Julie Rrap is an Australian artist born in 1950 in Lismore, New South Wales. She has 15 works of art in the national collection, including Persona and shadow: puberty 1984 from her Persona and shadow series which is currently on display in the touring exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists. In this episode of Artists’ Artists, host Jennifer Higgie speaks with Rrap about four works of art from the national collection that explore history, humour and biography. To find out more visit www.nga.gov.au

Artworks Discussed: 

1. Tracey Moffatt, Pineapple Cannery 1978, 2008 from the series First Jobs, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Rupert and Annabel Myer, 2008
2. Sol Wiener, (Mother and daughter) 1985, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, kODAK (Australasia) PTY LTD Fund 1988
3. Yukultji Napangati, Pintupi people, Untitled 2006, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2006 © the estate of the artist, licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
4. Sarah Lucas, TITTIPUSSIDAD 2018, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 2021 © Sarah Lucas, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London

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The Indonesian ceramic artist Albert Yonathan Setyawan was born in 1983 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. His monumental installation Shelters 2018-19  was commissioned for the national collection in 2018. In this episode of Artists’ Artists, host Jennifer Higgie chats with Setyawan about ideas of repetition, silence and materiality in four very different works from the national collection. To find out more visit www.nga.gov.au

Artworks Discussed: 

1. Giorgio Morandi, Natura morta [Still life] 1956, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1980 © Giorgio Morandi. SIAE/Copyright Agency 
2. Wolfgang Laib, Milk stone 1980, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1981 
3. Lucie Rie, Vase c.1979, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1979 
4. Agnes Martin, Untitled # 4 1977, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1977 © Agnes Martin. ARS/Copyright Agency 

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Bridget Riley is a British artist who was born in 1931 and lives in London, UK. The National Gallery has 15 works of art by Riley in its collection, including the new acquisition Dancing to the music of time 2022. In this episode of Artists’ Artists, host Jennifer Higgie visits Riley in her London home to talk about four works of art from the national collection that mark seminal moments in the artist's career. To find out more visit www.nga.gov.au

Artworks Discussed: 

1. Howard Taylor, No horizon 1994, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1997 © Howard H. Taylor Estate
2. Bridget Riley, Gamelan 1970, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1971 © Bridget Riley 2022. All rights reserved
3. Georges Seurat, Study for Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp 1885, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased from proceeds of The Great Impressionists exhibition 1984
4. Jackson Pollock, Blue poles 1952, purchased 1973 © Pollock-Krasner Foundation. ARS/Copyright Agency

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