Acknowledgements and contributors

Acknowledgements

McClelland acknowledges the generous support of this exhibition by the Australian Government through the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund; the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria; The Besen Family Foundation; Susie Nathan, Sally Baillieu, Robyn Beddison OAM, Sarah Brockhoff, Susie Brookes, Sue Clifford, Marilyn Cookes, Andrea Dudley, Marianne Hay, Lou Heffernan, Kylie Heine, Titania Henderson, Jane Kiel, Simone Neal, Caecilia Potter, Lousje Skala, Melissa Smith, Deb Thomas, and Lorna Wallace; and Bruce Parncutt AO.

We are grateful for the ongoing assistance and contributions of all our sponsors, partners, donors and patrons: Baillieu Myer AC (1926–2022); Her Excellency The Honourable Linda Dessau AC Patron-in-Chief; Lyn Williams AM; Creative Victoria; Frankston City Council; Crown Resorts Foundation; The Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation; Packer Family Foundation; The Elisabeth Murdoch Sculpture Fund; Aidan Graham Trust; International Art Services; Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Plenary Group; Elgee Park; Haymes Paint.

Special thanks are due to the artists and writers involved in this exhibition, their representative galleries and lenders, the Estate of Norma Redpath, the Estate of Inge King, Mark Rubbo, Jo Tanaka-King, Angela Hey, Richard Green, Dr Jane Eckett, Amanda King, Fabio Cavadini, and Frontyard Films. Thank you also to McClelland’s dedicated team of staff and volunteers, as well as Brian Scales, Jacob Raupach, Eric Jong, Fred Ganim, Aaron Carter and Cem Yildiz.

Contributors

Associate Professor Carolyn Barnes (PhD Melb 2004) is Academic Director of Research Training at Swinburne Design, where she teaches research methods for design and researches co-design practices. Carolyn has been published widely in journals and monographs, writing on the subjects of Australian non-objective art and artistinitiated activity.

Rebecca Coates is an established curator, writer and lecturer who has worked extensively in Australia and overseas. She is the former Artistic Director and CEO of the Shepparton Art Museum (2015–2021). With a PhD in Art History from the University of Melbourne, she speaks and writes regularly on contemporary art, curatorial practice, art in the public realm, and contemporary museum architecture.

Caro Colbran is Collection and Exhibitions Officer at McClelland. Recently graduating with a Masters of Art and Cultural Management, Caro completed internships with McClelland and the University of Melbourne Archives and Special Collections.

Emily Cormack is an independent curator and writer with a special interest in how art operates within the public realm. She was awarded her PhD from Monash University (2021) and has curated over thirty exhibitions including recently From Will to Form: The 2018 TarraWarra Biennial. Cormack has also published extensively writing articles, reviews, chapters and catalogues.

Jane Devery is a curator and writer based in Sydney. Recently appointed Senior Curator, Exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, she previously held the positions of Project Curator at Heide Museum of Modern Art (2021) and Curator, Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Victoria (2013-2021).

Melissa Keys has more than 20 years of national and international experience working within institutions and independently. Currently Senior Curator, at Heide Museum of Modern Art she was formerly Senior Curator, Art Museums and Collections at the University of Melbourne and the inaugural Curator of Buxton Contemporary.

Liang Luscombe is a Naarm/Melbourne-based visual artist. She has contributed essays and reviews for numerous publications and cultural institutions such as Artlink, Raven, Discipline, un Magazine, Art Collector and Monash University Museum of Art and is currently the editor of Liquid Architecture’s journal Disclaimer.

Fiona McDonald is an artist working in Naarm/ Melbourne. She works across installation and screen media and has exhibited in Australia and internationally. She holds a PhD from Monash University (2009).

Professor Melissa Miles is an art historian based at Monash University’s Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. Her books include Photography, Truth and Reconciliation and The Language of Light and Dark. Jane O’Neill is a curator, writer and artist based in Melbourne. She has curated numerous exhibitions including Fabrik: conceptual, minimalist and performative approaches to textiles at multiples venues, 2016, and Hauswerk at McClelland 2019.

Amelia Winata is a Naarm/Melbourne-based writer. She has written for publications such as Artforum International, The Saturday Paper and Art Monthly Australasia. She is also an editor of Memo Review and Index Journal and a PhD candidate in Art History at the University of Melbourne.

Chloé Wolifson is a Sydney-based independent arts writer, researcher and curator whose work includes reviews, catalogue essays, and reports on exhibitions and art fairs throughout the AsiaPacific. Her writing is published in mastheads and magazines across the region.