• eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Skinny Day Ambush (Super Family) 2007 / Watercolour on paper / 114 x 192cm / Collection: Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart / © eX de Medici

    eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Skinny Day Ambush (Super Family) 2007 / Watercolour on paper / 114 x 192cm / Collection: Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart / © eX de Medici / View full image

  • eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Blue (Bower/Bauer) 1998–2000 / Watercolour over pencil on paper / 114 x 152.8cm / Purchased 2004 / Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra / © eX de Medici

    eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Blue (Bower/Bauer) 1998–2000 / Watercolour over pencil on paper / 114 x 152.8cm / Purchased 2004 / Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra / © eX de Medici / View full image

  • eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Pure Impulse Control 2008 / Watercolour on paper / 110 x 114cm / Luke Fildes Collection / © eX de Medici / Photograph: Murray Fredericks

    eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Pure Impulse Control 2008 / Watercolour on paper / 110 x 114cm / Luke Fildes Collection / © eX de Medici / Photograph: Murray Fredericks / View full image

  • eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Spy (Tehran/Qom) 2012 / Watercolour on paper / 114 x 166cm/ Purchased 2012 / Collection: The University of Queensland, Brisbane / © eX de Medici / Photograph: Carl Warner

    eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Spy (Tehran/Qom) 2012 / Watercolour on paper / 114 x 166cm/ Purchased 2012 / Collection: The University of Queensland, Brisbane / © eX de Medici / Photograph: Carl Warner / View full image

  • eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Skull (blue and green) 2004 / Watercolour on Arches paper / 57.5 x 55cm (comp., sight) / Purchased 2004. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici

    eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Skull (blue and green) 2004 / Watercolour on Arches paper / 57.5 x 55cm (comp., sight) / Purchased 2004. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici / View full image

  • eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Live the (Big Black) Dream 2006 / Watercolour and metallic pigment on paper / 114.2 x 167.4cm (irreg.) / Purchased 2006. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici

    eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Live the (Big Black) Dream 2006 / Watercolour and metallic pigment on paper / 114.2 x 167.4cm (irreg.) / Purchased 2006. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici / View full image

  • eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / The theory of everything 2005 / Watercolour and metallic pigment on Arches paper / 114.3 x 176.3cm / Purchased 2005 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici

    eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / The theory of everything 2005 / Watercolour and metallic pigment on Arches paper / 114.3 x 176.3cm / Purchased 2005 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici / View full image

  • eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Asleep While Awake 2016–17 / Watercolour on paper / 98 x 114cm / Collection: Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney / © eX de Medici

    eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Asleep While Awake 2016–17 / Watercolour on paper / 98 x 114cm / Collection: Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney / © eX de Medici / View full image

  • eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / You Can Tell from the Smell that There’s Nothing Going on ’Round Here 2011–12 / Watercolour and gold leaf on paper / 114 x 131cm / Private collection, Melbourne / © eX de Medici / Image courtesy: Sullivan+Strumpf

    eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / You Can Tell from the Smell that There’s Nothing Going on ’Round Here 2011–12 / Watercolour and gold leaf on paper / 114 x 131cm / Private collection, Melbourne / © eX de Medici / Image courtesy: Sullivan+Strumpf / View full image

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eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / System (This is the Place Where the Martyrs Grow) (detail) 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: eX de Medici / © eX de Medici

eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / System (This is the Place Where the Martyrs Grow) (detail) 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: eX de Medici / © eX de Medici / View full image

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eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Skull (blue and green) 2004 / Watercolour on Arches paper / 57.5 x 55cm (comp., sight) / Purchased 2004. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici

eX de Medici, Australia b.1959 / Skull (blue and green) 2004 / Watercolour on Arches paper / 57.5 x 55cm (comp., sight) / Purchased 2004. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © eX de Medici / View full image

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