Long-term exhibitions
Not So Easy: Australian Design and Identity since Federation
Henry Hunter Gallery 8
Not So Easy is an exhibition that draws on the TMAG Decorative Arts collection to explore the changing relationship between design and identity in Australia. The works span the period from Federation in 1901 to the early 21st century, encompassing the Arts and Craft Movement, mid-century Australiana, the Anglo-Japanese studio ceramics movement, Postmodernism and beyond. Some of the exhibition’s highlights are the a recently donated collection of works by pioneering Tasmanian potter, Violet Mace (1883-1968), mid-century Australiana from the Easterbrook Bequest collection and contemporary work by Australian Aboriginal designers and craftspersons.
Images (L-R): Flower vase (detail), 1918, Ernest Finlay, glazed stoneware, presented by Erik Parris in memory of Janet Parris; Display plate: Nothofagus gunnii - Deciduous beech (detail), 2004, Lauren Black (artist); Les Blakebrough (maker); Southern Ice Porcelain Pty Ltd (retailer), glazed porcelain with printed transfer enamels and gold lustre; Lyre Bird Vase, 1994, Klytie Pate, ceramic (glazed earthenware), Taxation Incentive for the Arts Klytie Pate, 1995