Menzies Art Brands

28 April to 16 May 2025 | Selling Exhibition

Lisa Roet – Going Ape

Menzies is thrilled to announce an upcoming survey exhibition of major works by internationally lauded sculptor Lisa Roet in our Melbourne gallery.

With the ape as her muse, Lisa Roet has won critical acclaim in Australia and internationally for her multidisciplinary practice spanning three decades, including sculpture, drawing and printmaking.

Roet’s work interrogates the relationship between humans and our simian relatives, prompting complex dialogues around human evolution and creationism, language and communication, and science and art. Her work poignantly highlights how we are inextricably linked to the ‘other’ primates, with whom we share over 98% of our DNA, amid the tangle of biology, nature and culture.

LISA ROET born 1967
<I>Chimpanzee Hands</I> 2007
bronze
145.0 x 45.0 x 35.0 cm; 70.0 x 105.0 x 50.0 cm (including bases)
edition: 6/6 LISA ROET born 1967
Chimpanzee Hands 2007
bronze
145.0 x 45.0 x 35.0 cm; 70.0 x 105.0 x 50.0 cm (including bases)
edition: 6/6
LISA ROET born 1967
<I>Gold Finger</I>
bronze, 24 karat gold plated
35.0 x 37.0 x 12.0 cm
edition: 3/6
LISA ROET born 1967
Gold Finger
bronze, 24 karat gold plated
35.0 x 37.0 x 12.0 cm
edition: 3/6
LISA ROET born 1967
<I>The Cradle</I> 2017
bronze
185.0 x 89.0 x 70.0 cm (including base)
LISA ROET born 1967
The Cradle 2017
bronze
185.0 x 89.0 x 70.0 cm (including base)
LISA ROET born 1967
<I>The Age of Empathy</I>
Carrara marble
46.0 x 15.0 x 10.0 cm LISA ROET born 1967
The Age of Empathy
Carrara marble
46.0 x 15.0 x 10.0 cm

Catalogue online from 24 April 2025

EXHIBITION IN MELBOURNE
28 April – 16 May, 10am - 5pm*
Menzies Gallery, 1 Darling Street, South Yarra, VIC

*Closed Sundays

  • Specialists for this Sale
  • Cameron Menzies

    Cameron Menzies, Chairman & Head of Private Sales

    cmenzies@menziesartbrands.com
    +61 (0) 466 636 142 

  • John Keats, Chief Executive Officer

    jkeats@menziesartbrands.com
    +61 (0) 3 9832 8700
    +61 (0) 403 159 785

  • Catherine Baxendale

    Catherine Baxendale, Senior Art Specialist

    cbaxendale@menziesartbrands.com
    +61 (0) 2 8344 5404
    +61 (0) 423 067 180

  • Asta Cameron

    Asta Cameron, Art Specialist

    acameron@menziesartbrands.com
    +61 (0) 3 9832 8700
    +61 (0) 400 914 088

  • Clementine Retallack

    Clementine Retallack, Art Specialist

    cretallack@menziesartbrands.com
    +61 (0) 2 8344 5404
    +61 (0) 478 493 026

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