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The Art Gallery of Western Australia.
The Art Gallery of Western Australia.

The Art Gallery of Western Australia is a public gallery that is part of the Perth Cultural Centre in Perth, Western Australia. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is located in Northbridge, Western Australia across from Western Australian Museum and State Library of Western Australia. Northbridge is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, best known for its Nightlife. The Western Australian Museum is the main Museum for the state of Western Australia. The State Library of Western Australia consists of the State Reference Library and the J S Battye Library within the building known as the Alexander Library Building The current gallery opened in 1979. [1]

The State's art collection consists of over 15,500 works of art,[2] and the Art Gallery is visited by approximately 400,000 people annually. [2]

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History

The Art Gallery was originally housed in the Jubilee Building with the State Museum and Library. The Jubilee Building is part of the Western Australian Museum in Perth Western Australia. [3] The Jubilee Building, which was intended to be a public library only, was to be opened in honour of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, but instead, only the first stone for the foundation was laid. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary of a monarch's reign [3] The foundation stone was laid for the Art Gallery in July 1901 by the Duke of Cornwall and York, shortly after the federation of Australia. The federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South [3]

Several notable individuals were involved with the development of the Jubilee Building and Art Gallery, including John Winthrop Hackett Senior, James Battye, Ludwig Glauert, George Pitt Morison and George Temple-Poole. Sir John Winthrop Hackett Senior ( 4 February 1848 – 19 February 1916) was a proprietor of several newspapers in Western Australia Dr James Sykes Battye (1871-1954 was the first chief librarian of the Victoria Public Library (now the State Library of Western Australia) in Perth Western George Pitt Morison ( 31 August 1861 – 4 September 1946) was an Australian painter and engraver noted particularly for his painting George Thomas Temple-Poole (born George Thomas Temple, 29 May, 1856 &ndash 27 February, 1934) was a British architect and [3]

Centenary Gallery building, formerly the Police Courts, is linked to the main gallery.
Centenary Gallery building, formerly the Police Courts, is linked to the main gallery.

The Art Gallery Administration Building is housed in the former Police Quarters, designed by architect Hillson Beasley, who also designed Government House. Government House in Perth is the Official residence of the Governor of Western Australia and was built between 1859 and 1864 [4] It was built during the economic boom created by the 1890s Kalgoorlie gold rush. In Economics, the term boom and bust refers to the movement of an economy through Economic cycles. A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of Gold. [4] The Administration Building moved into the Police Quarters in the 1970s during the nickel mining boom. Nickel (ˈnɪkəl is a metallic Chemical element with the symbol Ni and Atomic number 28 [4]

The Main Gallery Building was built in 1977, and was also spurred by the mining boom. [5] Western Australia was also placing more importance on cultural institutions, and the government was inspired by the upcoming 150th anniversary of federation in 1979. [5] Construction of the Alexander Library began in the same period. The Alexander Library Building houses the State Library of Western Australia, J S Battye Library, State Records Office, Department of Culture [5]

The architect of the Main Gallery Building was K. Sierakowski from the Public Works Department, who worked with engineer Philip Nadebaum and architectural company, Summerhayes and Associates. History The Public Works Department (PWD is a now defunct Government Instrumentality of Western Australia which was charged with providing [5] It was designed in the Bauhaus method with a Brutalist exterior, which was popular in European design. ("House of Building" or "Building School" is the common term for the, a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts and was famous The term Brutalist Architecture originates from the French Béton brut, or "raw concrete" a term used by Le Corbusier to describe [5] The slab and shear head column system was an innovative architectural feature in WA at the time. [5]

Exhibitions

The Art Gallery's first collection was eclectic. [3] The first collection consisted of Indian and Asian craft work, followed by art created by European Australians and copies of English art. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The culture of Asia is the artificial aggregate of the Cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, Religions and Ethnic groups [3] The Aesthetic Movement inspired the collection with its broad definition of art. This article is about aestheticism a term with a root meaning of sensuous Not to be confused with the religious practice of Asceticism: an abstinence from the sensual [3]

Ongoing exhibitions include Indigenous traditional and contemporary art from the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and WA art from the 1820s to 1960s. The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions [6] An annual exhibition called "Year 12 Perspectives" highlights works from Western Australian Art and Art & Design students, including paintings, prints, digital art, fashion design and sculpture. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Printmaking is the Process of making artworks by Printing, normally on Paper. Digital art most commonly refers to Art created on a Computer in Digital form Fashion design is the Applied art dedicated to Clothing and lifestyle Accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time [7]

Past exhibitions have included:

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References

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  4. ^ a b c Register of Heritage Places: Art Gallery Administration Building (PDF) (24 March, 2000). Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
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  6. ^ Art Gallery of Western Australia Exhibitions. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
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  8. ^ a b Art Gallery of Western Australia Annual Report 2001-2002 (PDF). Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon.
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