Ken Unsworth

Ken Unsworth, Australia b.1931 / Night rituals (no. 10 from 'The mirror and other fables' series) 1984 / Bitumen-based and aluminium-based paints on paper / Triptych: left and right sheets:229 x 152cm (each);centre sheet: 229 x 183cm / Purchased 1996 with funds from an anonymous donor through the QAG Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Ken Unsworth

Ken Unsworth, Australia b.1931 / Night rituals (no. 10 from 'The mirror and other fables' series) 1984 / Bitumen-based and aluminium-based paints on paper / Triptych: left and right sheets:229 x 152cm (each);centre sheet: 229 x 183cm / Purchased 1996 with funds from an anonymous donor through the QAG Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Ken Unsworth / View full image

When

19 Jul 2025 – 8 Feb 2026

Where

Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery 3 (Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Gallery)

Admission

Free

About

Ken Unsworth is one of Australia’s most celebrated and accomplished contemporary artists. Practicing for over sixty years, his diverse artworks are both formally and conceptually ambitious, often dealing with themes of transformation, human emotion and autobiography.

Working in a wide variety of mediums throughout his career including painting and performance, sculpture and installation, Unsworth is known for his poetic tenor, with a deep awareness of life and death, the clarity of insight and the depths of darkness.

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