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Art Gallery of NSW
artists' quotes: ARTEXPRESS and the visual arts syllabus
 

The following quotes by artists from the Gallery's collection provide insights into art-making practice and key content in the Stage 6 Visual Arts Syllabus.

They have been chosen for audiences to consider when viewing ARTEXPRESS, with the aim of enhancing their understanding of individual student artworks on display and the syllabus from which they are derived.
 


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Francis Bacon
Anselm Kiefer
Henri Matisse
Sidney Nolan
Edgar Degas
Rosalie Gascoigne
Antony Gormley
Tom Roberts
Doris Salcedo
Anish Kapoor
Hossein Valamanesh
Brett Whiteley
Bill Henson
Salvador Dalí
Ricky Swallow
Pablo Picasso
 
Bill Henson - Untitled
collection art gallery of new south wales   Bill Henson (Australia, b.1955)
Untitled 1990/91 (Paris Opera Project) 1990-91
© Bill Henson. Courtesy Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by the Rudy Komon Memorial Fund 1993
 
Syllabus link: Frames: Structural
In every form of art, you really want the experience of the images to transcend the medium, for the medium to disappear into the greater experience of viewing the work. So that you forget you are looking at a painting, or a photograph.