Article by Steve Dow, 2009
Click here to read the full coverage. Excerpt below quoting the gallery manager, Robert Maconachie.
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Showing posts with label John Seed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Seed. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Glittering prize: Art NSW '09
The NSW art scene has weathered the financial storm; 10 leading lights pick the year’s top shows and predict the best for 2010.
Article by Steve Dow, 2009
Click here to read the full coverage. Excerpt below quoting the gallery manager, Robert Maconachie.
“The Nora Heysen exhibition that just finished at the S.H. Ervin Gallery was brilliant; beautiful portraits and delicately painted still lives.” The South Australian-born artist, who died in 2003, did her “more sophisticated” work as she grew older, says Maconachie. Meanwhile at Eva Breuer the first exhibition to pair works Judy Cassab and her son John Seed at Eva Breuer had buyers flocking, as did Doreen Gadsby’s show. His 2010 tip? Scottish-born, Sydney resident emerging artist Michael Muir, who’s showing in June 2010.
Article by Steve Dow, 2009
Click here to read the full coverage. Excerpt below quoting the gallery manager, Robert Maconachie.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Gallery News 23 September 2009: Elisabeth Kruger, Sidney Nolan, John Coburn
83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025tel: 02 9362 0297 fax: 02 9362 0318
email: art@evabreuerartdealer.com.au
website: www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au
New in the gallery
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)Climber 2007
oil on linen
153 x 122cm
no.10891
Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)Four rose buds 2007
oil on linen
92 x 122cm
no.10883
Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)Cirque 2008
oil on linen
122.5 x 153cm
no.10884
Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)Spill 2007
oil on linen
122 x 122cm
no.10885
Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger
Stephen Nothling (b.1962)
Stephen Nothling (b.1962)Cover of darkness 2 2009
oil on canvas
160 x 190cm
no.10879
Visit our website to view other works by Stephen Nothling
Stephen Nothling (b.1962)In the moonlight 2009
oil on canvas
107 x 70cm
no.10881
Visit our website to view other works by Stephen Nothling
Important Australian paintings
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)Untitled (Gallipoli Series) 1960
Ripolin enamel on paper
30.3 x 25.3cm
Signed lower left: Nolan
verso: Oct 20th 1960 / Nolan
no.95999
Provenance: The artist, Private collection Sydney
Nolan's Gallipoli series is the subject of the major exhibition Sidney Nolan: The Gallipoli Series, currently at the Australian War Memorial.
Nolan donated works from this series to the War Memorial in 1978 in honour of his brother who died in an accident before the end of the Second World War.
Nolan donated works from this series to the War Memorial in 1978 in honour of his brother who died in an accident before the end of the Second World War.
John Coburn (1925-2006)
John Coburn (1925-2006)Plants in Moonlight 1972
Oil on canvas
106 x 113cm
Signed 'Coburn' lower right
no.8229
The Garden is an important motif in Coburn’s body of work. There are obvious connotations to the Garden of Eden but of significance are his childhood memories of northern Queensland and the tropical rainforests with their deluge of lush colours.1 As Nadine Amadio explains, “the memory of youth among rich tropical plant growth, of rainforests and tropical jungles, has remained with him as an essential and evocative part of his symbolic language … Sometimes when his foliage and plant shapes have the exotic and overgrown mystery reminiscent of Henri Rousseau, it seems glowingly evident that he is haunted by the world of his earliest childhood.3” In 1953 an exhibition of contemporary French painting by Matisse, Picasso, Leger, Mannessiere de Stael and others was hung at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. French Painting Today made Coburn feel for the first time that here was an art that was relevant to him. Coburn recalled in an interview with Lou Klepac that it was at this point that the Garden became an important subject in his work. He recalled seeing a garden shortly after viewing the exhibition – “I went home that night and did a painting of it. It was an abstract painting, but it was all about that garden and that was my first success as a painter.”2
1 Rozen, A., The Art of John Coburn, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979, p.8.
2 John Coburn quoted in, Klepac, L., John Coburn: The Spirit of Colour, The Beagle Press, Roseville, 2003.
3 Amadio, N., John Coburn: Paintings, Craftsman House, Roseville, 1988, p.7.
Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)Sunday Morning 2007
oil on canvas
59.5 x 90 cm
signed lower right
no.9715
Often quirky and verging on the surreal, Geoffrey Proud's paintings in oil and pastel are like fractured fairytales. Depicting a world of innocence with a sometimes ominous edge, Proud's paintings are fantastic and bizarre. His choice of subjects is broad, including children and childhood narratives, flowers, still lifes and nudes. Alternating between expressionist impasto brushwork and sensitive detail, he experiments freely with vibrant colour and varying textures. The highly glazed surfaces of his recent oils give his scenes an ethereal and otherworldly quality. Proud has won numerous awards including the Sulman Prize in 1976 for a painting on perspex, and the Archibald prize in 1990 for his portrait of writer Dorothy Hewett. He has exhibited consistently in all state capitals since 1966 and is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; many State and regional gallery collections; Parliament House collections in Canberra and Sydney; Artbank; IBM collection; and the Elton John collection, London.
Brian Dunlop (b.1938)
Brian Dunlop (b.1938)Towards Plato 1
Gouache on paper
33 x 48cm
no.9547
Brian Dunlop is one of Australia's foremost representational painters. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as numerous other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He has won numerous coveted awards including the 1981 Sulman Prize. Dunlop's Large Lagoon 2009 was a finalist in this year's Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize. The above painting is the pair to a similar work which has recently been acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Current Exhibition
Closes tomorrow
Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views
Closes tomorrow
Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views
Tony Irving (b.1939)Siesta in Constantina 2009
oil on linen
118 x 151cm
no.10416
Visit our website to view other works by Tony Irving
Upcoming Exhibition
Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us
Opening Wednesday 30 September 6-8pm
by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us
Opening Wednesday 30 September 6-8pm
by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Judy Cassab (b.1920)Red Still Life 2008
Oil on canvas
60 x 44.5 cm
signed 'Cassab 08' lower right
no.10666
Visit our website to view other works by Judy Cassab
John Seed (b.1945)Into The Wind
Galvanised painted steel
30 x 25 x 35cm
Visit our website to view other works by John Seed
Sale Section
Ray Crooke (b.1922)
Ray Crooke (b.1922)
Ray Crooke (b.1922)Greetings 2007
oil on canvas on board
59 x 49cm
Signed: 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance:
Phillip Bacon Gallery Brisbane
Private collection Sydney
no.10537
Crooke's broad-leafed tropical vistas in vivid colours and contrasted areas of light and dark, often likened to Gauguin, are among the most important in Australian landscape painting. Both Gauguin and Crooke shared the experience of Island life. Crooke captures the 'essence of Island life, a place where the pattern of life is simple... where there is an innocence of the complexity of life.'
Ray Crooke is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including 1969 Archibald Prize for his portrait of journalist and novelist George Johnston.
Ray Crooke is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including 1969 Archibald Prize for his portrait of journalist and novelist George Johnston.
Reference: Island Journal Ray Crooke, Introduction by Peter Denham, Bede Publishing, Australia, p.8.
Eubena Nampitjin (born c.1921)Kunawarritjilc
Acrylic on linen
100 x 100cm
Warlayirti Artists #860/04
verso: Warlayirti Artists 1000 x 1000
Eubena Nampitjin 860/04
no.8597a
Eubena Nampitjin is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia.
Eubena has painted some of her country south west of Balgo, along the Canning Stock Route. The circle to the right of the painting represents Kunawarritji (Well 33) and is the place where Eubena would often hunt. The circle to left is a small tjurrnu and a place where women dance. The strong lines in the painting depict the tali (sandhills) that dominate this country.
Eubena has painted some of her country south west of Balgo, along the Canning Stock Route. The circle to the right of the painting represents Kunawarritji (Well 33) and is the place where Eubena would often hunt. The circle to left is a small tjurrnu and a place where women dance. The strong lines in the painting depict the tali (sandhills) that dominate this country.
Graphics: New in the gallery
Anne Smith
Anne Smith
Anne SmithOdalisque I
Etching 14/50
19.5 x 24cm (image)
38 x 57cm (paper)
no.10865
Visit our website to view other graphics by Anne Smith
Wendy Sharpe (b.1960)
Wendy Sharpe (b.1960)Paris, the Metro
Etching 22/40
22.5 x 29.5cm (image)
3x x 57cm (page)
Editioned L.L., titled L.C., signed 'W. Sharpe' L.R.
no.10870
Visit our website to view other graphics by Wendy Sharpe
Eva Breuer Art Dealer Podcasts
In 2009 the gallery has introduced podcasts (online videos) which appear on the website in conjunction with each exhibition. In addition to exhibitions, the podcasts will also cover the important Australian artists in which the gallery specialises, including Sidney Nolan (below). The podcasts include two minutes of commentary by gallery staff, an interview with each artist and images of the paintings available.
How to Use Podcasts
1. Download Apple Quicktime player if is not already installed on your computer. Click here to download the free software.
2. Install Apple Quicktime player.
3. Once installed, visit the Podcast page by clicking here.
4. Click on the image of the podcast you would like to watch and the movie will begin to play.
5. Please ensure your volume is turned on so that the sound is audible.
1. Download Apple Quicktime player if is not already installed on your computer. Click here to download the free software.
2. Install Apple Quicktime player.
3. Once installed, visit the Podcast page by clicking here.
4. Click on the image of the podcast you would like to watch and the movie will begin to play.
5. Please ensure your volume is turned on so that the sound is audible.
Sample Podcast (Click the image to visit the podcast page)Current Exhibition
September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Upcoming Exhibitions
September
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed
October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch
November
Gallery 1: Summer Exhibition
Gallery 2: Doreen Gadsby
Please send us an email if you wish to be added to the weekly newsletter list.
September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Upcoming Exhibitions
September
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed
October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch
November
Gallery 1: Summer Exhibition
Gallery 2: Doreen Gadsby
Please send us an email if you wish to be added to the weekly newsletter list.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Gallery News 16 September: Elisabeth Kruger, Ray Crooke, Garry Shead
83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025tel: 02 9362 0297 fax: 02 9362 0318
email: art@evabreuerartdealer.com.au
website: www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au
Available soon
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
The gallery is pleased to announce we will soon be receiving
a number of major paintings by Elisabeth Kruger.
Please contact the gallery for further details.
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
The gallery is pleased to announce we will soon be receiving
a number of major paintings by Elisabeth Kruger.
Please contact the gallery for further details.
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)Hook 2008
Oil on linen
60 x 50cm
Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger
Focus on Ray Crooke
Ray Crooke (b. 1922)Tahiti c.1962
oil on canvas
74 x 100 cm
signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10529
This very good early 1960's work typifies Crooke's mastery in depicting the density of the lush, green landscape of Australia's tropical north and beyond to Thursday Island, Tahiti and Fiji. Around the time this painting was completed Crooke returned to Cairns to paint full-time, living in the picturesque beach village Yorkeys Knob.
Crooke's broad-leafed tropical vistas in vivid colours and contrasted areas of light and dark, often likened to Gauguin, are among the most important in Australian landscape painting. Both Gauguin and Crooke shared the experience of Island life. Crooke captures the 'essence of Island life, a place where the pattern of life is simple... where there is an innocence of the complexity of life.'
Ray Crooke is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including 1969 Archibald Prize for his portrait of journalist and novelist George Johnston.
Reference: Island Journal Ray Crooke, Introduction by Peter Denham, Bede Publishing, Australia, p.8.
Crooke's broad-leafed tropical vistas in vivid colours and contrasted areas of light and dark, often likened to Gauguin, are among the most important in Australian landscape painting. Both Gauguin and Crooke shared the experience of Island life. Crooke captures the 'essence of Island life, a place where the pattern of life is simple... where there is an innocence of the complexity of life.'
Ray Crooke is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including 1969 Archibald Prize for his portrait of journalist and novelist George Johnston.
Reference: Island Journal Ray Crooke, Introduction by Peter Denham, Bede Publishing, Australia, p.8.
Ray Crooke (b. 1922)Greetings 2007
oil on canvas on board
59 x 49 cm
Signed: 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Phillip Bacon Galleries
Private collection Sydney
no.10537
Visit our website to view other works by Ray Crooke
Ray Crooke (b. 1922)Untitled (woman)
oil on board
29.5 x 23cm
Signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10655
Visit our website to view other works by Ray Crooke
Ray Crooke (b. 1922)Untitled
oil on board
49.3 x 60cm
Signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10657
Visit our website to view other works by Ray Crooke
Important Australian Paintings
Garry Shead (b.1942)
Garry Shead (b.1942)Monarchy at Sunset 1995
Oil on canvas
122 x 155cm
Signed 'Garry Shead 95' lower left
no.1606
Illustrated: Grishin., S, Garry Shead, Encounters with Royalty,
Craftsman House 1998, plate 3, page 37.
Exhibited: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Touring Exhibition, Brisbane City Gallery, 1998
Provenance: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
Monarchy at Sunset 1995 is one of the largest major paintings from the early period of the important 'Royal Suite' series.
The painting is illustrated in the definitive text on the series and is one of the largest paintings from the beginning of the series in 1995. The composition is a complex one involving multiple large figures including both the Queen and the Consort. The painting also includes the other essential images of the best paintings of the series; the harbour bridge, the silhouetted kangaroo, the Koala and the sprig of golden wattle. Please contact the gallery for further information or to arrange a viewing.
The painting is illustrated in the definitive text on the series and is one of the largest paintings from the beginning of the series in 1995. The composition is a complex one involving multiple large figures including both the Queen and the Consort. The painting also includes the other essential images of the best paintings of the series; the harbour bridge, the silhouetted kangaroo, the Koala and the sprig of golden wattle. Please contact the gallery for further information or to arrange a viewing.
Garry Shead (b.1942)The Sacrifice 2009
Multi plate etching 24/65
4 plates with 9 colours
60 x 90cm (plate size)
79 x 108cm (paper size)
Printed by Diane Lewis
no.10860
Brian Dunlop (b.1938)
Brian Dunlop (b.1938)Lagoon 2009
oil on linen
65.5 x 58cm
no.10315
Visit our website to view other works by Brian Dunlop
Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
oil on linen
65.5 x 58cm
no.10315
Visit our website to view other works by Brian Dunlop
Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)Emma – Twilight 2008
oil on canvas
100 x 88cm
no.9841
Visit our website to view other works by Geoffrey Proud
Carl Plate (1909-1977)
Carl Plate (1909-1977)Third Edge 1961
Oil on board
181 x 121cm
Signed 'Carl Plate '61' lower left
Signed and inscribed with title, verso:
'EDGE/CARL PLATE'
Exhibited: Sydney, Royal Agricultural Show
no.8138
Plate’s Third Edge 1961 is a monumental painting which exemplifies the immediacy found in the very best paintings of this period.
Carl Plate was born in Perth and studied at the National Art School in Sydney. He then travelled and studied abroad before returning to Sydney in 1940, where he had a remarkable influence on local artists through the establishment of his famous Notanda Gallery in Rowe Street, Sydney. He was a highly gifted painter who moved from figurative abstraction in the 50’s to pure abstraction during the 1960s and 70s.
Plate has won prizes such as the McCaughey Prize in 1968 and the Aubusson Tapestry Prize in 1967. Plate is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, regional galleries in NSW as well as institutions in London, New York, Paris and important corporate and private collections in Australia.
Plate’s Third Edge 1961 is a monumental painting which exemplifies the immediacy found in the very best paintings of this period.
Carl Plate was born in Perth and studied at the National Art School in Sydney. He then travelled and studied abroad before returning to Sydney in 1940, where he had a remarkable influence on local artists through the establishment of his famous Notanda Gallery in Rowe Street, Sydney. He was a highly gifted painter who moved from figurative abstraction in the 50’s to pure abstraction during the 1960s and 70s.
Plate has won prizes such as the McCaughey Prize in 1968 and the Aubusson Tapestry Prize in 1967. Plate is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, regional galleries in NSW as well as institutions in London, New York, Paris and important corporate and private collections in Australia.
Plate’s Third Edge 1961 is a monumental painting which exemplifies the immediacy found in the very best paintings of this period.
Ena Joyce (b.1926)Patrick White Country c.1970
Oil on board
35.5 x 50.5 cm
no.5338
Visit our website to view other works by Ena Joyce
Contemporary Painting
Stephen Nothling (b.1962)
Stephen Nothling (b.1962)Suspending Belief 2005
Oil on canvas
91.5 x 121.5cm
no.8150
Visit our website to view other works by Stephen Nothling
Current Exhibition
Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views
Tony Irving (b.1939)Shadows in Time 2009
Oil on linen
137 x 180 cm
no.10639
Tony Irving is one of Australia’s leading contemporary realist painters. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Lady Potter Collection as well as numerous other public collections throughout Australia. Irving has held exhibitions in the UK, Indonesia and Singapore. In 1966 he was awarded the coveted McCaughey Prize.
Shadows in Time, based on a street in Castlemaine, Victoria, is a monumental work which brings to mind the vast Venice panoramas of Canaletto. Tony Irving’s exhibition Other places, other views is on view now.
Shadows in Time, based on a street in Castlemaine, Victoria, is a monumental work which brings to mind the vast Venice panoramas of Canaletto. Tony Irving’s exhibition Other places, other views is on view now.
Upcoming Exhibition
Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us
Opening Wednesday 30 September 6-8pm
Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us
Opening Wednesday 30 September 6-8pm
Judy Cassab (b.1920)The Striped Vase 2007
Oil on canvas
31 x 27 cm
signed 'Cassab 07' lower right
Provenance: The artist
no.10669
Visit our website to view other works by Judy Cassab
Upcoming Exhibitions
Samuel Wade (b.1979)
Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm
Samuel Wade (b.1979)
Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm
Samuel Wade (b.1979)Platform Composition V 2009
Oil on linen
71 x 91 cm
Signed Same Wade 09 lower right
no.10859
Visit our website to view other works by Sam Wade
Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)
Euphoria, The Tea Party
Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm
Euphoria, The Tea Party
Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm
Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)Arcadia 2009
oil on canvas
75 x 91 cm
Visit our website to view other works by Rosemary Valadon
Madeleine Winch (b.1950)
Scenes from Life
Opening 24 October 2009, 6-8PM
by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO,
Governor of New South Wales
Madeleine Winch (b.1950)Inner World
oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm
Visit our website to view other works by Madeleine Winch
Doreen Gadsby (Coburn) (b.1926)
Opening Wednesday 11 November 2009, 6-8pm
Paintings now in the gallery to view.
Doreen Gadsby (b.1926)Hillside - Gourdon 2009
oil on canvas
50 x 50cm
Visit our website to view other works by Doreen Gadsby
Featured Graphic
Margaret Olley (b.1923)
Margaret Olley (b.1923)
Margaret Olley (b.1923)Poppies and Checked Cloth
Etching 13/75
multi plate etching (4 plates, 8 colours)
edition of 75 (unframed)
58 x 72 cm (image size)
79 x 108 cm (paper size)
no.9795
Visit our website to view other Important Australian graphics
Eva Breuer Art Dealer Podcasts
In 2009 the gallery has introduced podcasts (online videos) which appear on the website in conjunction with each exhibition. In addition to exhibitions, the podcasts will also cover the important Australian artists in which the gallery specialises, including Sidney Nolan (below). The podcasts include two minutes of commentary by gallery staff, an interview with each artist and images of the paintings available.
How to Use Podcasts
1. Download Apple Quicktime player if is not already installed on your computer. Click here to download the free software.
2. Install Apple Quicktime player.
3. Once installed, visit the Podcast page by clicking here.
4. Click on the image of the podcast you would like to watch and the movie will begin to play.
5. Please ensure your volume is turned on so that the sound is audible.
1. Download Apple Quicktime player if is not already installed on your computer. Click here to download the free software.
2. Install Apple Quicktime player.
3. Once installed, visit the Podcast page by clicking here.
4. Click on the image of the podcast you would like to watch and the movie will begin to play.
5. Please ensure your volume is turned on so that the sound is audible.
Sample Podcast (Click the image to visit the podcast page)
Current Exhibition
September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Upcoming Exhibitions
September
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed
October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch
November
Gallery 1: Summer Exhibition
Gallery 2: Doreen Gadsby
Please send us an email if you wish to be added to the weekly newsletter list.
September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Upcoming Exhibitions
September
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed
October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch
November
Gallery 1: Summer Exhibition
Gallery 2: Doreen Gadsby
Please send us an email if you wish to be added to the weekly newsletter list.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Press Release: Judy Cassab & John Seed
Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us
To be opened by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
On Wednesday 30 September 2009, 6-8PM
Eva Breuer Art Dealer is proud to announce the opening of The Two of Us, the first exhibition to pair Judy Cassab with her son, John Seed. Within a few short years of arriving in post-war Sydney with her family in 1951, Judy Cassab became Australia's most celebrated portrait painter winning numerous prizes including the Archibald and the Australian Women’s Weekly Portrait Prize. John, a sculptor has carried on her great artistic legacy with exhibitions at the Bonython and Holdsworth galleries in the 1960s and 1970s as well as at the Centre Prize Gallery in London, at that time exhibiting under the name John Kampfner.
Judy has always been fascinated by personal narratives – from her own teeming journals made public in Judy Cassab Diaries (1995) to the portraits she sows with the stories of her sitters. In Lou Klepac’s monograph on Judy from 1998, she explains her artistic process;
'I am passionately interested in people’s childhood, why they choose the path they are on…In our age of the short attention span, the only other place where one could talk about these things is the psychiatrist’s couch.’
It is fitting then that The Two of Us will explore one of Judy’s most intimate relationships, that with her son. Today, at 89 years of age, Judy spends many of her days at John’s studio, sketching him at work with his welding tools and steel sculptures. John laments that he is not a more figurative artist as he cannot return the favour and sculpt his famed mother. Yet they share many wonderful likenesses in their work – from the exotic present in Cassab’s Sphinx with Girl 2008 and Seed’s Hindu Yantras to the abstracted Australian landscape which both mother and son explore with a shared fervour.
The Two of Us will be opened by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG on Wednesday 30 September 2009. The exhibition will continue until Tuesday 13 October and will include many of Judy’s iconic paintings from 1955 until 2008, including Mother Holding Child 1995, a depiction of the unique and cherished relationship between mother and son.
Judy has always been fascinated by personal narratives – from her own teeming journals made public in Judy Cassab Diaries (1995) to the portraits she sows with the stories of her sitters. In Lou Klepac’s monograph on Judy from 1998, she explains her artistic process;
'I am passionately interested in people’s childhood, why they choose the path they are on…In our age of the short attention span, the only other place where one could talk about these things is the psychiatrist’s couch.’
It is fitting then that The Two of Us will explore one of Judy’s most intimate relationships, that with her son. Today, at 89 years of age, Judy spends many of her days at John’s studio, sketching him at work with his welding tools and steel sculptures. John laments that he is not a more figurative artist as he cannot return the favour and sculpt his famed mother. Yet they share many wonderful likenesses in their work – from the exotic present in Cassab’s Sphinx with Girl 2008 and Seed’s Hindu Yantras to the abstracted Australian landscape which both mother and son explore with a shared fervour.
The Two of Us will be opened by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG on Wednesday 30 September 2009. The exhibition will continue until Tuesday 13 October and will include many of Judy’s iconic paintings from 1955 until 2008, including Mother Holding Child 1995, a depiction of the unique and cherished relationship between mother and son.
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