One of Artbank's new E-Cards featuring Christian Bumbarra Thompson' s Hunting Ground 2, 2007,
Type C photograph, 105 x 105cm,
Annual Rental $1,150
Kevin Connor's Lorca, New York, 1967, Sythetic Polymer Paint on Canvas, 131 x 126 cm,
Annual Rental $2,700
Lionel Bawden's, spirit of the beehive, 2004,
Pencils, Araldite, Linseed Oil, 88 x 90 x 61cm,
Annual Rental $2400.
Nuha Saad's, Ionian Mode Series 1, 2001,
Paint, Skirtingboard, 100 x 58 x 14 cm,
Annual Rental $650
Ionian Mode Series 2, 2001,
Paint, Skirtingboard, 300 x 20 x 20 cm,
Annual Rental $500
Artbank ebulletin - March 2009
ARTBANK E-CARD RELAUNCH!
Following on the success of our Christmas E-Card campaign, this month Artbank relaunches its free E-Card service with a new range of 12 inspirational images, with the option of standard or personalised greetings.
These images will be available for three months, then replaced by a new selection of the best new acquisitions from the Artbank collection. Pictured opposite, is one from the current selection by artist Christian Bumbarra Thompson, titled Hunting Ground 2.
The E-Cards program has been designed to increase the awareness of Artbank’s collection, and widen the audience and support for Australian contemporary art.
Geoffrey Cassidy
Director
CLIENT PROFILE : FEDERAL COURTS OF AUSTRALIA
When the Federal Courts of Australia recently commissioned architects to redesign their 18th Floor Courts, part of the design brief was that the public spaces accommodate contemporary art that could be enjoyed by the public.
The choice of works involved members of staff at the Court, including Chief Justice Michael Black who personally selected the powerful expressionist landscape by Kevin Connor, which provides a dramatic focal point for visitors waiting in the lift lobby.
According to Gordon Foster, Executive Director of Corporate Services, the design of the new Courts sought to take advantage of stunning city and harbour views, in deliberate contrast to the previously fully enclosed Courts.
Silhouetted against one such backdrop view, is the slightly eccentric yet beautiful sculpture by Lionel Bawden, which is made from coloured pencils. Gordon says that Bawden’s sculpture has been positioned so that its ‘organic form and function’ references the Heads of Sydney Harbour. In juxtaposition to this, three sculptures by Nuha Saad, which explore architectural space, form, colour and ornamentation, have been grouped at the Western end of the corridor, where they can appropriately reference the backdrop of the city’s buildings.
Nuha was honoured to learn that her works had been installed in such a prestigious institution. She said the Courts “are an interesting and exciting venue for my work to be showcased in. It’s also rewarding for me as an artist to know that my work has been selected to be exhibited in this public space, and hopefully will give enjoyment to the institutions’ audience.”
Gordon confirms that this is indeed the case, as the artworks have been well received by staff and public, complementing the new court design, and providing an ongoing conversational point of interest in the public spaces.
Mandy O’Bryan
Collection Information Coordinator
