By Christopher Allen
We are accustomed to thinking of decades, especially in recent history with which we are more familiar, as having distinct characters, in rather the way that we think of cities or quarters and suburbs within a city as having an ethos, typical classes or categories of inhabitants and businesses.
Image: Paul Worstead Settlement Dance – Sports and Annual General Meeting, 1978. Picture: National Art School Gallery
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Oct 20
Introducing Elena Larkin (@lennylarkin), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work ‘I still hear you singing (Bundjalung land, Alstonville NSW)’.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
Elena Larkin
‘I still hear you singing (Bundjalung land, Alstonville NSW)’
gouache on paper
73 x 154 cm
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
Oct 19
Introducing James Grose (@jamescgrose), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work ‘‘What happened at -34.080S, 151.145E on 17 July, 2023, when the new moon rose at 06:43 and the sun rose at 06:59’.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
James Grose
‘What happened at -34.080S, 151.145E on 17 July, 2023, when the new moon rose at 06:43 and the sun rose at 06:59’
polymer paint, gesso, watercolour, coloured pencil, graphite pencil, graphite powder, felt pen
56 x 76 cm
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
Oct 19
Introducing Ange Harry Bateman (@angebatty), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work “....no more under the tyranny of custom than are the birds and the foxes.”.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
Ange Harry Bateman
"....no more under the tyranny of custom than are the birds and the foxes.”
inkjet print on Hahnemühle etching paper
84 x 59 cm
Photograph: John Dennis
Printing: Benjamin Storrier
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Oct 19
Introducing Omi McCurdie (@omimccurdie), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work ‘The Ironing Woman’.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
Omi McCurdie
‘The Ironing Woman’
single-channel HD digital video, colour, sound
21:42 minutes
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
Oct 19
Introducing Ellen McCalmont (@e.s_mccalmont), one of our graduating Drawing MFA students, and their selected work ‘Sinking from life’.
Celebrate the future of contemporary art at The Postgrad Show Opening Night, Thursday 6 November (RSVP link in bio).
Ellen McCalmont
‘Sinking from life’
charcoal on paper
76 x 56 cm
Portrait Photography: Jack Rockliffe (@soybased_snack)
Artwork Photography: Peter Morgan (@petrius)
Oct 19
