Press Release: Food & Art

The representation of food has always had a presence within the realm of the visual arts. The sharing of food and drink is a communal behavior similar to the way art acts as a forum for dialogue. This collection of paintings from the gallery stock room explores the appearance of food in not only traditional still life paintings and banquet scenes but also in figurative paintings such as David Boyd’s Two Children with apple and orange and Ray Crooke’s Villagers Relaxing.


The still life paintings range from knobby yellow capsicums by Ena Joyce to Elisabeth Kruger’s perfectly round clementines that appear to be rosy and ripe. Sophie Dunlop’s opulent coloured etchings display fruits scattered among various bowls and pitchers with a background echoing the aesthetic of a Roman fresco. Dunlop layers the connections between food and art by referencing art itself within the genre of a still life. With this in mind, the quite composition of a jar of paint brushes and a lone squash in Judy Cassab’s Untitled painting can be viewed as the crux of the exhibition and a celebration of creative output, both artistic and culinary.


Food & Art will be on view starting March 26th at Eva Breuer Art Dealer.

Press: The Sydney Magazine

Food & Art from the Gallery Stock Room

On view from 26th March 2010

New Addition to the 2010 Exhibition Schedule

Sam Wade: Exhibition 2010, Opening 2 October, 3-5PM

Artist Spotlight: Pam Sackville

Who (or what) do you consider your artistic inspiration?

I find the play and effects of light and shade to be endlessly inspiring; whether it be on faces, hands, flowers or drapery, or the distant hills, ocean waves or trees.

Do you listen to music while you work, and if so, what is most often playing?

I love classical music, and often listen while I work. Schubert, Mendelsohn, Brahms, Mozart, Handel; chamber music, symphony or opera. Music always evokes an emotional response which surely enhances the pleasure of painting.

Who of your peers do you respect the most?

Being a watercolour artist, I particularly admire those who paint in watercolours. I was delighted when Cherry Hood won the Archibald prize with her watercolour portrait of Simon Tedeschi. An American painter called Charles Demuth provided much inspiration in my early painting and teaching. And I have always loved Margaret Woodward's drawings and paintings.

When did you decide to become an artist?

I began drawing in my late thirties as a hobby and found myself - to my great surprise - at the City Art Institute (now Sydney College of the Arts) completing a BA VisArt. One thing led to another and my new life as an artist began.

What is your favourite colour?

I love Winsdor Blue (green shade) for its vibrancy and strength. Brown Madder is also a favourite, and more recently I have become very enthusiastic about Perylene Maroon, a beautiful deep red/maroon.

Do you have a favourite painting or work of art? If so, what is it?

Though I have several cherished works of art, one of my all time favourites would have to be Margaret Woodward's Peregrinations Across The Gibson (1988). On a personal note, I would never part with my own pencil drawings of our two daughters.

Pam Sackville's exhibition of watercolour paintings opens 24th of April, 3-5PM

New in the Gallery: Cassab, Friend & Coburn

Judy Cassab

Judy Cassab
Untitled c.1965
Oil on board
46.5 x 61cm
no.11216

Donald Friend: The Four Seasons Etchings

John Coburn

Zai Kuang - Finalist 2010 City of Albany Art Prize

Congratulations to Zai Kuang who is a finalist in the 2010 City of Albany Art Prize for his painting Toys.

Toys, oil on canvas, 74 x 90 cm

Artwork of the Day - Gleeson - Aubade for a Summer Solstice

James Gleeson (1915-2008)
Aubade for a Summer Solstice 1989
oil on linen
178 x 152cm
Signed ‘Gleeson 89’ lower left
Provenance: The collection of the artist
no.2354

James Gleeson is Australia’s most important surrealist painter and one of Australia’s most esteemed cultural critics. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as many other public collections both in Australia and overseas. In 2004 the National Gallery of Victoria curated a major travelling exhibition of Gleeson’s work entitled James Gleeson: Beyond the Screen of Sight.

He has been the recipient of numerous coveted awards including the 1987 McCaughey Prize.

Aubade for a Summer Solstice 1989 is a monumental painting in which Gleeson’s skill as a painter and his fathomless imagination have combined to create a picture of surreal beauty and mystique.

Eva Breuer Art Dealer - Financial Review

Eva Breuer - Sydney Morning Herald

New in the Gallery: Brett Whitley & Paul Procee

Brett Whiteley: Towards Sculpture Etchings

Paul Procee: Writer Series Drawings

Artwork of the Day - Nolan - River Shooting (Kelly)

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
River Shooting (Kelly) 1964
Oil on board
120 x 150 cm
verso: 17 Nov 1964 Nolan
28 (circled) River Shooting / E5357 x S. Nolan
Marlborough Galleries Label, Stock No. NON4742 /
Centre Between Column (on stretcher)
no.8362

Provenance:
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery New York,
Corporate collection London

Exhibited:
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery New York 1964,
Grosvenor Fair London 2005

River Shooting (Kelly) 1964 is part of a small series of important paintings which precede and directly inform the monumental River Bend I (Australian National University) and River Bend II 1964-65. The role of Ned Kelly in Nolan’s art has been a constantly changing one throughout his career. His fascination with the Kelly myth was not a form of historical documentation, rather as Jane Clark explains, it adapted “ to suit the artist’s own experiences and moods… He has been a hero, a fool, a man who armoured himself against Australia, who faced it, didn’t face it, conquered it, lost it - ‘ambiguity personifed’.”1

The central focus of River Shooting 1964 is the wounded policeman, Constable Scanlon, who was murdered by Kelly at Stringybark Creek in the Wombat Ranges of North-eastern Victoria in October 1978 leading to the Gang’s apprehension two years later at Glenrowan, and to Kelly’s execution.

Nolan returned to the Ned Kelly subject late in 1964 after returning from travels through Africa and Antarctica. The dominant image of Nolan’s Kelly as mythic hero, which established the 1940s Kelly series as a quintessentially Australian symbol, is transformed in River Shooting into a universal figure; his humanity rather than his heroicism the emphasis here. The emphasis on the mythic hero figure, commanding in the landscape, has been reversed with the image of Kelly a vital but almost ghost-like presence among the colours and textures of the Australian bush.

From the early 1960s onwards Nolan worked consistently in oils for the first time. His earlier work up to around 1950 had relied heavily on the use of Ripolin enamel. River Shooting 1964 exemplifies Nolan’s prolonged search to achieve in his words a “stereoscopic effect” of the lush Australian bush. Nolan explained that he “found some solutions in Paul Cézanne’s Dans le parc du chateau (London National Gallery). I noticed that Cézanne had very broken shapes that he cut through with the trunks of trees. The stereoscopic effect comes partially from the sudden placement of the straight edge against the mottled and divided background.”2

1Clark. J., Sidney Nolan: Landscapes and Legends, ICCA, Sydney, 1987, p.163.
2 Sidney Nolan quoted in Lynn. E., Sidney Nolan: Australia, Sydney, 1979, p.130.

Press Release: Pam Sackville - New Work 2010

Eva Breuer Art Dealer is pleased to announce the opening of Pam Sackville’s exhibition, a collection of vibrant contemporary watercolours featuring colourful flowers such as Camelias, Roses, Hydrangeas and Poppies as well as still lifes of native plants and delicate studies of fruit and porcelain dishes.

In these beautiful large-scale watercolours Sackville captures the softness and fragility of flowers. She finds watercolour the perfect medium to express their beauty allowing her to depict a translucency, delicacy and explosion of colour.

The diaphanous petals in Poppies III demonstrate Sackville’s mastery of shading and tonality – pink, red, yellow, and orange pigments glow brilliantly against the muted sea-coloured wash in the background. Many of her subjects are romanticised, in Kale, the borecole appears to be a voluminous rose rather than a bulky cabbage with a fine purple outline fringing the edges of the green and yellow leaves.

Sackville has held solo exhibitions in Sydney and Melbourne since 1984 and her work is held in numerous private collections. Her works have been published in the Australian Arts Diary and illustrated in gardening books and manuscripts such as Australian Garden Guide and the ‘Flowers’ column in the Weekend Australian magazine.

Exhibition:
Pam Sackville: New Paintings 2010

Eva Breuer Art Dealer
83 Moncur Street Woollahra

Opening:
Saturday 24 April 2010
Drinks with the artist 3-5pm

Important Australian Paintings January Stock Card

Wayne Eager Exhibition 2010 Invite

Artwork of the Day - Sutherland - Asters in a White Vase

Jean Sutherland (1902 - 1978)
Asters in a White Vase c.1927
Oil on canvas
56 x 41cm
no.3146

Jean Sutherland is represented in the National Gallery of Victoria as well as many important collections throughout Australia. Sutherland was the recipient of many awards including the 1923 National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Art Scholarship.

New Addition to the 2010 Exhibition Schedule

Rosemary Valadon: New Work 2010
Opening 28 August 2010, 3-5PM

Eva Anne Breuer (1943-2010)

Eva Anne Breuer
(1943-2010)

It is with great sadness that we announce Eva passed away last Thursday 4 February after a long illness. This will come as a shock to many and we apologise for not being able to contact everyone personally. The gallery was Eva's great passion for nearly two decades and with the greatest respect and admiration we will be continuing her legacy into 2010 and beyond. The gallery will be open as usual after closing on Friday 5 February. Eva was very excited about the great shows planned for this year and we invite you to join us on Saturday 6 March 3-5pm for our first exhibition of the year - Wayne Eager. Our deepest sympathy to Eva's family, her many friends and to all who knew her.

We look forward to seeing you in the gallery.

Robert, Ciara, Laura and Megan.

Upcoming Exhibitions

March
Wayne Eager: Opening 6 March 2010, 3-5PM

April
Pam Sackville: Opening 24 April 2010, 3-5PM

May
Brian Seidel: Opening 8 May 2010, 3-5PM

June
Michael Muir: Opening 5 June 2010, 3-5PM
Stephen Nothling: Opening 19 June 2010, 3-5PM

July
Petra Reece: Opening 17 July 2010, 3-5PM

August
Rosemary Valadon: Opening 28 August 2010, 3-5PM

September
Geoffrey Proud: Opening 15 September 2010, 6-8PM

October
Sophie Dunlop: Opening 2 October 2010, 3-5PM
Doreen Gadsby: Opening 13 October 2010, 6-8PM

November
Tony Irving: Opening 3 November 2010, 6-8PM
Brian Dunlop Memorial Exhibition: Opening 17 November 2010, 6-8PM

December
Francis Giacco: Opening 4 December 2010, 3-5PM

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Press: SMH Open Gallery - Wayne Eager

Exhibition Q&A with Wayne Eager

Where was the "beach holiday" spent? Sandy Point, Gippsland

What is the word Mimili? Mimili is a community on the Anangu Pitjanjatjarra Yangkantatjarra (Aboriginal) lands NW South Australia.

Where was the "green grass"?

Alice Springs, after a big rain the buffel grass grows profusely

Where are "the steps"? to Heaven

What is "Partita"? A collection of musical compositions.

Where is "Pipalyatjara"? A place in the far north western corner of SA

Where is "Kalka Road"? A place in the far north western corner of SA

What is "the APY Run"? My drive to work, the roads to the communities Indulkana, Fregon, Ernabella, Mimili, Amata, Nyapari, Kalka.