Pocket exhibition

Safe

By Anne Ryan
 Posted on 1 May 2020

As COVID-19 spreads silently over the Earth, scientists and front-line medical workers have become the focus of our trust. They represent our greatest hopes of beating this disease. We look to them to make us safe, to keep us out of harm’s way.​

This Pocket Exhibition pays tribute to nurses, doctors and those on the medical front-line of the pandemic.

Dame Barbara Hepworth The clinic no.2

Dame Barbara Hepworth​ The clinic no.2 1947. Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased 1958. © Bowness​ 

Janet Burchill, Jennifer McCamley SAFE

Janet Burchill, Jennifer McCamley SAFE 2005​. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Contemporary Collection Benefactors 2007.​ © Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley. Licensed by Copyright Agency

Grace Cossington Smith, Sister Diddy

Grace Cossington Smith​ Sister Diddy c1920. Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased with funds  provided by Guy, Marian and Meredith Paynter 2018​. © Estate of Grace Cossington Smith 

 

Mervyn Bishop Life and death dash 1971, printed 1991. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Hallmark Cards Australian Photography Collection Fund 1991. © Mervyn Bishop

Eric Wilson Hospital theme – the sterilizer 1942. Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased 1945

Mervyn Bishop Far West Children's health clinic, Manly

Mervyn Bishop Far West Children’s health clinic, Manly 1968, printed 2008. Art Gallery of New South Wales, purchased under the terms of the Florence Turner Blake Bequest 2008. © Mervyn Bishop

Nona Garcia Recovery 2017. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Roger Pietri Fund 2017. © Nona Garcia