Art Sets.

Science fictions

By Together In Art

A Together in Art Pocket Exhibition curated by Faith Chisholm

It’s said that science fiction says more about the time it was created than the future (or past) it envisages. Think of the ‘classic’ age of sci-fi storytelling during the Cold War space race, or the many tales of menacing artificial intelligence during this dawn of the digital age. The following artworks delve into science fiction’s fantastical visions of the future to offer up their own intriguing metaphors for contemporary life.

Faith Chisholm is editor at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

AGNSW collection Eduardo Paolozzi 5. Will man outgrow the earth 1972
AGNSW collection Eduardo Paolozzi 5. Will man outgrow the earth 1972
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/139.2002.2/
AGNSW collection Tiger Yaltangki Doctor Who 2016
AGNSW collection Tiger Yaltangki Doctor Who 2016
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/373.2016/
AGNSW collection Yinka Shonibare Alien toy painting 2011
AGNSW collection Yinka Shonibare Alien toy painting 2011
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/358.2012.a-www/
AGNSW collection Emily Floyd Kesh alphabet 2017
AGNSW collection Emily Floyd Kesh alphabet 2017
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/292.2016/
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
AGNSW collection Patricia Piccinini Psychotourism 1996
AGNSW collection Patricia Piccinini Psychotourism 1996
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/13.1999/
AGNSW collection Eduardo Paolozzi Computer - epoch 1967
AGNSW collection Eduardo Paolozzi Computer - epoch 1967
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/52.2001.6/
© Art Gallery of NSW
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