The great indoors

A Together In Art Pocket Exhibition curated by Justin Paton

Justin Paton is head curator of international art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

AGNSW collection Noel McKenna Untitled 2015-2016

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/382.2016.2/

It’s not just the coffee, it’s looking forward to the coffee.

AGNSW collection John Brack The breakfast table 1958

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/193.2013/

And the light on the table afterwards.

AGNSW collection Grace Cossington Smith The window 1956

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/607.2014/

It’s nature at the window: greenness framed.

AGNSW collection Betty Woodman The yellow room 2015

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/274.2018.a-d/

And a wall that seems to hold the day’s sunlight.

AGNSW collection Rosalie Gascoigne Enamel ware 1976

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/236.1976.a-g/

It’s things so well used that they turn into characters.

AGNSW collection Ivon Hitchens Ornamental card-table and flowers 1952

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/8696/

And things so vibrant they let go of their names.

AGNSW collection Katherine Hattam The integrity of the personality 2008, 2014

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/100.2014/

It’s a room of your own: your being, your seeing.

AGNSW collection Chris Huen Sin Kan MuiMui, Doodood and Balltsz 2018

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/151.2019/

It’s a mess, yes, but it’s your mess.

This is your great indoors.