Artwork of the Day - Platten - Head and House

Anna Platten (b.1957)
Head and House 2007
charcoal on paper
125 x 100cm
no.10769

Finalist in the Kedumba drawing prize 2007

One of the most important artists of current times Anna Platten was included in the recent Contemporary Australia; Optimism at the Queensland Art Gallery with two large commissioned works. She was also included in the Samstag Museum's Colliding Worlds earlier this year. John Mcdonald included Anna in his recent book Studio a selection the leading contemporary painters and Australian Art Collector magazine has listed her as one of the top 50 most collectable artists. Anna Platten is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Tweed Heads Regional Gallery, Newcastle Regional Gallery, Art Bank, Parliament House; South Australia, University of South Australia, important private collections nationally and internationally.