Reviews of art gallery exhibitions published in TroubleMag, Jackdaw and blog, by Alexandra Sasse
‘For the first time, the museum [Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid] is devoting a retrospective to a Spanish woman artist, Isabel Quintanilla (1938-2017), one of the key figures of contemporary realism.’ Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum. 2024.
Curator’s Choice: Selected work from the stockroom and studio. November 2nd – 18th 2023 Featuring: Jane Chandler, Mark Dober, Rachel Ellis, Dianne Emery, Sara Freeman, David Hamilton, Kirrily Hammond, Sallie Moffatt, Ian Parry, Evan Salmon, Alexandra Sasse, John Scurry, Maryanne Wick. ‘South Bruni Island’ Ian Parry 2023, oil on canvas, 92 x 107cm. ‘Windmills’ Kirrily …
Nicholas Chadderton ‘Eksistentielle’. Featuring the iconic forms and fleeting light of the urban landscape of Melbourne, suggesting an existential angst beneath the surface of visual beauty.
Draw 2022 July 21st – August 20th featuring twelve artists with a deep and longstanding engagement with the medium.
Winner of the NSW Parliamentary Plein Air Award, Evan Salmon’s pared back compositions eloquently remind us that we live in the most extraordinary of worlds.
Award-winning artists’ reverent and intimate exploration of form, colour, and design foregrounds our need to connect in a meaningful and constructive way with the nature. Simon Deere’s interpretations of natural forms in decay evoke a sense of fragility and the bizarre. Dianne Emery’s acute perception unites scientific detail with sensibility, creating images of extraordinary beauty.