ALUN LEACH-JONES NOUMEMON BLUE IKON IN ‘PUBLIC WORKS’ BRONWYN WATSON IN ‘THE AUSTRALIAN’

Alun Leach-Jones, Noumenon XI blue ikon, 1967. Collection Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria. Gift of the Benalla Apex Club, 1967. The work can be viewed online at https://benallaartgallery.com.au/benallacollection/collection-view/1052789/ When Alun Leach-Jones, at the age of 23, decided to leave England, it was because, he said, he was feeling “hemmed in”. He was also keen to escape…

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ALUN LEACH-JONES MEMORIAL EXHIBITION AT UNSW MAIN LIBRARY UNTIL 19 SEPTEMBER

Memorial exhibition ‘Alun Leach-Jones: A language of his own’ at UNSW Main Library current to 19 September . Alun Leach-Jones (1937 – 2017) was one of Australia’s preeminent abstract artists. He is recognised as being a signifiant teacher and mentor to young Australian artists and for almost two decades he lectured at the College of…

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ALUN LEACH-JONES EXHIBITION PROFILED BY JOHN MCDONALD IN THE AGE & SYDNEY MORNING HERALD ‘GOOD WEEKEND’ MAGAZINE

Art: Alun Leach-Jones   Artist: Alun Leach-Jones. Lived: North Sydney, NSW. Age: Died December 2017, aged 80.Represented by: Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne (no Sydney representation). His thing: Abstract paintings, hard-edged and colourful. The Country Beyond the Stars (2017), 97 x 72cm, by Alun Leach-Jones. Photo: Alun Leach-Jones Our take: In 2003, Alun Leach-Jones painted a large canvas called The Country Beyond the Stars, drawing his…

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Alun Leach-Jones tribute by Victorian College of the Arts Director Professor Jon Cattapan

Vale Alun Leach-Jones, distinguished painter and VCA alumnus VCA Director Professor Jon Cattapan remembers one of Australia’s great abstract artists. By Professor Jon Cattapan, Director, Victorian College of the Arts On 24 December 2017, distinguished alumnus artist Alun Leach-Jones passed away. Alun was born in Maghull, Lancashire in 1937, and moved to Wales at a…

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