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Andrew Clarke chats to Artist Profile about his colour-focused new series of paintings, 'Mephistopheles' Yellow Vacuum Cleaner', ahead of his exhibition opening on the 19th of July at Hill Smith Gallery.
Laura Wills and James Tylor have won the 2018 Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize for their collaborative work, Hidden Landscape: Kangaroo Island. The work will be on show until 22nd July at the Stump Gallery, McLaren Vale.
Richard Maurovic has been announced as the winner of the $10,000 West Torrens Art Prize for his painting, Respecting All Cultures, Torrensville (acrylic on canvas, 70 x 140cm, 2018). The Prize commenced in 2017 as an acquisitive prize to build awareness of life in West Torrens and to build the City of West Torrens’ own art collection.
Maurovic’s painting encapsulates the Prize’s theme of ‘Past, Present, Future’. He explains:
“Torrensville has always been a vibrant melting pot of cultural diversity; those in the past coming mainly from Greek and Italian heritage to the newer arrivals in more recent times from southeast Asia and the Middle East. My aim was to capture and celebrate our different backgrounds with respect and in harmony by visually referencing existing architecture both old and new and populating the street scene with the mix of people one typically sees. This moment in time is a celebration of daily life in suburban South Australia.
As the child of post-war refugees, I am attuned to the experiences that people have when settling in to a new country, and especially where the language is different from one’s mother-tongue. There are challenges, but they do not prevent a person from embracing the new place and being embraced by it.”
Richard Maurovic 2018
7 Jun 2018
HIll Smith Gallery artists amongst finalists for the Waterhouse Natural Science Art prize
Louise Feneley and Deidre But-Husaim
Hill Smith Gallery artists Louise Feneley and Deidre But-Husaim have been announced as finalists for the 2018 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize. Congratulations to all of the finalists!
(left to right) Louise Feneley, Bouquet – Natura Morte, 2017, oil on Belgian linen, 122 x 137 cm
Deidre But-Husaim, The reclaiming, 2016, oil on linen, 137 x 152 cm
Hill Smith Gallery artist Robert Hannaford has been announced as a finalist in this year's Archibald Prize with his self-portrait.
View other works by Robert Hannaford
“Painting is always fictional,” says Tony Lloyd when discussing the links between photography, painting and realism. While the artist is interested in the various realities that can be depicted through paintings, he’s also invested in how photography can be a tool for painting. Lloyd is exhibiting in Focal Point: New Realist Painting, alongside prominent Australian painters: Ben Howe, Camilla Tadich, Matthew Quick, Robin Eley and Shannon Smiley.
16 Apr 2018
Hill Smith Gallery artists amongst finalists for the Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize
Thom Buchanan, Louise Feneley, Robert Hannaford, Allyson Parsons and Laura Wills
Hill Smith Gallery artists Thom Buchanan, Louise Feneley, Robert Hannaford, Allyson Parsons and Laura Wills, have been announced as finalists for the 2018 Fleurieu Biennale. Congratulations to all of the finalists!
Cultural and cosmic forces drive Gavin Wanganeen’s art by Suzie Keen
Hill Smith Gallery is showing new work by Yanni Floros, Adriane Strampp and Melinda Schawel at Art Central Hong Kong, Booth A14
27 March - 1 April 2018