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ART INSIGHT
March 07
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In Focus
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 Devils' Heart 2008 The lines of influence between the British and Australian landscape traditions are lengthy and long standing. John Glover already had a successful career as a leading English landscapist before he arrived in Tasmania in 1831; Tom Roberts was born in Dorchester; Russell Drysdale was heavily influenced by that most English of landscapists, Graham Sutherland, and the Irish-ness of Sid Nolan’s alter ego, Ned Kelly, is undeniable, as is the Englishness of John Wolseley who arrived in 1976, and who now calls Australia home. The Brits are great lovers of landscape. This is evidenced by the Turners in the Tate, and the Constables, all documented and reasoned by that great 20th century English art historian, Sir Kenneth Clark, when he wrote in his influential book, Landscape into Art, “…with the exception of love, there is perhaps nothing else by which people of all kinds are more united than by their pleasure in a good view”. Laura Matthews is the latest conduit between these two traditions. She arrived in Sydney in 2002, fully trained from the Slade School, London. Her touch was thin and her stroke, measured, carrying with it vestiges of what has been labelled the “plus and minus school” (the “plus” and “minus” were the crosses and ticks left by the exact process of measuring and correcting the drawing of form). This was the “house style” at the Slade and had been institutionalised by Sir William Coldstream in the 1960s and taught by Matthews’ mentor, Euan Uglow. The major criticism of this tradition was; it was academic, lacked spontaneity and personal attitude, hence it was totally inappropriate for landscape painting, particularly plein airism. As if to put this to rights, Matthews in these latest paintings of the moody skies of Tasmania has completely thrown away the plumb-line and yard stick trusting in her freehand and feelings instead. The result is these incredibly spontaneous landscapes. Her paint skin has thickened. Clouds are hurriedly blocked-in, wet-in-wet, as they thundered by, before their cumulus vaporises into blue sky. Landmass is equally sketchy, but falls just where it should be, its weight and muscularity you will find very familiar. English landscapes are generally small. What Australian landscapists have bought to this tradition is scale and extreme physicality. Matthews has seen this. With these paintings she is reaching beyond the comfort zone of those small cloud studies by Constable, or of that other renowned master of the cumulus, Wilson Steer. I like these impassioned paintings. They are delivered with great verve and éclat. When you look up, the question of region, of location, becomes less important. Clouds are clouds whether above the Yorkshire Moors or across Bass Strait - the light and landmass, that’s something else. Jeff Makin |
MAIN IMAGE: Laura Matthews, Blade 2008, Oil on linen, 156x216cm (*Available) TOP: Laura Matthews, Violet shadows creep 2008, Oil on linen, 155x140cm (*Available) NEXT: Laura Matthews, On the edge 2008, Oil on linen, 160x132cm (*Available) BOTTOM: Laura Matthews, Azure foam, 2008, Oil on linen, 140x94cm |
Media View
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TOP: Jeff Makin chatting with guest, Gail Watt at the 'Lunch in the Gallery' during his Red Centre exhibition NEXT: A wild camel photographed by Ralph Hobbs - somewhere west of Alice Springs! NEXT: Ralph standing next to Albert
Namatjira's gravestone BOTTOM: Julian Thompson, Blackwoods and Ferns-Afternoon Light, oil on linen, 142x152cm (*Available)
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jeff makin captivates his audienceJeff Makin's solo exhibitions are always highly anticipated by both current and aspiring collectors of top tier Australian landscape painting. Red Centre was no exception. Makin's powerful imagery of central Australia drew the crowds and enthusiastic applause. The show was a turning point for Jeff with some works defining the end of a period whilst others represented a new narrative for the artist.
Ralph visits indigenous artists in their country
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Top Movers
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Chen Ping's paintings have been shown in two successful public exhibitions in China in May and June this year. Three Australian Painters was exhibited at the Guangdong Museum of Art with fellow Tasmanian artists, Geoff Dyer and Anton Holzner. Their work was also shown in a week long exhibition at the Beijing World Art Museum. Ping's work will now be on show in a commercial solo exhibition at the Vis-A-Vis Artlab in Beijing from July 31st until August 13th, coinciding with the first week of the Olympic Games. This is outstanding exposure for the artist in one of the world's leading emerging art markets. Congratulations Ping. Find out more about this artist >
Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri In the current issue of Australian Art Collector (July- Sept 2008, p.310), Sasha Grishin profiles Watiyawanu artists from the Mt Liebig community and writes...
CLICK HERE to view a full image and further information about the artist. |
TOP: Chen Ping, Antarctic Wind, Mt Wellington, Oil on canvas, 150x180cm (AVAILABLE) NEXT: Ralph Hobbs with Bill Whiskey as he signs his edition of collagraphs titled Rockholes near PirupaNEXT:Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri, Rockholes near Pirupa, Collagraph, Edition of 50, 84 x 60cm, Printmaker: Paul Smith (AVAILABLE) |
Market Watch
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Despite the rollercoaster ride being endured by world equity markets, it's interesting to note that in times of economic uncertainty, the art market has traditionally been seen as an area that is less volatile. But, at the end of the day the longer term hold that is recommended for artwork still rings true. We have taken the opportunity to look at some of the fundamentals that buyers must look for when investing in art. In a market that abounds with a fair amount of hype and in certain cases, financial type indices, there are some basic guidelines that should be adhered to. For a more in-depth information contact us here at Art Equity.
Tracking secondary market performance
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Look for career highlights
The nature of private (gallery) dealing does not make the sale price as public as the auction arena, so factors such as general sell-out shows, selection in major art collections and prizes and editorial in art journals and mainstream press will add to the collectability or potential investment value of an artist. This may require more work from you, but the process is rewarding and the potential upside can be very exciting.
Keep watching this space for more collecting and investing tips... TOP: Lily Kelly Napangardi, Sandhills 2008, (AENALKA14389MM) Acrylic on linen,120x180cm (*Available) LEFT: Mt Leibig artist, Topsy Peterson Napangardi at work |
Rental News
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What's On
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Art Equity Gallery Laura Matthews Lily Kelly Napangardi Robert Hannaford
Exhibition Openings To join our Exhibition mailing list, please click here and leave your name, address and email address. Educational Seminars If you are interested in attending a seminar at Art Equity Gallery, please click here. NSWBiennale of Sydney 2008 Revolutions -Forms that Turn The Biennale includes over 180 artists from 42 countries exhibiting at galleries and public spaces across Sydney. Until 7 September 2008 Art Gallery of NSW Bill Viola The Tristan Project Bill Viola is internationally recognised as one of the most important artists working in video today. Fall into Paradise is part of a series inspired by Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde. Until 27 July 2008
Adam Cullen is a unique figure in contemporary Australian art, a larger-than-life artist whose abrasive yet expressive paintings are a confronting and incisive view of contemporary life. His often satirical works are a form of social allegory, a cutting portrait of our national psyche caught in a suspended stage of development. Until 27 July 2008
Japan in the early 20th century was a place of great change. The essential question of the day was: how could one be both Japanese and modern at the same time when modernity was defined as Western? Until 3 August 2008 Judy Cassab Landscapes from the collection Until 31 August 2008 Harold Cazneaux Artist in Photography Until 10 August 2008 Focus on Contemporary Selected from the collection, this display focuses on art that explores history, memory and the associations that art objects can accumulate though time. Until 26 October 2008 Coming soon... Kate Beynon Auspicious Charms for Transcultural Living 7 August - 26 October 2008 They are meditating: Bark Paintings from the MCA’s Arnott’s Collection Until 3 August 2008 Coming soon... Video Logic Video Logic features new and recent work by six artists who have been 19 August - 2 November 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Centre for Photography Darren Sylvester Our Furture Was Ours Darren Sylvester's photographs tackle life's big issues: the fleeting nature of happiness; the importance of friendship; disappointment in love; the inevitability of death. Intuitive rather than didactic, each image is a contemporary parable; each title a distilled prose poem. 25 July - 30 August 2008 Marian Drew Every Living Thing In Every Living Thing, Marian Drew embraces the formal properties of seventeenth century European painting in a series of works which contrast the violence of road-kill with the gentrified traditions of the still life. 25 July - 30 August 2008 James Brickwood Schoolies In researching this series of works, Sydney photojournalist James Brickwood accompanied two groups of teenagers on the annual end-of-high-school pilgrimage to the Gold Coast known as Schoolies week. 25 July - 30 August 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historic Houses Trust
Sydney's pubs: liquor, larrikins & the law Sydney’s pubs: vibrant, noisy, democratic, character-filled, sometimes controversial, always handy for a celebration or a quiet drink at the end of the day – the landscape of the city is unthinkable without them. More than mere commercial purveyors of alcohol, pubs define the pulse, personality and tempo of a city. Until 2 November 2008 ACTNational Gallery of Australia Richard Larter a retrospective Richard Larter is widely considered to be one of Australia’s most distinguished artists. Born in 1929 he arrived in Australia from England in 1962 and, over the ensuing four decades, created an impressive, provocative, lively body of work. Until 14 September 2008 Picture Paradise Picture Paradise is the first ever comparative survey exhibition of the history of photography in the Asia–Pacific region, from the formative decades of the 1840s to 1860s to the early 1940s and the advent of the Second World War. The exhibition chronicles the developments in photography throughout South and Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific to the west coast of North America. Early photography in the Asia–Pacific region reveals the beauty and cultural diversity of the region. Until 9 November 2008 Coming soon...
Pacific arts from the NGA Collection Pacific Arts from the NGA collection is the first major exhibition of Pacific Arts to be held in Australia for over twenty years. Embracing the diverse artistic traditions of Polynesia and Melanesia, studying the greatest works of mainly unnamed artists, the exhibition draws upon the world-class Pacific Arts collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Pacific Arts from the NGA collection includes many works that have never been seen by the Australian public. 10 October 2008 – 11 January 2009 For the first time ever in Australia, audiences will have the opportunity to see an exhibition on one of the most important and admired Impressionist artists – Edgar Degas (France 1834-1917). Presenting an extensive and thorough examination of Degas’ painting, sculpture, drawing, monotypes and prints, the exhibition will highlight his role as a key figure in the development towards modern art. Degas traces the evolution of the artist’s style from finely crafted paintings to exuberant canvases with brilliant palettes and loose brushwork. The exhibition will also showcase works from Degas's favoured subject-matter – the ballet, the race-course, the café-concerts, milliners, laundresses, brothel scenes and bathers. 12 December 2008 – 22 March 2009
Animated: Self Portraits Online Launched Friday 26 October 2007
Open Air: Portraits and Landscapes My Favourite Australian VICNational Gallery of Victoria - International (NGVI) War: The prints of Otto Dix Resonant Visions: Contemporary video from Latin America 291: Photographers in the circle of Alfred Stieglitz Coming soon... Remaking Fashion The cricket and the dragon: Animals in Asian art Order and disorder: Archives in photography Andreas Gursky SAArt Gallery of South Australia Empires and Splendour: The David Roche Foundation Until 27 July 2008 Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial Until 31 August 2008 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Prints Until 4 August 2008 COMING… Misty Moderns: Australian Tonalists 1915-1950 15 August – 19 October 2008 Multiplicity: Prints and Multiples 17 October – 1 February 2009
Hans Heysen 14 November – 15 February 2009 TASTasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Cabinet of Curiosities The Cabinet of Curiosities is a captivating and curious exhibition from the National Museum of Australia that has been wending its way around the country and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is excited to showcase it in late June. The 36 drawers of the cabinet all contain something interesting that is set to intrigue and captivate adults and children alike. From 30 June 2008 Mining, Mud and Mirth: Robinson's photographs of Waratah 1913–45 In 1913 JH Robinson was employed to work at Mt Bischoff Mines on the rugged West Coast of Tasmania. As an amateur photographer he was the principal biographer of Osmiridium mining at the Savage River and Mount Stewart fields, and recorded many features of the Mt Bischoff mine operations-one of the richest tin mines in the world at the time. For over 30 years Robinson captured the lives and endeavours of the industrious individuals who lived and worked in the extreme and isolated conditions of the Waratah region.4 July 2008 – 31 May 2009 Coming soon… Facture This particular exhibition, which is the first in a series, will focus on contemporary Tasmanian craft and design. The exhibition will survey the work of particular artists for whom the process of making the piece and the materials used are conceptually significant to their design practices. 14 August–23 November 2008 Grace Cowley Being Modern Anne Ferran The Ground, The Air The Big Draw ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Great Railway Journeys of Australia: The Workshops Rail Museum – Queensland Museum Travelling Exhibition Since the introduction of the railways in Australia over 150 years ago, train travel has played an important role in Australian cultural life. This new exhibition, produced by The Workshops Rail Museum, explores the development of Australia’s rail network and showcases some of the most famous railway journeys in Queensland and Australia. Artstart—Reflections
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAArt Gallery of Western Australia Circle of Friends COMING...PEEP: GLIMPSES OF THE LAST 4 DECADES FROM THE KERRY STOKES COLLECTION Until 25 August 2008 Grace Crowley: being modern
Frank Hinder Until 21 September 2008
Wonderlust A dynamic new presentation of the State Art Collection, featuring Indigenous, Australian and international art, craft and design acquired since the Gallery's inception in 1895. This exhibition brings together painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper, craft and projections.
Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial A National Gallery of Australia Travelling Exhibition Culture Warriors surveys and celebrates the rich cultural diversity of contemporary Indigenous art practice across regional, remote and urban Australia. Housed within are the voices of artists working in the here and the now. Culture Warriors simultaneously showcases the work of 26 emerging and established artists whose strong and often poignant cultural narratives create a vivid visual dialogue of contemporary life for Indigenous Australians. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perth Institute of Contemporary Art An Ever Expanding Universe Featuring exquisite miniatures, work grounded in both Indigenous and Buddhist traditions, images of the cosmos and contemporary abstraction An Ever Expanding Universe brings together a constellation of ten leading artists. Oottheroongoo (Your Country) Julie Dowling is a Perth based Badimaya artist known for her paintings detailing land, country and family. At once gentle and incisive, this installation is both a self-portrait and a wider history. It reveals an unfolding personal journey and offers glimpses of her physical and spiritual reconnection with her ancestral country - an experience Dowling has meticulously documented via film and photography. Australian Gothic: Video Art Now Well before Australia was charted it was 'imagined as a grotesque space peopled by monsters'. Early settlers found their new land eerie, disorientingly unfamiliar and hostile - a response which became ingrained in our national consciousness, literature and cinema.
Scary Movie HelovanorakTaking its name from a misheard song lyric, Michelle Ussher's architectural installation Helovanorak explores the relationship between people and their surroundings. PICA's galleries will be transformed into a cathedral-like space containing a series of passages and rooms, whose surfaces are tattooed with impressions from the artist's conscious and unconscious memory.
If…so…thenIf ... so ... then, is drawn from the Mangano sisters childhood experiences of their intimate communication and almost telepathic connection. Filmed face-to-face the twins fluently draw around the periphery of each others body. At once inaccessible and peculiarly tender their intense hypnotic performance mimics the repetition of learning a new language. Layered and rich in associations this video work engages notions of language, gesture, drawing and architecture. Silver – Artage 25
NTMuseum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Arafura Craft Exchange. Trajectory of Memories, Tradition and Modernity in Ceramics The Arafura Craft Exchange introduces audiences to remarkable examples of contemporary craft from Indonesia and Australia. 12 July 2008 – 18 January 2009
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25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award Regarded as one of the premier national Indigenous events on the arts calendar, the 25th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award offers one of the highest prizes for any art award in Australia. The Award is important for both established and emerging artists and attracts a broad range of artistic talent. Works are selected from almost 400 entries from around Australia.
Timor-Leste Ami Nian Kultura – From the hands of our ancestors – The Traditional and Contemporary Art and Crafts of Timor-Leste This international exhibition will present the traditional and contemporary art and crafts of Timor-Leste. The national collection of Timor-Leste will be complemented with works from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. This comprehensive, collaborative exhibition of the textiles, ceramics, wooden carvings and body adornment of Timor-Leste will give insights into the distinctive living cultures of this young nation. 22 November 2008 – 12 July 2009 QLDQueensland Art Gallery Gordon Bennett Until 3 August 2008 Picasso & his collection Until 14 September 2008 Sidney Nolan: A New Retrospective Until 28 September 2008 Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award (2008) Modern Ruin Coming soon… Place Makers: Contemporary Architects This exhibition presents the work of 22 Queensland architects in a major new exhibition. Exploring diverse design responses to climate, changing lifestyle patterns and population growth, ‘Place Makers’ will be the largest exhibition of contemporary architecture ever staged in an Australian art museum. 2 August - 23 November 2008
Someone’s Universe: The Art of Eugene Carchesio The exhibition will be a focused survey of work by leading Brisbane contemporary artist Eugene Carchesio. Known for his repeated use of particular images and patterns, his work has an overall sense of rhythm and composition which echoes his keen interest in music. 25 October – 1 February 2009
Premier of Queensland’s National Art Award in New Media This exhibition features the work of leading new media artists invited to participate in the inaugural Premier of Queensland’s National Art Award in New Media. 1 November – 8 February 2009 Contemporary Australia: Optimism Following the acclaimed Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art series, the Queensland Art Gallery is initiating a major series of contemporary Australian art exhibitions at the Gallery of Modern Art. 15 November – 22 February 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Museum of Brisbane State of Play David Nixon: A Quiet Immanence Inhabit: Ideas for better living A free program of art installations and events throughout Brisbane's CBD. Inhabit is a new Brisbane City Council program of public art and events that will transform forgotten and overlooked places throughout Brisbane's CBD. During July and August, laneways, 'pocket parks' and concrete nooks around the city will be re-defined by innovative sculpture, design and events. Until 22 August 2008
A City Seen: Works from the City of Brisbane Collection
10 Days in August: Memories of the Ekka ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Institute of Modern Art The Dating Show at IMA@TCB Rose Nolan Why We Do The Things We Do
Guy Sherwin Cinema of Perception/Cinema of PerformanceGuy SherwinGuy Sherwin
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TOP: Ralph Hobbs pictured with Lily Kelly Napangardi painting a work which will be included in the New Works exhibtion in August MIDDLE: Topsy Peterson Napangardi working on a canvas for the August exhibition BOTTOM: Andrew McIlroy, Lumiere 2008, oil on linen, 183x168cm (Available) |
