Curator’s Tour: Guy Warren

Saturday 17 April 2021

2 – 3pm

The Drawing Gallery

Hear from NAS Archive and Collections Manager Deborah Beck as she leads a tour of From the Mountain to the Sky: Guy Warren Drawings.

Part of the NAS Festival of Drawing 2021.

About From the Mountain to the Sky: Guy Warren Drawings

The National Art School is proud to launch its new Drawing Gallery with an exhibition of drawings and works on paper by Guy Warren AM, NAS Alumnus, Fellow and esteemed artist. This exhibition explores the artist’s primal urge to draw and the diverse ways he makes his mark. It pays tribute to the artist’s great contribution to Australia’s visual culture, and a lifetime of creativity based on drawing.

About Deborah Beck

Deborah Beck has held 17 solo exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne, has participated in group exhibitions throughout Australia, and has been a finalist in the Dobell prize for drawing, the Sulman prize, the Portia Geach memorial award, and the Blake prize. She studied at the National Art School in the 1970s and received a Master of Arts (history) at the University of Sydney in 2010. She has taught in art schools in Sydney for over twenty years is currently a drawing lecturer, historian, collections manager and archivist at the National Art School. She has co-curated four major exhibitions in the NAS Gallery.