Image above: Angus Fisher Gymea Lily 2023 ink pen and watercolour on paper 76 x 56 cm.
We are pleased to share that Angus Fisher has been included in the exhibition ‘Jonathan Cooper: 35 Years’, a group exhibition celebrating the best of contemporary figurative painting, drawing and sculpture, with his work Gymea Lily.
‘Jonathan Cooper: 35 years’ marks the 35th anniversary of the opening of the gallery in Park Walk. The exhibition includes 35 international artists represented by the gallery and highlights Gallery Director Jonathan Cooper’s interest in promoting artists that demonstrate a new viewpoint within the genres of wildlife, botanical, landscape and still life.
To register your interest, email mail@jonathancooper.co.uk. To view available works by Angus Fisher, follow the link to his Australian Galleries artist page.
Jonathan Cooper: 35 Years
Jonathan Cooper Gallery
20 Park Walk, London SW10 OAQ
13 September – 7 October 2023
Gymea Lily, work-in-progress image.
Image above: Angus Fisher Parsley Bay 2022 charcoal on paper 70 x 100 cm.
Angus Fisher‘s Parsley Bay is currently on show at the National Art School as part of the recently opened Dobell Drawing Prize #23, in which Fisher is a finalist.
The Dobell Drawing Prize #23 is an unparalleled celebration of drawing technique and innovation. Presented by the National Art School in partnership with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, the biennial prize explores the enduring importance of drawing within contemporary art practice.
Fisher’s chosen work, Parsley Bay, is one of a number of large charcoal drawings completed during lockdown that feature local bush land scenes along the Hawkesbury river, where Fisher lives and works. Parsley Bay was chosen alongside 63 other works from 1062 entries by judges Catherine O’Donnell, Paula Latos-Valier and Katrina Cashman.
The Dobell Drawing Prize continues at the National Art School until 10 June 2023.
The Dobell Drawing Prize #23
NAS Gallery, National Art School
156 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
31 March – 10 June 2023
Image above: Angus Fisher Parsley Bay 2022 charcoal on paper 70 x 100 cm.
We are delighted to announce that Angus Fisher has been announced as a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize #23.
The Dobell Drawing Prize #23 is an unparalleled celebration of drawing technique and innovation. Presented by the National Art School in partnership with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, the biennial prize explores the enduring importance of drawing within contemporary art practice.
Fisher’s chosen work, Parsley Bay, is one of a number of large charcoal drawings completed during lockdown that feature local bush land scenes along the Hawkesbury river, where Fisher lives and works. Parsley Bay was chosen alongside 63 other works from 1062 entries by judges Catherine O’Donnell, Paula Latos-Valier and Katrina Cashman.
The judges will reconvene in March 2023 to decide on the winner of this acquisitive $30,000 prize, donated by the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, with the winning artwork automatically becoming the property of the National Art School.
Visit our online Stock Rooms to view a selection of available works by Angus Fisher here.
Dobell Drawing Prize #23
NAS Gallery, National Art School
156 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
31 March – 10 June 2023
Exhibition opening and winner announcement: Thursday 30 March 2023
Image above: Installation view, Camie Lyons Untethered.
Camie Lyons, Jenny Bell and Angus Fisher have been included in the latest iteration of Paddington Art Precinct at George Place, curated by Justin Miller Gallery.
Lyons has two works included, ‘Seed’ and ‘Untethered’. These works are remnants of her most recent body of work, ‘Bush Calligraphy’, presented at Australian Galleries Sydney in March 2022.
Installation view: Camie Lyons Seed 2021.
Inspired by the immersive experiences during her residencies in 2020 and 2021 – first at Umbi Gumbi on the South Coast of NSW and then BigCi Creative Ground in the ancient landscape of the Blue Mountains – these works highlight Lyon’s inherent understanding and appreciation of nature’s tempo as she brings this sensibility into the urban rush, reminding us to be free of imposed rigidity and nurture the seed within.
Camie Lyons Untethered 2021 aluminium, graphite & sealer 126 x 190 x 110 cm $14,000. Enquire about this work.
Camie Lyons Seed 2021 aluminium and flock leather on Perspex plinth 162 x 116 x 97 cm $14,000. Enquire about this work.
Installation view, George Place.
Installation view, George Place.
“Art, in all its forms, is the expression of the spirit – a fusion of our rational and intuitive selves. It reflects a version of ourselves back to us. If we open ourselves to its power, we might learn to be native to this place.” – Jenny Bell
Jenny Bell Splitting posts no 24 2012 oil on board 60 x 60 cm $5,750. Work available online.
Jenny Bell Splitting posts no 38 2012 oil on board 60 x 60 cm $5,750. Work available online.
Jenny Bell Shedding light no.14 2007-10 oil on plantation hoop pine 60 x 60 cm $5,750. Work available online.
Angus Fisher Carrion #1 2021 ink pen and watercolour on paper 75 x 55 cm $5,750. Work available online.
‘Carrion #1’ was exhibited at Australian Galleries Sydney in Fisher’s 2021 solo exhibition ‘Natural Order’, which explored human interaction with the natural world and our ongoing efforts to control and contain it. Another work from this series ‘Carrion #3’ was the winner of the 2021 Hawkesbury Art Prize.
“Over 10 million animals are killed on our roads each year. This is a uniquely Australian sight; native creatures struck, tagged and discarded by the roadside. Absurd and grotesque, these animals serenely sprawled and ritually marked by passing rangers represent the accepted price of our fast moving world.” – Angus Fisher
Martin King Tree of life, unsuccessful species 2021 dry point, chine colle and hand colouring 168 x 165 cm
Congratulations to Angus Fisher and Martin King who have been selected as finalists in the 2022 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize.
Launched in 2002, The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize commemorates the birth of The South Australian Museum’s first curator Frederick Waterhouse. The prize encourages artists to investigate the world around them and present their perspectives on natural science. Entrants respond to scientific issues facing our planet, offering a platform to contribute to the debate.
There are two prize categories, an open prize of $30,000 and an emerging artist prize of $10,000
The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize
South Australian Museum
June 3 – August 7
10am – 5pm
Angus Fisher is a Sydney based artist that specialises in printmaking and drawing, working primarily in pen and ink and copper plate etching. Known for his precise and intricate observations of the natural world, Fisher’s practice not only investigates the diversity of ecology through his subjects, but the evolving attitudes, relationships and philosophical interpretations of humankind to the wider natural world. In 2018, Fisher presented a folio consisting of 24 hand-coloured etchings titled ‘Birds of New Holland’ as a contemporary reference and accompaniment to the early encyclopedic natural history illustrations of J.W. Lewin.
Angus Fisher Gunyah Point 2021 charcoal on paper 73 x 100 cm
Martin King’s wide-ranging art practice is underpinned by an abiding interest in the Australian landscape, most visibly by making connections between land, sea and air.
King’s earlier works on paper traced the movement of rain shadows and the effect of weather patterns across undulating terrain and vast tracts of desert. His more recent works express the fragility of our relationship with nature using creatures of the sky as simple motifs that convey a paradoxical vision of the Australian landscape as both tranquil and unsettling.
Martin King Tree of life, unsuccessful species 2022 dry point, chine colle and hand colouring 168 x 165 cm
Martin King Tree of life, unsuccessful species detail 2022 dry point, chine colle and hand colouring 168 x 165 cm