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Rex Butler

Rex Butler teaches Art History in the Faculty of Art Design and Architecture at Monash University.

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By Rex Butler, Paris Lettau, 20 Feb 2025
<p>Khaled Sabsabi, <em>Thank You Very Much </em>(still),<strong> </strong>2006, Single channel SD video with audio. Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane.</p>
Khaled Sabsabi, Thank You Very Much (2006)
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By Rex Butler, 1 Feb 2025
<p>Emma Minnie Boyd, The Window Seat, 1887, oil on canvas, 31 x 41 cm, National Gallery of Victoria. </p>
NGV Permanent Collection, National Gallery of Victoria | The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
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By Rex Butler, 28 Dec 2024
<p>Installation shot <em>Aspects of Abstraction</em>. Ron Robertson-Swann <em>Yellow Fire </em>(1969), Michael Johnson <em>Frontal</em> (1968), Syd Ball <em>Canto No 7 </em>(1965), and Tony McGillick <em>Acid Rock</em> (1969). Photo: Christian Capurro</p>
Aspects of Abstraction: Charles Nodrum Collection, Town Hall Gallery 20 Nov – 18 Jan 2025
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By Rex Butler, 24 Aug 2024
<p>Still from <em>Dale Frank—Nobody's Sweetie</em>,<strong> </strong>dir. Jenny Hicks, 2024. Courtesy of MIFF.</p>
Dale Frank: Nobody’s Sweetie , MIFF 8 Aug – 25 Aug 2024
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By Art Writing and Criticism Students, Amy May Stuart, Rex Butler, 4 May 2024
<p>Rivane Neuenschwander and Cao Guimarães, The Tenant, 2010. High definition video projection, 10:34, video still. Courtesy of the artists.</p>
Rivane Neuenschwander and Cao Guimarães: Signs of Life, Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery 19 Apr – 18 May 2024
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By Rex Butler, 30 Mar 2024
Installation view of Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian on display in NGV Triennial from 3 December 2023 to 7 April 2024 at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Sean Fennessy
Maurizio Cattelan, Comedian (2019), National Gallery of Victoria | NGV International 3 Dec – 7 Apr 2024
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By Rex Butler, 14 Oct 2023
Michael Cook, *Invasion, UFO Possums*, 2018, inkjet print, 135 x 200 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased Victorian Association for Living Australian Artists, 2018.
Michael Cook’s Invasion , National Gallery of Victoria | The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2023
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By Rex Butler, 12 Aug 2023
Installation view of Room 207, Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
Spring1883 Art Fair, Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art 10 Aug – 12 Aug 2023
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By Rex Butler, Paris Lettau, 4 Jun 2023
Michael Zavros, *Pistol grip [Ben Roberts-Smith VC]*, 2014, oil on canvas, 160 x 220 cm.
The Anti-Art of War, Australian War Memorial
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By Art Writing and Criticism Students, Mel Deerson, Rex Butler, 23 May 2023
Mithu Sen, *mOTHERTONGUE*, installation view, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2023. Photograph: Andrew Curtis
Mithu Sen, mOTHERTONGUE, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) 22 Apr – 18 Jun 2023
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By Rex Butler, 3 Mar 2023
Frederick McCubbin, *The Pioneer*, 1904, oil on canvas, 223 x 86; 224 x 122; 223 x 85 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Felton Bequest, 1906.
Spray Painting The Pioneer, National Gallery of Victoria | The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2023
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By Rex Butler, 22 Oct 2022
Installation view of Paul Yore, *WORD MADE FLESH*, ACCA, 2022.
WORD MADE FLESH, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) 23 Sep – 20 Nov 2022
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By Rex Butler, 25 Jun 2022
Installation view of *Know my name*, National Gallery of Australia.
Who are You: Australian Portraiture, National Gallery of Victoria | The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia 23 Jun – 1 Aug 2022
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By Rex Butler, 2 Apr 2022
Narjis Mirza, Hayakal al Noor, Bodies of Light 2021, Blackbox Theater, AUT, Auckland. Photo: Stephan Marks
Sidney Nolan: Search for Paradise, Heide Museum of Modern Art 19 Feb – 13 Jun 2022 Narjis Mirza: Hayakal al Noor, Bodies of Light, Islamic Museum of Australia 24 Mar – 9 Jul 2022
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By Rex Butler, 30 Oct 2021
Darren Sylvester, *Ikea Sunrise*, 2018. Courtesy of Neon Parc.
Homologies of HOPE, West End Art Space 1 Nov – 20 Nov 2021 Michelle Zuccolo: The Encounter, Bayside Gallery 9 Nov – 20 Nov 2021 Alive Inside, Neon Parc 5 Oct – 30 Oct 2021
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By Rex Butler, A.D.S. Donaldson, 5 Jun 2021
Ethel Carrick, *Flower Market*, 1907. Oil on wood panel, 26.4 x 35.0 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by the late Major B. R. F. MacNay, and Mrs D. MacNay, Fellow, 1994.
She-Oak and Sunlight: Australian Impressionism 2 Apr – 22 Aug 2021
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By Rex Butler, 27 Feb 2021
Installation view of *Monumental*, Amrita Hepi, 2021, Gertrude Contemporary. Photo: Christian Capurro
Amrita Hepi, Monumental, Gertrude Contemporary 6 Feb – 28 Mar 2021
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By Rex Butler, 7 Nov 2020
Recent Tendencies in Women's Painting installation shot, L-R: Hana Earles, *Bruce Earles*, 2020, oil on canvas; Hana Earles, *Jenny*, 2018, pencil, ink, paper, acrylic on canvas; Alethea Everard, *untitled*, 2019, acrylic on mdf, cd case. Courtesy of the artists and Guzzler, Melbourne.
A Case of the Old and New Recent Tendencies in Women’s Painting, Melbourne (I) + (II), Guzzler
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By Rex Butler, 22 Aug 2020
Colin McCahon: Letters and Numbers & Event Horizon Symposium 14 Nov – 20 Jul 2020
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By Rex Butler, 23 May 2020
Jane Sutherland, *Obstruction, Box Hill*, 1887, oil on canvas, 41.3 x 31.1cm. Art Gallery of Ballarat.
Jane Sutherland, Obstruction, Box Hill, 1887, Art Gallery of Ballarat
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By Rex Butler, 28 Mar 2020
Callum Morton, *Monument #32: Helter Shelter*, 2018, Alfred Deakin Place, Ballarat.
Callum Morton, Monument #32: Helter Shelter 16 Jan – 5 Apr 2020
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By Rex Butler, 2 Nov 2019
Collecting Comme 31 Oct – 26 Jul 2020
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By Rex Butler, 21 Jun 2019
Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art 8 Mar – 28 Jul 2019
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By Rex Butler, 4 May 2019
Tracey Moffatt, *Vigil* (2017), digital video with sound, 2.00 minutes. Photo courtesy Tarrawarra Museum of Art.
Tracey Moffatt: Body Remembers 23 Mar – 11 Oct 2019
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By Rex Butler, 9 Feb 2019
Christian Marclay: The Clock 23 Jan – 10 Mar 2019
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By Rex Butler, 1 Dec 2018
Mira Gojak and Takehito Koganezawa: The Garden of Forking Paths, Buxton Contemporary 7 Nov – 17 Feb 2019
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By Rex Butler, 15 Sep 2018
Tom Roberts: Shearing the Rams 18 Feb – 18 Feb 2020
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By Rex Butler, 7 Jul 2018
Colony: Australia 1770–1861 15 Mar – 15 Jul 2018 Colony: Frontier Wars 15 Mar – 30 Sep 2018
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By Rex Butler, 26 May 2018
The Field Revisited 27 Apr – 26 Aug 2018
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By Rex Butler, 10 Feb 2018
Richard Bell: Dredging up the Past, Gertrude Contemporary 2 Feb – 10 Mar 2018
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By Rex Butler, 27 Oct 2017
Gareth Sansom: Transformer 14 Sep – 27 Jan 2018
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By Rex Butler, 5 Aug 2017
Brave New World: Australia 1930s 14 Jul – 15 Oct 2017 Call of the Avant-Garde: Constructivism and Australian Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art 20 Apr – 8 Oct 2017
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By Rex Butler, 24 Jun 2017
I can see Russia from here, TCB art inc. 7 Jun – 24 Jun 2017
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By Rex Butler, 8 Apr 2017
Louise Hearman 18 Feb – 14 May 2017
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By Rex Butler, 7 Jan 2017
Coalesce, 1993, oil on canvas, 173 x 305cm, photographer Effy Alexakis.
Suzanne Archer: Moving Forwards, Looking Back: A Survey 1969–2016, Nicholas Thompson Gallery 1 Jan – 1 Feb 2017