Art Sets.

Let’s confess

A Together in Art Pocket Exhibition curated by Anne Gérard-Austin

We've been locked down for so long that normal social mores seem a distant memory. As restrictions lift, perhaps it's time to confess to some of the behaviour we've engaged in behind closed doors. Gluttony, pride, envy, sloth, lust, greed, wrath... Can you recognise any of the seven deadly sins in these works from the Gallery's collection – or in your 'iso' self?

Anne Gérard-Austin is assistant curator of international art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

AGNSW collection Jeremias Falck, after Bernardo Strozzi Vanitas 17th century
AGNSW collection Jeremias Falck, after Bernardo Strozzi Vanitas 17th century
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/223.2007/
AGNSW collection Rosemary Laing a dozen useless actions for grieving blondes #10 2009
AGNSW collection Rosemary Laing a dozen useless actions for grieving blondes #10 2009
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/327.2009.1/
AGNSW collection Ugo Rondinone if there were anywhere but desert. wednesday 2000
AGNSW collection Ugo Rondinone if there were anywhere but desert. wednesday 2000
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/245.2011.a-b/
AGNSW collection James Rosenquist Spaghetti 1970
AGNSW collection James Rosenquist Spaghetti 1970
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/83.1991/
AGNSW collection Salvatore Zofrea Jealousy 1994-1999
AGNSW collection Salvatore Zofrea Jealousy 1994-1999
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/182.2002.13/
AGNSW collection Julian Ashton The prospector 1889
AGNSW collection Julian Ashton The prospector 1889
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/4554/
AGNSW collection Rayner Hoff Faun and nymph 1924
AGNSW collection Rayner Hoff Faun and nymph 1924
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/6542/
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