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Recent news and articles
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"The chosen vignettes, filtered through the lens of the outsider and coloured by Romantic European notions of the ‘noble savage’, depict what the explorer had considered the most bizarre and dramatic aspects of Aboriginal life. They present a fanciful story of first contact, copied and retold several times, tinted with the same gothic fantasy of John Glover’s contemporaneous paintings of Tasmania’s Palawa enjoying full possession of their homelands during a violent chapter of Australian history."
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Aboriginal Art, Melbourne, Wednesday 26 March, lot 36
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"The incorporation of dual perspectives in his artworks became Onus’ picturesque and gently humorous strategy to surmount prejudiced notions of what aboriginal art could and should look like. Self-consciously, they interrogate the process of representation itself and provide an unwavering reminder that this land is, and always has been, Aboriginal land."
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian Indigenous Art, Melbourne, Wednesday 26 March, lot 12
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"Strong Results and Records Broken at Menzies’ Sale of Important Australian & International Fine Art, the First of the End of Year Seasonal Auctions. While Menzies’ cover lot, The Cable Coils, a painting by Jeffrey Smart from 2001, hanging behind auctioneer Martin Farrah throughout the sale, fetched the highest price of the night at $675,000, Australian auction records broken for international sculpture and for a home-grown pioneer provided cause for celebration and applause on Wednesday night. "
Australian Art Sales Digest (AASD) Auction Report: Important Australian and International Art, Menzies, 20 November 2024
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"Deconstructing and reconfiguring the square in expanded space, and arranging its various permutations into series have become foundational processes within Mark Galea’s committed and interconnected abstract practice. These actions defy the apparent rigour of his formal geometry and narrow self-imposed frameworks, allowing for experimentation, play and chance discoveries."
Mark Galea, Testing Ground - new sculpture and work on paper, Albert Street Gallery, 307 Albert St, Brunswick, Victoria. 19 - 25 November, 2024.
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"A technique only approached at the height of his career (from c.1974), collaboration with local potters provided Whiteley with unique and consistent three-dimensional supports for his sensuous ink-and-wash still lives, landscapes and figure studies. The resulting elegant and life-affirming works were intimately linked to the rest of his oeuvre, both thematically and aesthetically."
Deutscher and Hackett, Important Australian + International Fine Art, Wednesday 26 November 2024, lot 7
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Lesley Dumbrell. Thrum, Art Gallery of New South Wales - "But now is the time that sexuality should be revalued within abstract painting modes to save it from the art-for-arts’-sake vacuum into which it has been drawn"
Substack - Before My Own Eyes
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Discover a unique cultural walk along the Mosman foreshore allowing you to follow in the footsteps of famous artists and explore the stunning harbour landscapes that inspired them. Experience the beauty of Mosman's waterways and hidden coves, and see same scenes captured by painters including Margaret Preston, Arthur Streeton and Ethel Carrick Fox.
Balnaves Foundation and Mosman Art Gallery, launched 30 April 2024