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Master of Stillness
Jeffrey Smart's vision, which has altered the way we see the technologies of change that impel us through the fabric of time, curiously searches for an elusive stillness that lies at the heart of it, and may be seen in Master of Stillness, and appreciated with a selection of many of his most important masterpieces.
Australian Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales
A beautifully presented book that allows the paintings and sculptures to speak for themselves without overloading the reader with information. Barry Pearce the gallery's head curator of Australian art, introduces the work and gives an informative and knowledgable account of the history of visual art in Australia and the collection.
Australian Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales
A beautifully presented book that allows the paintings and sculptures to speak for themselves without overloading the reader with information. Barry Pearce the gallery's head curator of Australian art, introduces the work and gives an informative and knowledgable account of the history of visual art in Australia and the collection.
Jeffrey Smart Retrospective
The paintings of Jeffrey Smart, one of Australia's most celebrated expatriate painters, have entranced and intrigued the public for over half a century. Taking subject matter from all that would appear bleak about the modern world - highways, inhospitable cities, impersonal contemporary architecture - Smart has created a unique kind of beauty. Produced to accompany the 1999 Retrospective, it describes the artists working process with many illustrations of paintings complemented by studies and sketches. This catalogue contains essays by Edmund Capon and Barry Pearce with an infusion of Jeffrey Smart's compelling letters and quotes. This publication is destined to have a long life beyond the exhibition as an enduring art book.
Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley was one of the most dynamic and talented artists in the history of Australian art, an artist whose recognition had spread worldwide before his untimely death in 1992. Early in his career he established a name for himself in London, exhibiting at the Whitechapel Art Gallery and coming into contact with many British painters - Francis Bacon and David Hockney among others. His early paintings startled critics and fellow artists, but even at that point, two basic subjects were evident: the landscape and the nude, elements which became the mainstay of his oeuvre. At the root of all Whiteley's work was a draughtsmanship of stunning virtuosity, capable of capturing all the poetic ara...
