Contributor

Rebecca Evans

About Rebecca -

Rebecca Evans is curator of European and Australian Decorative Arts at the Art Gallery of SA.

Articles by Rebecca

Emblem of our time in a striking, sinuous form

The Art Gallery of South Australia’s new acquisition – Brodie Neill’s @Chair – celebrates of one of the most iconic symbols of our time, but the work’s creation was a long quest for the artist.

Reality meets fantasy in This Woman is Not a Car

Adelaide artist Margaret Dodd rebelled against both social norms and formal art conventions with her witty ceramic sculptures and iconic film This Woman is Not a Car, on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia during SALA.

Hands of Lace, by Dutch jeweller Jacomijn Van Der Donk. Photo: Grant Hancock

Off the Wall: The life of lace

Intricate contemporary jewellery works on display at the Art Gallery of SA echo lace-making traditions dating back to the 17^th century, when it was rumoured wealthy men would mortgage entire estates to buy a lace collar or cuffs.

Off the Wall: The mother of all pearls

This striking circa-1865 gold-set brooch recently acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia was made by one of the state’s early masters of innovative gold and silver work.