Attachment Styles: Modes of Belonging in Modern and Contemporary Art
Highlights
- Explore emotional complexities through 19th to 21st century artworks at James Street, Northbridge.
- Discover iconic pieces like McCubbin's Down on his luck and Freud's Naked Man With Rat.
- Engage with contemporary local artists, including vibrant portraits by Colleen Ahern.
- Enjoy family-friendly facilities, including a café and gift shop, enhancing your visit.
Attachment Styles brings together works from the 19th to 21st century to explore questions, showing how artists have long grappled with the emotional complexity of human relationships between individuals, communities and the environments they inhabit.
Highlights on display include Frederick McCubbin’s Down on his luck and Moyes Bay, Beaumaris, Hans Heysen’s Droving into the light, Arthur Streeton’s The hillside, John Nash’s The Bathers, Lucian Freud’s Naked Man With Rat and John Longstaff’s Breaking the news.
The exhibition also includes works by Arthur Boyd, Russell Drysdale, John Russell and Sydney Long, and more recent and contemporary acquisitions from local artists Tom Freeman, Mary Moore, and a vibrant series of classic rock and pop star portraits by Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Colleen Ahern.
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Accreditations
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association
- WA – Destination Perth
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