Thursday 11 June 2020

Article by Jane Albert Much like our current students, NAS alumni John Olsen is utilising Zoom to continue teaching his painting classes. “Why should we stop just because of the coronavirus?” he said. It didn’t take long for him to adapt to teaching over Zoom instead, and the classes resumed. “We’ve continued in that kind of way and that’s been rather nice – it’s a long time since I’ve taught.”…

Tuesday 09 June 2020

While undertaking the National Art School’s Onslow Storrier residency in Paris, painter Dani McKenzie (b. 1990) collected old Super-8 film at local flea markets. She based her Visions series on stills from this found footage. McKenzie was interested in isolating moments of movement in the film and translating them into painting. For her, ‘Painting, in this instance, slows down the act of looking,…

Tuesday 02 June 2020

For the next instalment of On Stillness, we feature the work of NAS alumni Allan Waite. Seated Woman is deep in reflection. Cigarette in hand and sunlight on her cheek, she gazes over her shoulder at a distant scene. This charming portrait was painted by Allan Waite when he was a student at the National Art School in 1948. The figure is a life model posing at the art school and Waite’s portrait …

Tuesday 02 June 2020

This week, our third feature for the On Stillness exhibition is the work of NAS alum Fiona Hall. As well as being seduced by the medium of photography, Fiona Hall developed her innate sense of composition during her years as a student at the National Art School. Although she graduated in painting, she spent much of her time documenting her fellow students, the protest marches and the eccentric b…

Saturday 30 May 2020

The National Art School is delighted that NIRIN, the 22nd Biennale of Sydney’s extraordinary exhibition, is reopening to the public on June 1, with extended dates running until September/October 2020. However following decisions made by the National Cabinet, as communicated by the NSW Government, NAS is unable to reopen our public gallery spaces due to duty of care to our students and staff as a…