Posts by Nicholas Thompson
NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY SPRING1883 EXHIBITION IN ART GUIDE’S TOP PICKS OF THE FAIR
At the sneak peak of Spring1883 at Melbourne’s Windsor Hotel, one gallerist declared the event “the art fair that artists love”. Rather than meaning something insular, they meant the spirit of fun and community when around 30 of Australia’s top commercial galleries (and a couple from New Zealand), situate artwork within the old grandeur of…
Read MoreRHYS LEE INTERVIEWED IN ‘TO BE’ MAGAZINE BY SAŠA BOGOJEV
RHYS LEE “PAINT KNOWS…” Words SAŠA BOGOJEV Rhys Lee is a visual artist living and working in Aireys Inlet, Victoria, known for melding ethereal forms with a playful touch of street art—fusing representation and abstraction—through lively oil and acrylic colour palettes. In the wake of several upcoming intercontinental exhibitions—showing in galleries across Athens, London, Melbourne and…
Read MoreSUZANNE ARCHER EXHIBITION AT ORANGE REGIONAL GALLERY REVIEWED IN ARTIST PROFILE
“It is this feeling of the familiar that pervades Archer’s work and lends the whole a sense of the uncanny, with insects, decayed bird corpses (showing the fragility of a wing) and the human/inhuman aspect of the masks. That said, her work is joyful and exuberantly rich with humanity.”
Read MoreNICOLE KELLY EXHIBITED IN SALON DES REFUSÉS 2023 AT S.H. ERVIN GALLERY
Nicole Kelly is exhibited in the Salon des Refusés 2023 at S.H. Ervin Gallery until 23 July . The Salon des Refusés was initiated by the S.H. Ervin Gallery in 1992. Each year the selection panel is invited to go behind the scenes of the judging process for the annual Archibald Prize for portraiture and…
Read MoreJAMES DRINKWATER EXHIBITED IN SALON DES REFUSÉS 2023 AT S.H. ERVIN GALLERY
James Drinkwater is exhibited in the Salon des Refusés 2023 at S.H. Ervin Gallery until 23 July . The Salon des Refusés was initiated by the S.H. Ervin Gallery in 1992. Each year the selection panel is invited to go behind the scenes of the judging process for the annual Archibald Prize for portraiture and…
Read MoreSUZANNE ARCHER EXHIBITION AT ORANGE REGIONAL GALLERY
Suzanne Archer ‘The Mermaid’s Tail’ is current at Orange Regional Gallery from 29 April – 25 June 2023 . With over 35 years working in the bush, Archer’s life and work are inextricably linked with landscape. The Mermaid’s Tail presents large-scale paintings and works on paper from the last five years. . During this time…
Read MoreKYLIE BANYARD FINALIST IN 2023 RAVENSWOOD AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S ART PRIZE
Kylie Banyard is a finalist in the 2023 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize . The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is an annual acquisitive prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. It is the highest value professional artist prize for women in Australia.…
Read MoreSALLY ANDERSON FINALIST IN 2023 RAVENSWOOD AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S ART PRIZE
Sally Anderson is a finalist in the 2023 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize . The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is an annual acquisitive prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. It is the highest value professional artist prize for women in Australia.…
Read MoreJAMES DRINKWATER AND SUZANNE ARCHER IN TIARNEY MIEKUS’ REVIEW OF ‘AUSTRALIAN ABSTRACT’ IN ‘THE AGE’
As Australian Abstract attests, artistic genres and labels are as much a burden for artists as they are practical for the receiver. If you’re playing music, for example, you want to know if it’s country or hip-hop. Yet within the vast category of abstract art, how an artist understands abstraction, and what lineage they’re working…
Read MoreSUZANNE ARCHER, ELEANOR LOUISE BUTT, JAMES DRINKWATER, TONEE MESSIAH AND AMBER WALLIS IN THAMES AND HUDSON PUBLICATION ‘AUSTRALIAN ABSTRACT’ BY AMBER CRESWELL BELL
A vivid survey of over forty contemporary Australian abstract painters by curator and bestselling author Amber Creswell Bell ‘There is an internal monologue, and a world of decisions and possibilities behind each work that the viewer does not see. Abstraction is akin to learning a new language.’ ANA YOUNG There is no single neat definition…
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