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artists & participants
Marina Abramovic,
Doug Aitken,
Josef Albers,
Ghada Amer,
Kamrooz Aram,
Michael Armitage,
Frank Auerbach,
Ay-O,
Georg Baselitz,
Max Bill,
Louise Bourgeois,
Mark Bradford,
Candice Breitz,
Lubna Chowdhary,
Francesco Clemente,
Corita Kent,
Tracey Emin,
Bill Fontana,
Nona Garcia,
Gilbert & George,
Antony Gormley,
Philip Guston,
Richard Hamilton,
Thomas Hirschhorn,
David Hockney,
Shirazeh Houshiary,
Anish Kapoor,
Ellsworth Kelly,
Anselm Kiefer,
Yves Klein,
Jeff Koons,
Leon Kossoff,
Joseph Kosuth,
Mernet Larsen,
Zarina Letters,
Sol LeWitt,
Roy Lichtenstein,
Morris Louis,
Tala Madani,
Nyoman Masriadi,
Colin McCahon,
Kazuko Miyamoto,
Kenneth Noland,
Mimmo Paladino,
Charlotte Posenenske,
Robert Rauschenberg,
Gerhard Richter,
Bridget Riley,
Ugo Rondinone,
Martha Rosler,
Ed Ruscha,
Doris Salcedo,
Miriam Schapiro,
Dana Schutz,
Yinka Shonibare,
Shahzia Sikander,
Dayanita Singh,
Frank Stella,
Adeela Suleman,
Cy Twombly,
Ulay,
Jeff Wall,
Gordon Walters,
Andy Warhol,
Rachel Whiteread,
Stanley Whitney,
Zhang Xiaogang
curator
press release
01.06.2020 - 13.09.2020
Some Mysterious Process
50 Years of Collecting International Art
curated by Gallery director Michael Brand
Questions of what and how the Gallery collects underpins this exhibition of highlights from the international contemporary art collection, all acquired over the past 50 years.
The title quotes American artist Philip Guston musing on the act of making art: ‘There’s some mysterious process at work here which I don’t even want to understand.’ Guston’s painting East tenth 1977, features in the exhibition which asks: how does a public art museum collect the products of such mysterious human activity?
Some Mysterious Process weaves together multiple threads of history to tell the story of how the international contemporary collection has come together — through the alchemy of planning and serendipity, curation and philanthropy, and the evolution of societal expectations. In doing so, this exhibition provides a platform for thinking about future collecting as we look ahead to the completion of the Sydney Modern Project with its significant new spaces.