RETRO REVIEW: This catalogue essay accompanied an exhibition of paintings by Richard Dunlop, Still Life, Still Death: ANZAC Memorials and Other New Paintings (31st March – 31st April 2011 @ James Makin Gallery) In this exhibition Richard Dunlop reveals a deep sensitivity to the essential fragility of life in all forms, and the tenuous beauty … Continue reading
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
Executed in the printmaking mediums of wood engraving and letterpress, Homesick by David Frazer embraces the tradition of the hand designed, printed and bound artist book that tells a poetic narrative through text and image. This story deals with emotions of loss and regret as seen from the perspective of a male protagonist, cast adrift a sea … Continue reading
Another day another existential crisis, with phrases like this embedded in her work it is impossible not to smile at the wit infused Dymo creations of Melbourne based artist Savina Hopkins. As part of a recent exhibition at Red Gallery for the Midsumma Festival, Hopkins created a suite of works from embossed vinyl Dymo labels, … Continue reading
Tasmanian based artist Milan Milojevic is a pioneer in the field of digital printmaking. His work has recently been subject of a retrospective exhibition, A World Between: A Survey of Prints by Milan Milojevic showing at Plimsoll Gallery in Hobart, Tasmania. This is the original article from which an excerpt was published back in 2009 in the … Continue reading
The work of Melbourne based painter Dagmar Cyrulla contains a captivating psychological quality, and often raises more questions than it answers. No one renders the complexity of human relations quite like Cyrulla. This is from an article published in Trouble magazine, in 2008, about her solo show ‘Watched and Watching.’ What goes on behind closed … Continue reading
This article was published on artshub.com.au on Sunday May 26, 2012 about a solo show by Melbourne based painter John Sheehan at Kick Gallery, Melbourne. John’s about to have a 20 year survey at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre “Shifting Landscapes”. So once again for your viewing pleasure… The more one looks at the art of … Continue reading
Excerpt from an article published in The Melbourne Review, Issue 10, August, 2012, p. 41 Figurative painting has had a lot to contend with over the last century. Since the invention of photography, there have been numerous claims about the death of painting as a means of relevant artistic expression in the modern age. While painting … Continue reading
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