Exhibitions  /  Tom Nicholson
‘Public Meeting’

Jun 6 – Jul 16, 2019 Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

Tom Nicholson Comparative monument (Ma'man Allah) 2014, 69 Eucalyptus camaldulensis seeds, collected from 69 Eucalyptus trees in the Ma’man Allah cemetery, Jerusalem, displayed in the “Latin Library” of the Khalidi Library; 400 bilingual off-set printed artist’s books, Comparative Monument (Ma’man Allah): A Guide Book to a Collection of 69 Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Seeds in the Khalidi Library, Jerusalem (2012 – 14) displayed as a stack to take away, designed by Ziga Testen, published by Surpllus; inkjet printed image, taken in the Barmah Forest, Victoria; photography: Christian Capurro, displayed as a free-standing billboard, 300 × 450 cm. 1 / 6
Tom Nicholson Comparative monument (Ma'man Allah) 2014, 69 Eucalyptus camaldulensis seeds, collected from 69 Eucalyptus trees in the Ma’man Allah cemetery, Jerusalem, displayed in the “Latin Library” of the Khalidi Library; 400 bilingual off-set printed artist’s books, Comparative Monument (Ma’man Allah): A Guide Book to a Collection of 69 Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Seeds in the Khalidi Library, Jerusalem (2012 – 14) displayed as a stack to take away, designed by Ziga Testen, published by Surpllus; inkjet printed image, taken in the Barmah Forest, Victoria; photography: Christian Capurro, displayed as a free-standing billboard, 300 × 450 cm. 2 / 6
Tom Nicholson Comparative monument (Ma'man Allah) 2014, 69 Eucalyptus camaldulensis seeds, collected from 69 Eucalyptus trees in the Ma’man Allah cemetery, Jerusalem, displayed in the “Latin Library” of the Khalidi Library; 400 bilingual off-set printed artist’s books, Comparative Monument (Ma’man Allah): A Guide Book to a Collection of 69 Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Seeds in the Khalidi Library, Jerusalem (2012 – 14) displayed as a stack to take away, designed by Ziga Testen, published by Surpllus; inkjet printed image, taken in the Barmah Forest, Victoria; photography: Christian Capurro, displayed as a free-standing billboard, 300 × 450 cm. 3 / 6
Tom Nicholson Installation view, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2019 4 / 6
Tom Nicholson Installation view 2019, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art 5 / 6
Tom Nicholson Installation view 2019, Australian Centre of Contemporary Art 6 / 6

Reflecting the complex dynamic between historical traces and speculative futures in Tom Nicholson’s drawing, sculptural and social practice, Tom Nicholson: Public Meeting is the first large-scale exhibition to survey the scope of the artist’s practice.

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