This collection is not intended to make a definitive statement about the decade or Australian art in general. It reflects a process that began with an engagement with artists: listening to the questions they were asking of art and culture, recognising the significance of local experience and identity. The pleasure of this activity has been in listening and learning, looking at things differently, understanding more about contemporary art. This website is a record of that process, and to every person engaged in it — artists, academics, museum staff, gallerists, writers — we express our profound thanks.
