25 January 2012
Gallery News 25 January 2012
NEW IN THE GALLERY |
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| Tommy Watson Untitled (my country) 2011 acrylic on linen 110 x 160 cm verso: Agathon Gallery AG TW 02110259 no. 12549 |
| 'Watson is a master of invention….Each painting tells a specific story, but the most impressive feature is the artist's use of colour…. Like Matisse, Watson knows that one may have warm and cool shades of red, warm and cool shades of blue. But he knows this instinctively, without any formal training. What he knows cannot be verbalised, and cannot be taught, yet no one could see these paintings and not be convinced of its profundity.’ John McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald 5/11/2005 p2 |
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| Christopher McVinish Still life with shells no.1 2012 oil on linen 45 x 101 cm no. 12561 $5,500 |
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| Eric L. Stewart Burial Scene c.1965 oil on canvas 54.4 x 69 cm no. 12550 $2,000 |
FROM THE STOCKROOM |
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| Judy Cassab Untitled, cafe ink on paper 21 x 27 cm no. 12560 |
| 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 (1960, 1967) and the Australian Women’s Weekly Portrait Prize (1955, 1956). 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. |
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| Elisabeth Kruger Jardin 2007 oil on canvas 92 x 153 cm no. 11886 |
| Awarded the prestigious Moet & Chandon Art Fellowship (1989) and an overseas studio residency with the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council (1990), Elisabeth Kruger is recognised as one of Australia's leading contemporary artists. In her newest series of paintings, Kruger explores the luscious beauty of flowers. These are stunning floral masterpieces with a contemporary edge. Her work is represented in the Australian National Gallery, The National Gallery of Victoria, the Parliament House Collection, Macquarie University and major private collections. |
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| James Stephenson (b.1970) Roman bus stop (under the Synagogue) 2011 oil on board 30 x 40 cm no. 12527 $1,800 |