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Title

Metropolis

(1999)

Artist

Rosalie Gascoigne

New Zealand, Australia

25 Jan 1917 – 23 Oct 1999

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  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Australia
    Date
    (1999)
    Media categories
    Mixed media , Sculpture
    Materials used
    retro-reflective road signs
    Dimensions
    232.0 x 319.7 x 1.6 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Gift of the artist 1999
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    187.1999
    Copyright
    © Estate of Rosalie Gascoigne/Copyright Agency

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    Rosalie Gascoigne

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    Works in the collection

    9

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Australia

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 6 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 13 publications

    • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 2000, 'Year in review', pg. 8-20, Sydney, 2000, 8.

    • Natasha Bullock, Contemporary: Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection, 'Landscape, mapping, nature', pg.290-331, Sydney, 2006, 306, 307 (colour illus.).

    • Joan Chambers, Art of the land, Brookvale, 2002, 44 (colour illus.), 45. Children's activities book

    • Council of the City of Sydney, City of Sydney Yearbook: 1999, Sydney, May 2000, 79 (colour illus.).

    • Mary Eagle, Biennale of Sydney 2000, 'Rosalie Gascoigne', pg. 52-53, Sydney, 2000, 52, 53 (colour illus.). no catalogue numbers

    • Deborah Edwards, Look, 'Rosalie Gascoigne: transformer of landscape', pg. 10, Melbourne, Feb 2000, 10 (colour illus.). Tribute to Rosalie Gascoigne by Deborah Edwards.

    • Kelly Gellaty, Rosalie Gascoigne, 'Rosalie Gascoigne: Making poetry of the common place', pg. 9-23, Melbourne, 2008, 108-109 (colour illus.), 136. no catalogue numbers

    • Dr Craig Lilienthal, Look, ‘For art’s sake’, pg. 46, Sydney, Apr 2012, 46 (colour illus.).

    • Preston McLane, High roads and low roads: anthems, dirges, myths, 'Stop and go: semiosis on the artist's highway', pg. 2-9, Tallahassee, 2006, 8 (colour illus.), 9.

    • Ursula Prunster, Aspects of Australian art, Sydney, 2000, (colour illus.). card no. 16: Rosalie Gascoigne 'Metropolis' 1999

    • Wayne Tunnicliffe, Look, 'Write now: when images are not enough', pg. 24-27, Sydney, May 2005, 25, 27 (colour illus.).

    • Judith White, Australian art collector, 'Rosalie Gascoigne', pg. 54-58, Sydney, Jan 2000-Mar 2000, 54 (colour illus.), 57.

    • Greg Young, Reshaping planning with culture, Hampshire, 2008, front cover (colour illus.), back cover (colour illus.) ,159 (illus.). figure 9.6

Other works by Rosalie Gascoigne

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