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The Art of Australia
Former director and chief curator of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon explores the story of Australian art through the country's rich cultural traditions stretching back 30,000 years.
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Artwork featured in Episode 3
- 'Anak Byan' (1957) Ian Fairweather
- 'Spanish Encounter' (1960) John Olsen
- 'Silver and Grey' (late 1960s) Fred Williams
- 'Wrapped Coast' (1969)聽Christo & Jeanne Claude
- 'Interior with Black Rabbit' (1973) Arthur Boyd
- 'Alchemy' (1973) Brett Whiteley
- 'Kundaagi' (1962)聽David Yirawala
- 'Central Australian Landscape' (1950s) Albert Namatjira
- 'Three Dreamings' (1984)聽Michael Nelson Tjakamarra
- 'Qantas Plane' (1995) John Moriaty
- 'Civilised' (2012) Michael Cook
- 'Untitled #30' (2012) Bill Henson
- 'Bulletproof Glass' (2002) Rosemary Laing
- 'Snake' (1970) Sydney Nolan聽
Artwork featured in Episode 2
- 鈥楢nzac, the Landing鈥� (1922) George Lambert
- 鈥楲ance Corporal M, after Afghanistan鈥� (2012) Ben Quilty
- 鈥楧roving into the Light鈥� (1921) Hans Heysen
- 鈥楾he Bridge in Curve鈥� (1930) Grace Cossington Smith
- 鈥楽unbaker鈥� (1937) Max Dupain
- 鈥楢ustralian Beach Pattern鈥� (1940) Charles Meere
- 鈥楾he Bathers鈥� (1989) Anne Zahalka
- 鈥楢boriginals in Fitzroy鈥� (1941) Yosl Bergner
- 鈥楶overty and Prostitution鈥� (1943) Danila Vassilieff
- 鈥榁ictory Girls鈥� (1943) Albert Tucker
- 鈥楪irl鈥� (1957) Joy Hester
- 鈥楤oy and the Moon鈥� (1940)
- 鈥楴ed Kelly鈥� (1946)
- 鈥業nland Australia鈥� (1950)
- 鈥楽ofala鈥� (1946) Russell Drysdale
- 鈥楪roup of Aborigines鈥� (1953) Russell Drysdale
- 鈥楤ride Running Away鈥� (1957) Arthur Boyd
Artwork featured in Episode 1
- 鈥楲onging Belonging鈥� (1997) Hossein Valamanesh
- 鈥楽irius Cove鈥� (1896) Arthur Streeton
- 鈥業nner View of Newcastle鈥� (1818) Joseph Lycett
- 鈥楨nter At Your Own Risk鈥� (2010) Joan Ross
- 鈥楳y Harvest 91热爆鈥� (1835) John Glover
- 鈥楧eath in Exile鈥� (2007) Ricky Maynard
- 鈥楴ortheast View from the Northern Top of Mount Kosicusko鈥� (1863) Eugene von Guerard
- 鈥楾he Buffalo Range鈥� (1864) Nicholas Chevalier
- 鈥楤lack Thursday鈥� (1864) William Strutt
- 鈥楪olden Summer鈥� (1889) Arthur Streeton
- 鈥楳osman Bay鈥� (1894) Tom Roberts
- 鈥楾he Big Picture鈥� (1903) Tom Roberts
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