detail: Chiharu Shiota, Japan, born 1972, Absence Embodied, 2018, Berlin and Adelaide, red wool, bronze, plaster, dimensions variable; Gift of the Gwinnett family through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2018, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Courtesy the artist and Anna Schwartz Gallery, installation view: Absence Embodied, 2018, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, photo: Saul Steed.
Themed Resources
Collection themes, Australian Awareness Days, online workshops and AGSA Art School
Our extensive range of resources help students to examine, explore and respond to works of art and the concepts they evoke. They can be used during your visit to the Gallery and in classroom discussions.
The resources cover major exhibitions, selected artists represented in our collection and key tour themes. The resources suggest activities that link with the Australian Curriculum.
Ricky Swallow, Australia, born 1974, The exact dimensions of staying behind, 2004-05, London, laminated lime wood, 70.0 x 110.0 x 105.0 cm; Maurice A. Clarke Bequest Fund 2013, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Courtesy the artist and Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney.
Collection Themes
Contemporary art, English, science, design, mathematics and drawing.
Trudy Inkamala, Roxanne Petrick, Dulcie Raggett, Marlene Rubuntja, Rosabella Ryder, Dulcie Sharpe, Rhonda Sharpe, Roxanne Sharpe, Valerie Stafford, Every face has a story, every story has a face: Kulila!, 2016,
Australian Awareness Days
NAIDOC Week, Book Week, National Science Week, Reconciliation Week and World Environment Day
AGSA Art School Online
Discover alternative lesson ideas for common art topics
Online workshops and videos
Lesson ideas for responding to works of art in the classroom
