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Curated by: Timothy Morrell

The exhibition of contemporary É«ÇéÍøÕ¾n art includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints and video. These eighty-one works are from the internationally recognised Griffith University Art Collection.

Exhibition curator Timothy Morrell said a distinguishing character of the Griffith University Art Collection was “the tendency for the works to provoke a strong engagement with the viewer, politically or visually and often both.”

“Many of the works were acquired because they express a fairly strident, often dissenting, point of view,” he said.

“Marginalised and minority voices are sometimes amplified to become prevalent. The Redback Graphix works in the Poster Collection illustrate this."

“A less assertive and often more interesting point of view is often provided by works that seem non-aligned because they cross over and straddle conventional cultural boundaries. Works by artists such as Gordon Bennett, Tracey Moffatt, Luke Roberts, Rose Farrell and George Parkin are in this category."

“The Collection is also notable for large works by well-known artists who use epic scale for its unsettling rather than confidently heroic qualities, such as the works by Mike Parr, Ken Orchard, Julie Rrap, Dale Frank and Bill Henson.”

Other Views provides the opportunity for a more consolidated reading of the Collection to be extended to further audiences. The Griffith University Art Collection is normally integrated into the everyday life of the diverse communities within the University's five campuses.

Artists: Davida Allen, Andrew Arnaoutopoulos, Di Ball, Jill Barker, Gordon Bennett, Kate Benyon and Michael Pablo McKenzie, Cherie Bradshaw, Ian Burn, Michael Callaghan, Paul Cockram, Justine Cooper, Robert Ambrose Cole, Tony Coleing, Adam Cullen, Joanne Currie, Destiny Deacon, Linda Dement, Drunk Persons, Lesley Dumbrell, Earthworks Poster Collective, Rose Farrell and George Parkin, Dale Frank, Lynette Finch, Jeff Gibson, John Gillies, Peter Hannessey, Bill Henson, Leigh Hobba and Noel Sheridan, Annie Hogan, Tim Johnson, Teresa Jordan, Christopher Koller, Derek Kreckler, Colin Lanceley, Lucifoil (Angela Gee), Ruth Maddison, Tracey Moffatt, Robyn McDonald, David McDiarmid, Marie McMahon, Bessie Nakamarra Sims, Ivy Napangardi Poulson, Judy Napangardi Watson, Michael Nelson Jagamarra, Ken Orchard, Mike Parr, Rachel Perkins and Ned Landers, Randelli, Cindy Ranger, Bruce Reynolds, Luke Roberts, Julie Rrap, Chris Stannard, Ruby Spowart, Kathy Temin, Ken Thaiday Snr, Rover Thomas, Hiram To, Peter Tyndall, Katarina Vesterberg, Linda Wallace, Brett Whiteley

^{Image: Other Views, installation view, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, 2002. Photo: Peter Wanny}