Ben Quilty was born in 1973 in Sydney. He emerged in the early 2000s with a breakthrough series of 14 paintings of his beloved 1972 Holden LJ Torana. Working across drawing, printmaking, sculpture and installation, Ben exhibits prolifically both locally and internationally, exploring imagery and ideas that are at once personal, political and cultural. The National Gallery has been collecting Quilty’s work since 2007.

Artworks discussed:

1. Emily Kam Kngwarray, Anmatyerr People, Yam awely 1995, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of the Delmore Collection, Donald and Janet Holt 1995 © Emily Kam Kngwarray/Copyright Agency
2. Clarice Beckett, Evening Landscape c 1925, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Purchased 1974
3. John Glover, Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point 1834, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, Nerissa Johnson Bequest Fund 2001, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and National Gallery of Australia
4. David Hockney, A Bigger Grand Canyon 1998, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased with the assistance of Kerry Stokes, Carol and Tony Berg and the O'Reilly family 1999 © David Hockney

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