Art collections are, among other things, a store of treasures worthy of preservation, study, and display.
Co-curated by Duncan McKay, Paul Boyé and assisted by Han Gunn, this exhibition favours small objects from the Curtin University Art Collection and aims to interrogate the concept of treasure as it applies to these artworks and the broader world in which they respond. Crafted from materials made precious by artists, these art objects prompt us to question contemporary notions of wealth, value, and the things that we are willing to do or accept to possess treasures of various kinds.
Opening Event: Thursday 2 November
Exhibition: 13 November – 10 December 2023
Acknowledgment: The Curtin University Art Collection
Featuring Artists: Eileen Keys, Nalda Searles, Rodney Glick, Sharyn Egan, Sarah Elson, Brian Blanchflower, Gloria Beebe, Brian Leering, Joan Campbell, Milton Moon, Keilo Wise, Hossein Valamanesh, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Jonathan Van Butzelaar, Nathan Beard, Paul O’Connor, Tenille Baker, Sally Marsland, Theo Costantino, Kevin Elkington, Helen Britton, Kim Stanley Medlen, Lyn Ailakis, Mike Singe, Allan Vizents, Marcus Beilby, Janis Nedela, Theo Koning and Anne Hawkes.
Header Image: Sarah Elson, Anigozanthos (Eudaimonia hybrid), 2007, Recycled alloy of silver, copper, bronze and gold, 6.6×2.4×1.2cm. Curtin University Art Collection, purchased 2007. Image courtesy of John Curtin Gallery, photo by Sharon Baker.
