eX de Medici: Beautiful Wickedness

209 208 EX DE MEDICI: BEAUTIFUL WICKEDNESS Family Portrait (BirnamWood) 2018 Watercolour and egg tempera on vellum 99 x 94cm (irreg.) Private collection, Melbourne p.160 I Buried Her with My Spade 2018 Watercolour with silver texta on paper 114 x 91.5cm (sight) Private collection, Sutton p.167 I Married Her with My Diamond 2018 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 113.6 x 96.3cm Gift of the artist through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2020 Collection: Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW pp.166–7 I Won Her with My Heart 2018 Watercolour and gouache on paper 114 x 95cm (sight) Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by eX de Medici, 2018 Collection: Penrith Regional Gallery, Home of the Lewers Bequest, NSW p.166 Protecting Your Insecurity 2018 Watercolour with egg tempera on paper 114 x 127cm Private collection, Melbourne p.161 The Wreckers 2018–19 Watercolour and gouache, over pencil and gesso, with mica on paper 114.6 x 595.8cm Purchased 2020 Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra pp.173–6 Bucket for a Blood Supply 2020 Oil on Biltwell Gringo ECE helmet 26 x 26 x 34cm Collection: The artist p.178 Cordite 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 122cm Lorraine White Collection p.185 Covid’s Eyes 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 120cm From the Creations Jewellers Family p.183 Depleted Uranium 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 128cm Private collection, Canberra p.182 Disguising Your Anxiety (Xanax, Oxycodone, Fentanyl, Cortisol) 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Private collection, Melbourne p.198 East India Trading Co. 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Private collection, Brisbane p.201 Ecocide (Omicron) 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Collection: Joanna Strumpf and Steven Simmonds p.196 Elizabeth x Han Solo (Shoot to Kill) 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Private collection, Brisbane p.200 Flash Bang 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 127cm Private collection p.181 Genetic Ghost Disfunction (Viagra) 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Private collection p.190 I Can’t Breathe 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Private collection, Melbourne pp.3, 191 Musk Swarm 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm The Ardour Collection p.195 Mustard Sulphur 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 124cm Collection of Jennifer and John Prescott, Melbourne p.180 Non-Valuable Species (Cluster Bomb) 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Collection: Justine and Damian Roche p.192 Raytheon (Crime is a System) 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Private collection p.193 Tear Gas 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 124cm Collection: M & S Beaver p.184 VE Gas 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 127cm Private collection, Tasmania p.187 Verdigris 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 119cm Collection of Dorian and Kathryn Bontempelli p.189 Vincent Verdigris 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 130cm Private collection, Brisbane p.188 Walter Raleigh x Ned (We Come in Peace) 2021 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Private collection, Brisbane p.199 Hybrid Warfare (Testosterone x Coal/Gas Drill) 2021–22 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Private collection, Melbourne p.194 Profit (Fission) 2022 Watercolour on paper 114 x 124cm Collection: T Morphy and J Vanzella p.197 System (This is the Place Where the Martyrs Grow) 2022 Watercolour and tempera with gold leaf on paper Three panels; two panels: 114 x 115cm; one panel: 114 x 145cm; 114 x 375cm (overall) Collection: The artist pp.10, 202–3 Collaborations Club Asbestos Canberra est. 1984 eX de Medici (Artist) Australia b.1959 Neil Roberts (Artist) Australia 1954–2002 Megalo Print Studio and Gallery (Printer) Canberra est. 2003 EXTERMINATE CRIME OF THE STATE 1987 Screenprint, printed in red and black ink from two stencils on paper 79.6 x 60cm Collection: National Library of Australia, Canberra p.91 ALEXIS SAYS DESIRE DRULES, O.K. 1989 Screenprint, printed in coloured inks from two stencils on paper 102.4 x 76cm Roger Butler Fund 1989 Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra p.89 eX de Medici (Artist) Yianni Liangis (Collaborator) Gloria Grady Design (Dressmaker) RLDI (Rob Little Digital Images) (Photographer and digitisation) Think Positive Prints (Printer) Shotgun Wedding Dress/Cleave 2015 Digitally printed silk 240 x 48 x 237cm Purchased 2015 Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra pp.164, 165 eX de Medici (Artist) RLDI (Rob Little Digital Images) (Photographer and digitisation) Think Positive Prints (Printer) Sharon Peoples (Embroiderer) Azzopardi and Hancock Upholsterers (Restorer and upholsterer) The Seat of Love and Hate 2017–18 Embroidered silk, gilded wood 89 x 145 x 65cm Commissioned by MAAS with support from the MAAS Foundation, 2018 Collection: Powerhouse, Sydney p.171 eX de Medici (Artist) Wu Wei Rong (Calligrapher) China b.1960 Calumny 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 124cm Collection: Beaver Galleries p.179 Entangling Ground 2021 Watercolour, gouache and gold leaf on paper 114 x 127cm Collection: M & S Beaver p.186 Children’s Art Centre ‘eX de Medici: The Alien Others’ ‘The Alien Others’ is an interactive project that encourages children to be curious about the important roles insects play in our world, and consider the need for us to protect their habitats. Young visitors will be inspired to draw their own designs on postcards in response to eX de Medici’s watercolours of hybrid moths, moving and still images of insects, and specimens on loan from the Queensland Museum. Children can send their postcards to politicians, or family and friends. Mr and Mr 2019 Watercolour on paper 126 x 151cm Private collection, Sydney Marianne and Ebbe 2021 Watercolour and gouache on paper 114 x 133cm Private collection