James Drinkwater
JAMES DRINKWATER IN CONVERSATION WITH VAULT EDITOR ALISON KUBLER AT THE MELBOURNE ART FAIR
James Drinkwater in conversation with Alison Kubler Melbourne Art Fair, VAULT stand Sunday 25 February, 12pm Alison Kubler Today we’re going to talk a little bit about painting and what James has been up to, and the new monograph I love you more than paintings 2008 – 2024 with has been launched at the Melbourne…
Read MoreJAMES DRINKWATER IN ART GUIDE’S BEST OF THE MELBOURNE ART FAIR 2024
Best of Melbourne Art Fair 2024 What to see at this year’s Melbourne Art Fair, which features contributions from over 60 galleries. While on the topic of paintings, there are some great examples to mention this year, including Jan Murphy Gallery‘s (B2) presentation of Guida Maestri, accompanied by an array of red wax-cast elements as…
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 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…
Read MoreJAMES DRINKWATER’S CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORK ‘STORM APPROACHING WANGI’ PREMIERES AT LAKE MAC MULTI ARTS PAVILION, 11 TO 13 NOVEMBER 2023
Storm Approaching Wangi and Other Desires will bring art and dance together against the stunning backdrop of the lake at the Multi-Arts Pavilion, mima. Perhaps one of artist James Drinkwater’s most ambitious collaborative projects to date, this interdisciplinary contemporary ballet work explores Sir William Dobell’s history and relationship to Lake Macquarie through the lens of…
Read MoreJAMES DRINKWATER INTERVIEWED ON ABC RADIO
‘Abstract artist James Drinkwater was so moved by William Dobell’s painting “Storm Approaching Wangi” that he painted his own version and created a ballet. It will be performed at Lake Macquarie’s MAP Mima in November. What does a ballet inspired by an artwork look and sound like? The ABC’s Dan Cox needed to know more…
Read MoreJAMES DRINKWATER FEATURED IN THE FEBRUARY 2022 ISSUE OF ‘AUSTRALIAN HOUSE AND GARDEN’
JAMES DRINKWATER FEATURE BY LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW IN ‘VAULT’ ISSUE 34
James Drinkwater’s painting, drawing and sculpture are fuelled by the theatre of his life. He finds the best material in the intimacy of family and the place he chooses to live, the industrial city of Newcastle. FEATURE by LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW There is a physicality in paintings by James Drinkwater also evident in footage of him…
Read MoreJAMES DRINKWATER FINALIST IN THE 2020 MOSMAN ART PRIZE
Image: James Drinkwater ‘Bump in the night’ 2019 oil on linen 125 x 104.5 cm Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is Australia’s oldest and most prestigious local government art award. It was founded by the artist, architect and arts advocate, Alderman Allan Gamble, at a time when only a small handful of art…
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