinson, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, touring exhibition; 1999 History and Memory in the Art of Gordon Bennett, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane and touring in UK and Norway; 1995 Transculture, Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, Venice Biennale, Italy touring to Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Japan; 1992 9th Biennale of Sydney: The Boundary Rider, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; 1989 Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney SELECTED LITERATURE Hughes, H., (et al.) Be Polite, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane and Sternberg Press, Berlin, 2017; Smith, T., History and Memory in the Art of Gordon Bennett, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Olso, 1999; McLean, I., and Bennett, G., The Art of Gordon Bennett, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996; Butler, R., Gordon Bennett: paintings 1987 – 1991, Epernay Cedex, France, 1992 SELECTED COLLECTIONS Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth; Australian National Gallery, Canberra; Australian War Memorial, Canberra; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; TATE Modern, London, United Kingdom REPRESENTED BY Sutton Gallery, Melbourne ; Milani Gallery, Brisbane
  • Estimate:
    A$40,000 - 60,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Art

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