Acknowledgments

I wish to share my sincere gratitude to the extended Hirsh family for your generosity and openness in the development and presentation of this exhibition. In particular, I would like to thank Irwin and Wendy Hirsh and Anouk Hulme and Mitta Hirsh for your thoughts and energies in developing the ideas around the exhibition and for the loan of various artworks which added greatly to the exhibition. I would also like to thank artist Peter Corlett for sharing his thoughts to open the exhibition and in the exhibition’s development. I also wished to thank the various artists in assisting the research including Godwin Bradbeer, Warren Breninger, Murray Walker, Domenico de Clario, Alberr Shomaly, Guy Stuart and Charles and Kate Nodrum.

I also wanted to thank my colleagues in the Art Collection and Galleries team here at Deakin: Cindy Seeberger, Claire Muir and Senior Manager, Leanne Willis for their assistance with the exhibition development and installation. A further thank you to designer Jasmin Tulk and photographer Ross Coulter for your incredible work and service.

James Lynch

A leg through the ceiling: the art collection of Etta and Emanuel Hirsh

Deakin University Art Gallery

2 November to 16 December 2022

Exhibition Curator: James Lynch

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The leg through the ceiling

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