ERASED EXHIBTION REDEFINES DRAWING
The Australian High Commission and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts jointly presents ERASED (contemporary Australian drawing), an exhibition of works by six internationally renowned contemporary Australian artists engaged in transforming the definition of drawing.
This Asialink touring exhibition is presented in partnership with the Art Gallery of New South Wales and profiles the diversity and strength of current contemporary Australian drawing practices.
The exhibiting artists are from Australian urban and indigenous backgrounds: Christian Capurro, Simryn Gill, Jonathan Jones, Tom Nicholson, Raquel Ormella and Vernon Ah Kee. They all explore the traditional art method of mark making in drawing and engage with social issues ranging from environmental awareness, industrial relations and nationalism, to more subtle statements about image-making in contemporary culture.
Among some of the many synonyms used for ‘drawing’ are ‘represent’, ‘sketch’, ‘portray’, ‘illustrate’, or to ‘depict something’. These traditional and historical definitions of drawing imply a means unto an end. Erased includes examples of these approaches but the exhibition’s aim is to expand such understandings to include erasure or removal, arguably an inherent albeit silent part of the creative methodology of drawing.
Each selected artist in Erased has established an ongoing practice from which they make work that creates a space for political considerations, stemming from a sense of transformation or loss.
EVENT : Erased (contemporary Australian drawing)
An Asialink and Art Gallery of New South Wales touring exhibition
ARTISTS : Christian Capurro, Simryn Gill, Jonathan Jones, Tom Nicholson, Raquel Ormella and Vernon Ah Kee.
CURATOR : Natasha Bullock, Curator, Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales
WHERE : NAFA Galleries 1 & 2, 80 Bencoolen Street
WHEN : Official opening on 17 July, 7pm
Exhibition runs from 18 July to 23 August, 11am to 7pm, closed on Mondays
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