Rosalind Paterson Drake Brockman, Body of Storm, c.1989. Charcoal on Arches paper, 153 x 217 cm. Photo: Robert Frith. Courtesy: the artist and Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth.

THE END OF HISTORY explores artists’ relationship to history, as it’s made.

At its centre is a group of works from the University of Western Australia Art Collection made between 1985 and 1995, united by mood and motif. These ‘historical’ works are juxtaposed with several recent acquisitions from artists born during and after that decade. This was a decade of transformational change locally, nationally and globally, in which political philosopher Francis Fukiyama famously declared humanity had reached the ‘end of history’ – and Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery opened its doors to the public.

Exhibited artists include Tom Alberts, Jason Auld, Claire Bailey, Jane Barwell, Gordon Bennett, Mia Boe, Mandy Browne, Emma Buswell, Nicholas Compton, Rosalind Paterson Drake-Brockman, Peter Dailey, Julie Dowling, Stuart Elliott, Susan Flavell, Simon Gevers, Euan Heng, Thomas Hoareau, Marie Hobbs, Theo Koning, Jarrad Martyn, Mary Moore, Phillipa O’Brien, Michael O’Doherty, John Paul, Julian Poon, Geoff Ricardo, Jan Senbergs, Derek Tang, Jon Tarry, Imants Tillers, Paul Trinidad, Valerie Tring, Rick Vermey, Peter Wales, Jenny Watson and Yvette Watt.

Opening Event: Friday 17 May, 5.30 – 8pm.