Come Close 31 JANUARY – 16 MARCH A group exhibition of the work of Leonard Brown, Christian Flynn, Ian Friend, Gordon Shepherdson, Amber Wallis and Judith Wright. Taking its title from the poetry of Sappho, Come Close is a group exhibition of the work of Leonard Brown, Christian Flynn, Ian Friend, Gordon Shepherdson, Amber Wallis and Judith Wright. Placed together, the artwork of these six artists is as cohesive as it is distinct. This cohesiveness comes from a shared commitment to the materiality of process and to working with the tensions of form and formlessness. Building through and out of this process…
Nicholas Thompson Gallery is delighted to announce the representation of James Drinkwater in Victoria . James Drinkwater (1983) studied at the National Art School, Sydney (2001) and has held solo exhibitions since 2004 in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle and internationally in London and Singapore. His work has been included in group exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally in Berlin, Leipzig and London. Drinkwater has been awarded the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship (2014), the John Olsen National Art School Life Drawing Prize (2002) and has been a finalist in the Wynne Prize, Sulman Prize, John Glover Art Prize, Paddington Art Prize, Doug Moran…
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Genevieve Felix Reynolds: Logic 28 August 2018 | Elli Walsh The tightly-choreographed paintings of Sydney-based artist Genevieve Felix Reynolds hatch multi-layered dialogues between classicism and contemporaneity; materiality and digitisation. Representational fragments of ancient artefacts are set within non-objective, geometric frameworks, conjuring complex new conceptualisations of space. What are you exploring in this latest series? Painting has always been about space; and its lack. Today we have new languages and technologies through which to tackle this concept. I’m interested in the effect of the digital era on our perceptions of space. A collage-like approach to geometry and the figurative allows me…
JOHN LESLIE ART PRIZE 2018 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED With a first prize of $20,000 the Prize consistently attracts the highest calibre of artists working in Australia. An additional prize of $1,000 is awarded to the best Gippsland work. The Prize is named after the Gallery’s long time Patron, John Leslie OBE (1919—2016), and continues through the generous ongoing support of the John Leslie Foundation. Gippsland Art Gallery is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2018 John Leslie Art Prize. The finalists are: Raymond Arnold [TAS], David Beaumont [VIC], Jason Benjamin [NSW], Natasha Bieniek [VIC], William Breen [VIC], Tim Bučković [VIC], Jane Chandler [VIC],…
