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| Arthur Boyd Nebuchadnezzar being struck by Lightning 1969 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Arthur Boyd Nebuchadnezzar dreaming of Gold 1966-68 oil on canvas Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Arthur Boyd Nebuchadnezzar on Fire falling over a Waterfall ca. 1966-68 oil on canvas Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Arthur Boyd Self Portrait 1962 etching Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Duane Michals Andy Warhol and his mother Julia Warhola 1958 gelatin silver print Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| Duane Michals Homage to Puvis de Chavannes (from series, Artists' Postcards) 1978 lithograph National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Duane Michals Portrait of John Shea with Flowers 1980 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Duane Michals The Ideal City 1980 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Hugh Ramsay Jessie Ramsay ca. 1904 drawing National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Hugh Ramsay Man from the Back ca. 1898 drawing National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Hugh Ramsay Standing Model ca. 1897 drawing Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| Hugh Ramsay Woman at a Table ca. 1904 drawing National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Tony Tuckson Large Shapes, Red and Black ca. 1961 oil on board National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Tony Tuckson Line Square with Shapes ca. 1964 acrylic on board National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Tony Tuckson Major Red, Black and White Hoardings 1963 polyvinyl acetate and collage on board National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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| Tony Tuckson Pyjamas and Herald 1963 acrylic, tempera and collage on board National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
from For the Time Being
Chorus:
Winter completes an age
With its thorough levelling;
Heaven's tourbillions of rage
Abolish the watchman's tower
And delete the cedar grove.
And delete the cedar grove.
As winter completes an age,
The eyes huddle like cattle, doubt
Seeps into the pores and power
Ebbs from the heavy signet ring;
The prophet's lantern is out
And gone the boundary stone,
The eyes huddle like cattle, doubt
Seeps into the pores and power
Ebbs from the heavy signet ring;
The prophet's lantern is out
And gone the boundary stone,
Cold the heart and cold the stove,
Ice condenses on the bone:
Winter completes the age.
Ice condenses on the bone:
Winter completes the age.
Semi-Chorus:
Outside the civil garden
Of every day of love there
Crouches a wild passion
To destroy and be destroyed.
O who to boast their power
Have challenged it to charge? Like
Wheat our souls are sifted
And cast into the void.
Chorus:
The evil and armed draw near;
The weather smells of their hate
And the houses smell of our fear;
Of every day of love there
Crouches a wild passion
To destroy and be destroyed.
O who to boast their power
Have challenged it to charge? Like
Wheat our souls are sifted
And cast into the void.
Chorus:
The evil and armed draw near;
The weather smells of their hate
And the houses smell of our fear;
Death has opened his white eye
And the black hole calls the thief
As the evil and armed draw near.
And the black hole calls the thief
As the evil and armed draw near.
Ravens alight on the wall,
Our plans have all gone awry,
The rains will arrive too late,
Our resourceful general
Fell down dead as he drank
And his horse died of grief,
Our navy sailed away and sank;
The evil and armed draw near.
Our plans have all gone awry,
The rains will arrive too late,
Our resourceful general
Fell down dead as he drank
And his horse died of grief,
Our navy sailed away and sank;
The evil and armed draw near.
– W.H. Auden (1941-42)