Tag Archive for: Artist Profile

Garry Shead: Gentle Lyricism

For a while there Garry Shead lost favour with the art establishment when he deliberately didn’t get swept up in the trend toward abstraction that was dominating Sydney at the time. Today he is widely regarded as Australia’s finest living lyrical figurative expressionist painter.

Fred Cress: Figured it Out

Fred Cress was one of the most successful painters of his generation, by all accounts a leading light in new painterly abstraction, when to the dismay of his high profile champions he turned his back on all of that and took up figuration.

Tracey Moffatt: New Work in New York

From her New York bolt hole, internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Tracey Moffatt talks to Sarah Douglas about her latest work.

Adam Cullen: When the Weird Turn Pro

Like gonzo journalist Hunter S Thompson, artist Adam Cullen refuses to bend the rules, writes Ashley Crawford.

Shaun Gladwell: Warp Speed

Like a skateboarder jumping a kerb, Shaun Gladwell’s art has taken off with a kick.

Robert Klippel: The Natural

A profound understanding of visual language coupled with a prolific artistic output makes Robert Klippel one of this country’s most highly acclaimed sculptors. Story by Carrie Lumby.

Julie Dowling: A Different Way to the Future

Julie Dowling’s art is more than political, more than portraiture, and more than successful. Judith McGrath compiled this profile on Australian Art Collector’s most collectable artist 2002.

James Gleeson: Convulsive Beauty

James Gleeson’s life-long dedication to art is beyond the surreal. Collector’s dossier by Andrew Frost.

Matthys Gerber: With Flying Colours

After a difficult start to his career, Matthys Gerber is now receiving critical acclaim.

Kathleen Petyarre: Dreamings Come True

With the first major survey of this important indigenous artist about to open, the MCA’s curatorial liaison for the show, Russell Storer, introduces the artist and her oeuvre…