Fiona Lowry | e-invite and newsletter
In her essay for the exhibition Wilderness, Balnaves contemporary: painting, currently at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Natasha Bullock writes of Fiona Lowry’s oeuvre:
"This is part of the paradox of her work – it is as much about formal qualities and beauty as it is about the evocation of impending doom or unease. Indeed there is a seductive weightlessness to the effervescent application of paint that belies the paintings’ thornier content…..the viewer’s vision shudders across the surface: the point of focus staggered over the painting, denying a single point of perspective and a conventional reading of foreground and background. Here, the historical specificities associated with the term landscape slide into the paradigm of place, a broad concept accommodating also nuance and imperceptibility. In the place of Lowry’s pictures narrative is subverted and the optical field oscillates, infused with a melancholy air that is often erotically charged.”
Congratulations…….
Deborah Kelly’s work Tank Man Tango, a dance memorial, has been shortlisted for the 2010 Reeldance Awards. For more information visit www.reeldance.org.au and the winner will be announced on 16 May.
International flights….
Sean Cordeiro & Claire Healy feature in Photography Group Show at Galerie van der Mieden in Antwerp, Belgium from 29 April to 26 June.
Jonathan Jones’ exhibition at Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand continues until 10 April.
Deborah Kelly features in To the Implement! at Halle 14, Leipziger Baumwollespinerei, Germany, from 1 May to 30 June.
Domestic flights…
Debra Dawes’ Open studio – untitled continues at gbk…
Richard Dunn and Joan Ross has work in Constellations: A
Large number of Small drawings at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne from 8 April
to 26 June.
Deborah Kelly features in Hurry-hurry: Radical Printmaking Survey, at Cross Arts Projects, Sydney until 24 April. Deborah will be giving a talk at 3 pm on 24 April at Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross.