HG 60: Publication on Hamilton Gallery's collection

Year of publication 2021

Publisher Hamilton Gallery, Australia

The remarkable project; HG:60, celebrates 60 years of Hamilton Gallery, which first opened on 22 October 1961. This project unveils some of the most significant objects from the Gallery’s collection through a stunning 200+ page publication. Nine scholars from across Australia have examined and researched the Gallery’s key collection areas; European Art, Decorative Art, Australian Art, Japanese and Chinese Art to produce this publication and co-curate the accompanying exhibition. As varied as it is impressive, the HG:60 exhibition includes paintings, ceramics, sculptures, glass, porcelain, works on paper and other astounding treasures ranging from the 2200-2000 BCE earthenware ‘Jar (guan) Machang Phase’, to recently acquired works such as Rew Hank’s masterful linocut titled ‘Playing for Keeps’. Other highlights of the exhibition include the original scoring book of Aboriginal Cricketers in England from 1868 and a small replica of one of the Pietro Tacca’s ‘Fountains of the Sea Monsters’, a fountain reclaimed from Kiama, the Grassdale family home of Herbert and May Shaw, whose bequest initiated the gallery.

Publication Details Hard cover book, 237mm x 285mm, 1.448kg, 207 pages. ISBN: 978-0-646-84259

Authors: Dr Lisa Beaven, La Trobe University, Dr Alex Burchmore, University of Sydney, Jane Clark, Senior Research Curator, MONA, Dr Mark K. Erdmann, University of Melbourne, Dr Vivien Gaston, University of Melbourne, A-Prof David Hansen, Australian National University, A-Prof Alison Inglis, University of Melbourne, Dr Matthew Martin, University of Melbourne, Prof Peter McNeil, University of Technology, Sydney