Canberra, Monday 20 May 2002
Land Sea City: Joe Furlonger
Deputy Director of Sothebys Australia, Mr Geoffrey Cassidy, will officially
open the exhibition Land Sea City: Joe Furlonger with the artist on Wednesday
5 June 2002 at 6pm at The Australian National University Drill Hall Gallery.
Land Sea City brings together large-scale canvases, ink drawings, artist
books, ceramics and a suite of prints. Joe Furlonger was awarded the Moet
& Chandon Fellowship in 1988 and since 1992 his work has consistently
been short-listed in the Archibald and Sulman Prizes at the Art Gallery
of NSW.
In Land Sea City, Furlonger investigates and juxtaposes three elements
of the Australian landscape - the vast open plains of Moree, the deep
blue waters of Moreton Bay and the busy, congested streets of Sydney.
Furlonger observes the aesthetic potential of familiar, ordinary environments;
the ocean, the rugged landscape, urban landmarks, the beach, fishermen
and sunbathers.
In Land Sea City, Furlonger aims to articulate his sensory impressions
of the world around him, exploring the possibilities posed by colour and
line and reinvents landscape. He achieves this with a balance between
immediacy and formal control within the composition. His distinct, bold
sense of colour and individual confidence of line combine to create an
alternative, lively interpretation of his subject matter.
The exhibition will be open to the public from Friday 31 May 2002 and
continue until 30 June 2002. Joe Furlonger will give a public floor talk
on his art on Thursday 6 June 2002 at 12 noon.
For photographs of the works in this exhibition, interviews with the
artist and further information please contact: Tony Oates, ANU Exhibitions
Officer on (02) 6125 5832.
The ANU Drill Hall Gallery is located on Kingsley Street (off Barry Drive)
at The Australian National University, Canberra, and is open Wednesday
to Sunday from 12 noon to 5pm. Admission is free.
No 57/2002
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