8 November 2008 - 1 February 2009

PROJECT SPACE

IN CAPTIVITY: ANIMALS IN THE DRG COLLECTION

The DRG collection features a specific interest in the depiction of Animals. As such the ways in which artists have described animals are especially varied, and the closer you examine the collection, the range of perspectives deepens. Invariably animals are presented in two states – their natural habitats, or constructed environments. The former is under increasing threat by the spread of the urban behemoth, the latter becoming more and more sophisticated as a facsimile of the real. In Captivity features work by David Noonan, Hayden Fowler, Nick Devlin. Ben Quilty, Beverly Veasey, Simon Cuthbert, Peggy Napangardi Jones and Bruce Nabegeyo.