PGAV | Robert Salzer Foundation

RSF Acquisition Fund

Established in 2006, the Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund supports the public galley sector in Victoria to acquire two-dimensional art works for their permanent collections. To date, the Fund has provided $1,021,758 to enable eligible galleries acquire 275 works of art by 125 visual artists to the value of $2.2 million. The gender breakdown of artists acquired is 44% female, 56% male and 0% gender diverse. (Note: PGAV began capturing gender diversity as a category in 2024, therefore actual numbers may be higher.)

Significantly, the Fund has enabled public galleries to acquire key works for their collection that wouldn’t ordinarily be within their reach. Works acquired through the Fund have featured in national touring exhibitions and permanent collection displays, enriching the lives of the 5 million visitors that attend public galleries across Victoria each year.

The Fund was deferred in 2020 while the Robert Salzer Foundation directed its support to the performing arts sector, which was significantly impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns. The PGAV is pleased to announce the Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund was reinstated in 2022.

2024 Recipients

Recipients of the 2024 Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund and the works acquired:

Ararat Gallery TAMA
Katia TONS, Beyond Homeostasis, 2021, tent canvas, house paint, nail polish, curly ribbon, found objects, hand embroidery, beads. Dimensions: 120 x 180cm.

Gippsland Art Gallery - Eileen Harrison_Celebration of our Culture_2018

Gippsland Art Gallery
Auntie Eileen HARRISON, Celebration of our Culture, 2018, acrylic on canvas. Dimensions: 140 x 240cm.

Horsham - Amos Gebhardt - Family Portrait Triptych 2020

Horsham Regional Art Gallery
Amos GEBHARDT, Family Portrait, 2020, archival inkjet pigment print. Dimensions: 42 x 122cm.

KHT - Steven_Rhall_THE_BIGGEST_ABORIGINAL_ARTWORK..._2016-2017

Koorie Heritage Trust
Steven RHALL, THE BIGGEST ABORIGINAL ARTWORK IN MELBOURNE METRO, 2016-17, inkjet print. Dimensions: 140 x 114cm.

Museum of Australian Photography
Polly BORLAND, Nick Cave, 1983, pigment ink-jet print. Dimensions: 40.6 x 53.4cm.

Museum of Australian Photography
Polly BORLAND, Deanna, 1983, pigment ink-jet print. Dimensions: 40.6 x 53.4cm.

Wangaratta - Matthew Harris_Yeddonba_2023

Wangaratta Art Gallery
Matthew HARRIS, Yeddonba, 2023, ochre, charcoal and acrylic on hessian. Dimensions: 153 x 200cm.

Warrnambool - Mirka Mora - Angels, c1965

Warrnambool Art Gallery
Mirka MORA, Angels, c.1965, oil on masonite. Dimensions: 60 x 90cm.

2024 ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Lisa Byrne, Artistic & Executive Director, McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery
Jason Smith, Director & CEO, Geelong Gallery

2023 Recipients

Recipients of the 2023 Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund and the works acquired:

Ararat Gallery TAMA - Installation-view-Hannah-Gartside-Waiting-2023

Ararat Gallery TAMA (Textile Art Museum Australia)
Hannah Gartside, Waiting, 2023, polyester fabric (found sequin dresses and blouses c. 2010s), deadstock cotton fabric, thread, shoulder pads, millinery wire, stainless steel eyelets. Dimensions: 114 x 221 x 14cm.

Benalla Art Gallery
Dr Treahna Hamm (Firebrace), Myee biganga banu woka daya, 2023, possum pelts, synthetic string, emu feathers, ochre, acrylic paint. Dimensions: 102 x 87cm.

Heide MoMA - Destiny Deacon_Waiting For Goddess A

Heide MoMA - Destiny Deacon_Waiting For Goddess B

Heide MoMA - Destiny Deacon_Waiting For Goddess C

Heide MoMA - Destiny Deacon_Waiting For Goddess D

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Destiny Deacon, Waiting for Goddess A; Waiting for Goddess B, Waiting for Goddess C; Waiting for Goddess D, 1993-2003, light jet print from Polaroid original. Dimensions: 76 x 62cm each.

MPRG - Robert Fielding portfolio Generations-Kinship-Broken

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Robert Fielding, Generations, Kinship, Broken, 2023, acrylic on paper, offset monoprints. Dimensions: 108 x 78 cm each.

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Robert Fielding, Untitled, 2023, acrylic on paper, woodcut and embossing. Dimensions: 120 x 80cm each.

Swan Hill - mapping_the_cosmos_from_kisai

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Brian Robinson, Mapping the Cosmos From Kisai4, 2018, single colour linocut. Dimensions: 147 x 100cm.

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Peta Clancy, birrarung ba brungergalk, 2023, photographic installation: photomurals and inkjet pigment prints mounted on dibond. Dimensions: variable.

Wangaratta Art Gallery
Fran O’Neill, Crossing, 2014, oil on canvas. Dimensions: 183 x 183cm.

2023 ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Victor Griss, Independent Curator
Gail Harradine, Curatorial Manager, Koorie Heritage Trust
Olivia Poloni, Curator, Wyndham Art Gallery

2022 Recipients

Recipients of the 2022 Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund and the works acquired:

Benalla Art Gallery
Atong ATEM, Water 1 (from the series BANKSIA), 2021, digital photograph, 73 x 100cm.

Benalla Art Gallery
Atong ATEM, Hamam 6 (from the series BANKSIA), 2021, digital photograph, 73 x 100cm.

Benalla Art Gallery
Atong ATEM, Malaang in Blue (from the series TO BE REAL), 2020, digital photograph on Ilford Smooth Pearl print, 90 x 60cm.

Benalla Art Gallery
Atong ATEM, Yellow Dress 2 (from the series SURAT), 2022, digital photograph, 90 x 60cm.

Benalla Art Gallery
Judith Nangala CRISPIN, At season’s end, fireflies fill the ribbon barks, down by Shoalhaven river. Sunny, lost to traffic, waits all night for dawn, for waking fireflies, and weaves a new body from their glow, 2022, Lumachrome Glass Print, Cliche-verre, Chemigram, drawing. Road-killed juvenile hare, twigs, marbles, wax, ochre and seeds on fibre paper, exposed 46 hours in a geodesic dome, 41 x 75cm.

Judith Cripsin_On a night of meteor showers

Benalla Art Gallery
Judith Nangala CRISPIN, On a night of meteor showers and lit uranium mines, Jeremy, released from his chickenhawk body by a passing truck, unfolds his thousand eyed wings, 2022, Lumachrome glass print, cliche-verre, chemigram, drawing. Roadkilled chickenhawk, sand, vegemite, household and decomposition chemicals, rodinal, graphite, biro, bromide, wax, and marbles on Fomapan fibre paper, with collaged hand-drawn eyes. Exposed 47 hours in rainlight in a geodesic dome, 47 x 75cm.

Judith Cripsin_Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

Benalla Art Gallery
Judith Nangala CRISPIN, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, hatched in fire and lifting, triumphant over the burning Murray River, on an umbilicus of light, 2022, Lumachrome glass print, clicheverre, chemigram, acid wash and drawing. Three still born guinea fowl chicks, hen lost to old age, acid, sand, vegemite and sesame seeds on fibre paper. Exposed 23 hours in a geodesic dome in natural sunlight, 51 x 75cm.

GEELONG NOLAN_Trying to Get it Right or Righter, 2018_01 WEB

Geelong Gallery
Rose NOLAN, Big Words – Trying to get it right or righter, 2018, multi-purpose identification labels, PVA, acrylic paint, pencil, cardboard, 133.4 x 252.3cm.

SAM - Khadim Ali_untitled #5_photo_Carl Warner

Shepparton Art Museum
Khadim ALI, Untitled #5 (from the Flowers of Evil series), 2019, ink and gauche on paper, 87 x 123cm.

2022 ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
James Lynch, Curator - Collections and Galleries, Deakin University
Mardi Nowak, Head of Visual Arts, RACV
Olivia Poloni, Curator, Wyndham Art Gallery

2020 Recipients

Recipients of the 2020 Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund and the works acquired:

Geelong Gallery, standing stone, kangaroo grass, bush string, a painting by Judy Watson.

Gippsland Art Gallery, Australia Phoenix: A Cosmology, a large format photographic collage by Susan Purdy.

Gippsland Art Gallery, Australia Phoenix: A Cosmology, a large format photographic collage by Susan Purdy (detail)

Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Ripe from the series Memoire, a photograph by Justine Varga.

Monash Gallery of Art, Helen (1962-1974) from the Time series (1962-1974), two photographs by Sue Ford.

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 13 works spanning the 40 year career of print-maker Rosie Weiss.

Shepparton Art Museum, work from the series All These Small Intensities by Raquel Ormella

Shepparton Art Museum, diptych, Adam Goodes (Under Pressure) and Adam Goodes (Stand Strong) by Vincent Namatjira.

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery: Mt Lyell (Expanded Field), a large format work by print-maker Raymond Arnold.

Warrnambool Art Gallery, Coolamon Shield, Whales (South West Victoria) and Lighthouse, digital prints on aluminium by Josh Muir.

Geelong Gallery | Standing stone, kangaroo grass, bush string, a painting by Judy Watson.
Judy WATSON, standing stone, kangaroo grass, bush string, 2020, acrylic, graphite on canvas, 246 x 181cm.

Gippsland Art Gallery | Australia Phoenix: A Cosmology, a large format photographic collage by Susan Purdy.
Susan PURDY, Australia Phoenix: A Cosmology, 2010, gelatin silver photograms (unique state), 40.4 x 2100cm.

Horsham Regional Art Gallery | Ripe from the series Memoire, a photograph by Justine Varga.
Justine VARGA, Ripe from the series Memoire, 2016, c type photograph (edition 5 of 5), 113.5 x 80cm.

Monash Gallery of Art: Helen (1962-1974) from the Time series (1962-1974), two photographs by Sue Ford.
Sue FORD, Helen (1962 – 1974) from the Time series (1962 -1974), 2 gelatin silver prints (edition 3 of 3), 10.8 x 7.4cm.

Mornington Peninsula Regional Galler: 13 works spanning the 40 year career of print-maker Rosie Weiss.

Shepparton Art Museum | work from the series All These Small Intensities by Raquel Ormella and a diptych, Adam Goodes (Under Pressure) and Adam Goodes (Stand Strong) by Vincent Namatjira.
Raquel ORMELLA, All these small intensities, 2017-18, Series One: Childhood to Art School, silk and cotton embroidery thread on linen, dimensions variable.
Vincent NAMATJIRA, Adam Goodes (Under Pressure) & Adam Goodes (Stand Strong) diptych, 2019, acrylic on linen, 76 x 51cm each.

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery: Mt Lyell (Expanded Field), a large format work by print-maker Raymond Arnold.
Raymond ARNOLD, Mt Lyell (Expanded Field), 2017, etching, 80 x 500cm.

Warrnambool Art Gallery: Coolamon Shield, Whales (South West Victoria) and Lighthouse, digital prints on aluminium by Josh Muir.
Josh MUIR, Coolamon Shield, 2019, unique digital print on aluminium, 80 x 80cm.
Josh MUIR, Whales (South West Victoria), 2019, unique digital print on aluminium, 80 x 80cm.
Josh MUIR, Lighthouse, 2019, unique digital print on aluminium, 80 x 80cm.

2020 ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Jacqueline Doughty, Curatorial Manager, The Ian Potter Museum of Art
James Lynch, Curator - Collections and Galleries, Deakin University
Diane Soumilas, Gallery Co-ordinator and Curator, Glen Eira City Council Gallery

2018 Recipients

Recipients of the 2018 Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund and the works acquired:

Benalla Art Gallery | Flooded, a painting by Ivan Durrant

Geelong Gallery | Spring, a painting by Brett Colquhoun

Gippsland Art Gallery | God Only Knows, a painting by Kevin Mortensen

Latrobe Regional Gallery | The Long Goodbye, a photograph by Pat Brassington

Monash Gallery of Art | The Cook, a photograph by Anne Zahalka on the last stock of Ilfachrome

Shepparton Art Museum | three photographs from the series A Series of Unwarranted Events by Hayley Millar-Baker

Shepparton Art Museum | Determination, a drawing on fabric by Pierre Mukeba

Warrnambool Art Gallery | four photographs from the series A Series of Unwarranted Events by Hayley Millar-Baker

2018 ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Adam Harding, Director, Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP)
Mardi Nowak, Director, NETS Victoria
Helen Rayment, Acting Director, RMIT Gallery

2017 Recipients

Recipients of the 2017 Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund and the works acquired:

Ararat Regional Art Gallery | Jemima Wyman, Domestic Rage, 2017, custom printed textiles, 143 x 199cm.

Gippsland Art Gallery | Steaphan Paton MuraskinVII, 2017, etched colonial cotton canvas, 180 x 120cm.

Hamilton Gallery | Jon Cattapan Imagine A Raft, 2011, oil on linen, 195 x 168cm.

Heide Museum of Modern Art | two works by Zoe Croggon;Harp #2, 2017, C-type photograph, framed, 80 x 86cm; and Plumb, 2015, C-type photograph, framed, 80 x 86cm.

Horsham Regional Art Gallery | Destiny Deacon Smile, 2017 Lightjetprint AP1, 102 x 127cm (framed).

Koorie Heritage Trust | Marlene Gilson Marngrook, 2017, acrylic on linen, 76 x 100cm.

Wangaratta Art Gallery | Mohsen Meysami Between the Devil and the deep blue sea, 2016, hand stitching, embroidery on fabric, used/recycled Persian rug, 140 x 90cm.

Warrnambool Art Gallery to commission a painting about the Budj Bim landscape by artist Sam Leach. (Image: Indicative image: Sam Leach, Budj Bim landscape (working title), 2017/18, oil on linen.)

2017 ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Jessica Bridgfoot Curator, Bendigo Art Gallery
Mardi Nowak Director, NETS Victoria
Dr Kent Wilson Senior Curator, La Trobe Art Institute.

2016 Recipients

Recipients of the 2016 Robert Salzer Foundation Acquisition Fund and the works acquired:

Jordan Marani, Eiderdown II, 2016, acrylic paint, pencil on polyester cotton handkerchiefs, 245cm x 170cm.

Petrina Hicks, A Selection of Works 2005-2016, 12 pigment prints on Hahnemuhle photo rag pearl paper (Edition 2 of 8, signed), 50cm x 50cm each. Shenae and Jade, 2005 from the series Untitled.

Brook Andrew, set of 8 satirical photolithographs, 2016. (Pictured: Brook Andrew, Bringing up the bodies Without fear or favour , 2016, four-colour photolithograph with collaged photolithograph elements and hand colour; edition of 30 + A/Ps, 49.0 × 70cm)

Daniel Crooks, Static No.21 (Double Helix) , 2017, single channel high definition video.

Belinda Fox, [Diptych] Still/Life VII (fill me up) & Still/Life II (too much) , 2016, watercolour and drawing on board.

Michael Riley, three photographs from the series A Common Place: Portraits of Moree Murries , 1990.

Vincent Namatjira, Queen and me, 40 x 40cm.

Ararat Regional Art Gallery | Jordan Marani, Eiderdown II , 2016, acrylic paint, pencil on polyester cotton handkerchiefs.

Benalla Art Gallery | Petrina Hicks, limited edition set of 12 photographs, 2005-2016. (Pictured: Shenae and Jade, 2005 from the series Untitled)

Geelong Gallery | Brook Andrew, set of 8 satirical photolithographs, 2016. (Pictured: Brook Andrew, Bringing up the bodies Without fear or favour, 2016, four-colour photolithograph with collaged photolithograph elements and hand colour; edition of 30 + A/Ps, 49.0 × 70cm)

Horsham Regional Art Gallery | Daniel Crooks, Static No.21 (Double Helix) , 2017, single channel high definition video.

Mildura Art Centre Gallery | Belinda Fox, [Diptych] Still/Life VII (fill me up) & Still/Life II (too much) , 2016, watercolour and drawing on board.

Monash Gallery of Art | Michael Riley, three photographs from the series A Common Place: Portraits of Moree Murries , 1990.

Warrnambool Art Gallery to commission a portrait by Vincent Namatjira of Rex Battarbee. Image: Vincent Namatjira, Queen and me, 40 x 40cm.

2016 ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Tansy Curtin Curatorial Manager, Bendigo Art Gallery
Melinda Martin Director, Linden New Art
Anton Vardy Director, Gippsland Art Gallery

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