Tracey Moffatt Fourth #23 2001 inkjet print Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
Tracey Moffatt Fourth #24 2001 inkjet print Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
Tracey Moffatt Fourth #7 2001 inkjet print Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
Tracey Moffatt Fourth #8 2001 inkjet print Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
Oskar Kokoschka Froehliches Osterfest ca. 1905-1910 lithograph (postcard produced by Wiener Werkstätte) Dallas Museum of Art |
Oskar Kokoschka Mädchen am Fenster ca. 1908-1909 lithograph (postcard produced by Wiener Werkstätte) Dallas Museum of Art |
Oskar Kokoschka Mädchen mit Schaf auf Bergwiese ca. 1908-1909 lithograph (postcard produced by Wiener Werkstätte) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Oskar Kokoschka Self Portrait 1918-19 oil on canvas Leopold Museum, Vienna |
James Rosenquist Skull Snap 1989 lithograph and pressed paper pulp National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
James Rosenquist Sun sets on the Time Zone 1989 lithograph and pressed paper pulp National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
James Rosenquist The Bird of Paradise approaches the Hot Water Planet 1989 lithograph and pressed paper pulp National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
James Rosenquist Time Dust 1992 lithograph, screenprint, collage and pressed paper pulp National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Carol Jerrems Esben and Dusan, Cronulla 1977 gelatin silver print Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
Carol Jerrems Letter 1973 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Carol Jerrems Martin Sharp with Painting 1973 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
Carol Jerrems Sandy, Yarra River 1975 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
from For the Time Being
If the muscle can feel repugnance, there is still a false move to be made;
If the mind can imagine to-morrow, there is still a defeat to remember;
As long as the self can say "I", it is impossible not to rebel;
As long as there is an accidental virtue, there is a necessary vice:
And the garden cannot exist, the miracle cannot occur.
For the garden is the only place there is, but you will not find it
Until you have looked for it everywhere and found nowhere that is not a desert;
The miracle is the only thing that happens, but to you it will not be apparent,
Until all events have been studied and nothing happens that you cannot explain;
And life is the destiny you are bound to refuse until you have consented to die.
Therefore, see without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking:
The Inevitable is what will seem to happen to you purely by chance;
The Real is what will strike you as really absurd;
Unless you are certain you are dreaming, it is certainly a dream of your own;
Unless you exclaim – "There must be some mistake" – you must be mistaken.
– W.H. Auden (1941-42)