ONLINE ARTIST'S TALK
MURRAY FREDERICKS
Wednesday 14 February
2.30pm-3.30pm
In 2003, Murray Fredericks first visited Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, one of the world’s largest salt lakes, located in the deserts of central Australia. Driven by the boundless potential of abstract space, Fredericks has returned to Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre 31 times over the past two decades.
Join Murray Fredericks with Senior Curator Angela Connor in this online artist talk for The Museum of Australian Photography's exhibition 'Murray Fredericks | The salt lake', to learn about the chapters of Fredericks’s extraordinary creative journey – the influences and ideas that underpin his work and the personal and technical knowledge he has gained from his extensive experience.
Please note, this session will take place via Zoom. Bookings via the Museum of Australian Photography’s website.
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IMAGE: Jo Armao (SMH)
JULIE RRAP & JANET LAURENCE Feature in Artists' Artists Podcast
JULIE RRAP & JANET LAURENCE were interviewed by Jennifer Higgie for the National Gallery of Australia's podcast 'Artists’ Artists', a five-part series connecting audiences with works of art from the national collection through the lens of contemporary artists.
The podcast invites audiences to learn more about some of the treasures and lesser-known works in the national collection, as well as gain insight into the personal life experiences and stories of Australian and international artists.
Episode 1: Julie Rrap
Julie Rrap is an Australian artist who was born in 1950 and lives in Warrang/Sydney. She has 15 works in the national collection, including multiple works from her monumental Persona and shadow series 1984. In this episode, she speaks about works of art by Sol Wiener, Sarah Lucas, Tracey Moffatt and Yukultji Napangati.
Episode 4: Janet Laurence
Janet Laurence is an Australian artist who was born in 1947 and lives in Warrang/Sydney. In 2020-21, her work was included in National Gallery exhibition Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to Now: Part One. Laurence has nine works in the national collection, including the large-scale installation Requiem 2020. In this episode, she speaks about works of art by Eva Hesse, Robert Smithson, Rosalie Gascoigne and Nyapanyapa Yunupingu.
JULIE RRAP in 'Suppose You Are Not' at Arter in Istanbul, Turkey
JULIE RRAP is part of 'Suppose You Are Not' a group exhibition at Arter in Istanbul, Turkey. The exhibition, drawn from the Ömer Koç Collection is curated by Selen Ansen, will be on view at Arter between 19 January–29 December 2024.
Suppose You Are Not, the first private collection exhibition held at Arter, spans a wide and deep territory not only in terms of the artworks and objects it encompasses but also the diverse mediums and themes that these artefacts are concerned with. Titled with inspiration from a line in Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat [Quatrains], the exhibition which brings together over 600 works, functional objects, rarities, furniture, and books produced in different periods explores the relations that emerge through the juxtapositions formed by a collection.
Suppose You Are Not delves into the passionate striving to collect and preserve the traces of humanity, the good and the evil, the ephemeral gestures, states, allusions and movements ranging from the most sublime to the most mundane, from the most permanent to the most ephemeral, which manage to persist by being conveyed from the dead to the living.
IMANTS TILLERS Reviewed by John McDonald in the Sydney Morning Herald
'Imants Tillers: The Mosman Years' has been reviewed by John McDonald in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Imants Tillers: The Mosman Years looks at the works produced from 1981-89, when the artist and his family lived on Sydney's North Shore. Tillers started to experiment with small, store-bought canvas boards that could be laid side-by-side, like tiles, to create wall-sized compositions.
The survey exhibition continues until Sunday 4 Feb at Mosman Art Gallery
Photo: Jacquie Manning
PETER DAVERINGTON mural at the Lofts in Beacon, New York
PETER DAVERINGTON has just completed an epic large-scale mural at the Lofts in Beacon, New York. Executed entirely in spray paint, Daverington's mural depicts an idealised landscape, like the Hudson River School artists before him. To capture the essence of the valley, he amalgamated features of the region, including Bannerman Island and the Catskill Mountains, all tied together by the Hudson River.
"The romantic tradition of landscape painting really came on the back of the Industrial Revolution, of which this valley was a key player," explains Daverington. "The impact the revolution was having on the environment led the Hudson River School painters to focus on the beauty of nature. When I started incorporating the school into my work, I didn't even know what the Hudson River was. But it's really an essential piece of America." - Peter Daverington
