Catalogue essay for Lost and found by Karen Gray. 1st – 19th July, 2008, Flinders Lane Gallery, Australia. Through the transformative process of applying paint on canvas, Karen Gray’s art has long been concerned with re-contextualising objects and investing them with personal meaning. While this meaning may not always be directly obvious, the emotional resonance of the artist’s … Continue reading
Adam Nudelman’s recent exhibition at Art Equity in Sydney (In Our Private Universe, 7 – 22 March, 2013) displayed the work of an artist at the height of his creative powers – the culmination of years of art making and countless hours spent immersed in the landscape recording its many moods and moments. These works … Continue reading
Last week emerging artist Katie Young launched an exhibition titled Magnum Linea at the Dome Gallery, Melbourne. This series of oil and watercolour paintings are largely based on the artist’s friends and contemporaries, and in the tradition of portraiture they bear a strong physical likeness to their subjects. Yet through the introduction of symbols and designs … Continue reading
First Published Tuesday June 14 2011, on Artshub This vast exhibition of works by intrepid colonial painter Eugene von Guérard toured the National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, and National Gallery of Australia between 2011 – 2012. Eugene Von Guérard: Nature Revealed gives us an insight into the wonder that this European artist, who evidently possessed a passion for … Continue reading
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