Martin King ledger of the lost years ‘24 and ‘25′ N.D graphite, watercolour and gouache on drafting film and paper 100 x 150 cm
Congratulations to Martin King –
Finalist in the The 2024 Alice Prize with his beautiful work, ledger of the lost years ‘24 and ‘25′.The Alice Prize is an acquisitive national contemporary prize that celebrates artists working in any medium or theme from across the nation.
Significant among regional art prizes, the prize contributes to one of the largest regional collections of Australian art, with works by leading artists from across its over 50 year history.
The Alice Prize collection is a notable part of the Araluen collection and is drawn on frequently for exhibitions.The Alice Prize Exhibition is now open to the public at the Araluen Arts Centre, Mparntwe/Alice Springs until 12 May 2024.
View the exhibition online here
Read more about The Alice Prize here
To read more about Martin King and view a selection of available works, click here
Image above: Dianne Fogwell Prescience 2023 linocut and woodcut 4,500 x 145 cm – installation at Geelong Gallery
Congratulations to Dianne Fogwell on her forthcoming exhibition, Prescience at Geelong Gallery.
Australian Galleries Sydney is thrilled to be presenting a solo exhibition by Dianne Fogwell in our Roylston Street Gallery, opening 23 April, which will run concurrently with the Geelong presentation.
Dianne Fogwell Prescience
Geelong Gallery
Saturday 23 March – Sunday 28 July 2024
Floor Talk
Saturday 23 March 11am – 11.40am
Free Entry – Bookings essential
Book tickets here
Dianne Fogwell
Australian Galleries Sydney
15 Roylston Street, Paddington
23 April – 11 May 2024
For enquiries, please email sydney@australiangalleries.com.au
Dianne Fogwell’s multi-panelled installation at Geelong Gallery, Prescience, presents a panoramic view of the Australian landscape, highlighting both its beauty and its precarity due to climate change. Through fifty-six exquisitely detailed hand-printed panels, Fogwell creates an immersive experience of the bush, emphasising the interconnectedness of the natural world, humanity’s central role in its destruction, and the cycle of regeneration that follows natural disasters such as fire. The installation is accompanied by a musical composition by Reuben Lewis taking inspiration from the choreography and sounds of the natural world.
Image above: Dianne Fogwell Prescience (detail) 2023 linocut and woodcut 4,500 x 145 cm
Geelong Gallery’s presentation of Prescience celebrates the acquisition of this major work into the Geelong Gallery collection in 2023.
This acquisition was made possible through the generous support of the Colin Holden Charitable Trust and the Alan and Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation.
To learn more about Dianne Fogwell and to view a selection of available works in the Australian Galleries Stock Rooms, click here
Image above: Raymond Arnold
Congratulations to Raymond Arnold, who has been Highly Commended in the 2024 Glover Prize, and to Rodney Pople who is also in the exhibition of finalists.
Image above: Rodney Pople
The John Glover Acquisitive Prize – (Glover Prize) has become one of Australia’s most significant awards for landscape painting and is open to artists from anywhere in the world.
The Glover Prize selected 42 finalists for 2024; which represent the Judges’ selection of the best artworks of the Tasmanian landscape.
These 42 artworks are now on display at the highly anticipated Glover Prize Exhibition in Tasmania
Glover Prize Exhibition of Finalists
8 – 17 March 2024
Falls Park Pavilion, Evandale, Tasmania
To read more about the Glover Prize please click here
To view a selection of Rodney Pople’s works visit our online Stock Rooms here
To view a selection of Raymond Arnold’s works visit our online Stock Rooms here
Image above: Greg Johns The Kiss (Buried Alive) 2022-23 Corten steel 140 x 486 x 18cm
“Congratulations to Greg Johns on what he has created at Palmer. This is a nationally important project with Australian sculpture in the Australian landscape. It is also a huge undertaking that brings joy to many and a wonderful opportunity for the artists.”
– David Handley AM, Founding CEO and Artistic Director, Sculpture by the Sea
The Palmer Sculpture Biennial takes place in a hilly 400 acre property near the township of Palmer on the way to Mannum. Strolling over a rise in a landscape that includes escarpments, rocky outcrops and open countryside and suddenly encountering a striking sculpture is an unforgettable experience. In such a setting, these works have much greater impact than they could achieve in a Gallery. It will include works from 22 leading artists, including 1 from overseas and three from interstate. 2 emerging artists are included and this year’s Honoured Artist will be Stelarc.
The Palmer Biennial is a unique event
The first Palmer Sculpture Biennial was held in 2004, and since then they have gained an impressive reputation both locally and internationally. The event is now one of the longest, continually running sculpture exhibitions in the history of sculpture in Australia. Many people who have experienced past biennials now make a point of attending each new one.
Curated by Adelaide sculptor Greg Johns and Robert Lindsay (former Director of McClelland Sculpure Park+Gallery), the biennial is aiming to show a large number of works, the emphasis is on quality, artistic merit, and the way they interact with an Australian environment. A high priority is that visitors should be able to engage with both sculpture and place.
Opening Day and Music Event, Saturday March 16th
Open to the public on weekends 11am to 5.30pm and Wednesdays 2 to 5.30pm until Sunday April 14th
To learn more about the event visit the website Palmer Sculpture Biennial
Email the Palmer Project; palmersculpturebiennial@gmail.com
or phone Greg Johns – 0438807860 or Bill Clifford (08) 8398 0868
The three adjoining properties which comprise the Australian Galleries Sculpture Park in Porcupine Ridge are now on the market. The photograph above shows just part of the extensive surrounding landscape, where over the years we have installed more than 120 spectacular, large scale sculptures.
Click here to read article “Prominent art figure selling estate that’s home to multi-million dollar sculpture collection” by realestate.comPlease contact Ashlee at Belle Property in Daylesford with all enquiries: 0448 169 383
As we farewell the AG Sculpture Park, we are very excited to turn our attention to expanding in Sydney, with a dedicated Stock Room gallery directly opposite from our Gallery in Roylston Street, Paddington. Renovations are well underway in this exciting new space, which we look forward to opening very soon!
Stay tuned, as we will be sharing more photos of the Sydney Stock Rooms in the coming weeks…
Image above left: Australian Galleries, 15 Roylston Street, Paddington with sculptures by Ron Robertson-Swann.
Image above right: The new AG Stock Rooms in Syndey, opening soon!
Image above: Marina Strocchi Dusk in the Hills 2023 acrylic on linen 60 x 93 cm
Marina Strocchi’s insightful writing and a selection of her paintings are featured in her article ‘Art & Trauma’ in The Art of Healing magazine.
This piece details Strocchi’s inspiring experience working ‘out bush” with the Indigenous communities in Central Australia.
‘First Nations art in Australia is a unique phenomenon in the indigenous communities of the world. I believe that this uptake of painting in Australian indigenous communities has come about for a number of reasons. Life in a First Nations community is chaotic at times. People live with acute, chronic, complex and intergenerational trauma. Grief is ever present and funerals are never ending. To be able to settle into a painting which connects you to the songs of your grandparents is immediately soothing. Memories of travelling through your country, which may be far away and hard to travel to, can be evoked through the act of painting,” writes Strocchi
“In the world of art therapists, it is well known that the act of painting can take the traumatised person into a zone, or mental and physical state. It is in this zone where the healing begins.”
Image above: Marina Strocchi Amy in her paddock and the annoying agapanthus 2023 acrylic on linen 122 x 152 cm
Image above: Marina Strocchi Pictograph 2015 acrylic on linen 55 x 66 cm
To read Marina’s article in The Art of Healing magazine click here
To view a selection of Marina Strocchi’s available works click here
Image above: Greg Johns Sit Down Fella (Contemplative) 2023 Corten steel and bronze 260 cm high
To view a selection of Greg Johns’ works in our online Stock Rooms, click here.
Congratulations to Greg Johns and Jimmy Rix whose works are currently showing in the Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2024 exhibition.
71 artists from 14 countries are participating in the 20th Sculpture by the Sea, held on Perth’s iconic Cottesloe Beach. The exhibition is featured from the sea wall, all the way along the sand towards North Cottesloe and on the surrounding grassed areas creating a beautiful sculpture park.
Image above: Jimmy Rix A Bridge Too Far 2023 steel 330 x 410 x 150 cm
To view a selection of Jimmy Rix’s works in our online Stock Rooms, click here
Exhibition Dates:
1 – 18 March 2024
Cottesloe Beach, Perth
To read more about this year’s exhibition and to view these fabulous works click here
Image above: Barbie Kjar and her winning work No Expectations 2024
Photograph by Louisa Chircop
Congratulations to Barbie Kjar, Winner of the 2024 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing.
From over 400 entries, Emeritus Professor Sasha Grishin, art historian, art critic and curator, selected this year’s Perry Prize shortlist and selected Barbie Kjar as the winner, at the exhibition’s opening event on Friday 23 February.
Image above: Barbie Kjar No Expectations 2024 ink, charcoal and conte on Somerset paper 56 x 76 cm
Each year the Adelaide Perry Exhibition of Finalists contributes tremendously as an inspirational learning opportunity for PLC Sydney students and provides the community with an engaging exhibition of varied subject matter and wide ranging technical approaches.
Exhibition of Finalists open
8.30 am – 4 pm weekdays
11 am – 4 pm Saturdays
until 23 March
Adelaide Perry Gallery
Corner College Street & Hennessy Street, Croydon NSW
To read more about Barbie Kjar and view a selection of her available works click here
To read more about the prize, click here
‘David Frazer is primarily a graphic artist, a printmaker, who in his work creates a little microcosm, or a convincing parallel universe, where all of the dreams, aspirations and futile endeavours of humankind are brought together.’
– Professor Sasha Grishin
David Frazer spent his childhood growing up amidst the flat wheat fields of the Wimmera region in Victoria’s west. He felt himself an outsider, torn between a love for the region and a desperation to escape it.
‘I really wanted to write songs – really beautiful, sad songs. I tried, but I just couldn’t do it.’
Instead, over the past several decades, Frazer has established himself as one of Australia’s finest print artists, working particularly in wood engraving and linocut.
All that you’ve loved brings together a collection of Frazer’s work, offering visual form to the lyrics of some of his favourite songwriters and a reflection of the human experience of life, love, disappointment and hope.
David Frazer
All that you’ve loved
Exhibition Opening
Thursday 14 March 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Professor Sir Joseph Burke Gallery The Gateway Building
Trinity College
100 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC
Meet the Artist –
We will be joined by artist David Frazer in conversation with Dr Benjamin Thomas,
Trinity’s Rusden Curator, Cultural Collections, on his art practice and influences.
Tickets are free, but booking is essential
Book tickets here
Image above: Simon Normand Map – Australia 2023 acrylic on canvas and mixed media 145 x 170 cm
Simon Normand’s thought-provoking exhibition, Teaspoon Colony has been reviewed by Stephen Brook for The Age, and Paul de Vries for Nikkei Asia
The artist was also interviewed on ABC Radio by presenter Alice Zaslavsky.
To listen to Simon’s fascinating interview, visit ABC listen: Sculptor Simon Normand on his new exhibition Teaspoon Colony – ABC listen
Simon Normand, Australian Galleries Melbourne. Photography: Simon Schulter for The Age
“Teaspoon Colony uses 24 giant mosaic and steel forged teaspoons examines our colonial settlements and their disturbing histories. It all started when he found one depicting a bulldozer tearing through forest at Cann River. That sent Simon on a journey to find the darker truths behind the glitzy depictions on the tops of teaspoons, which very rarely acknowledged First Nations history of the places they represented.” – Stephen Brooks, The Age.
To read the full article in The Age online click here
Image above: Simon Normand’s teaspoon collection, featured in Nikkei Asia, courtesy of the artist
“Little things can speak with a voice that is disproportionately loud. Take the example of the Australian souvenir teaspoon. In the 1950s and 1960s, decorative teaspoons including images of the locations where they were bought were ubiquitous souvenirs. These teaspoons comprise a time capsule of an era gone by. What do they say? I had never really thought about it until I came across the teaspoon collection of Melbourne-based artist Simon Normand…
As his teaspoon collection grew, Normand began to examine the often-gaping void between the images portrayed and the historical reality as it applied to First Nations Australians.” – Paul de Vries for Nikkei Asia.
To read the full article in Nikkei Asia click here