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Drawing Out: Contemporary drawing practice in Western Australia
The exhibition provided a spectrum of drawing practice and didn’t rely on the audience having viewed drawing works previously. The activity of drawing, visual realisation of an idea, an observation or creative concept re-examined, this was the development of drawing as a ‘major’ artform. The catalogue was prepared in response to the Year I I…
Boat Paintings
This collection of small scale boat paintings by Theo Koning, a major Western Australian contemporary artist, were all painted at the Fremantle docks during 1989 and 1990. The works captured the changing mood of the waterside, focusing primarily on the moored boats, tug boats and the docks. Some were extremely vibrant, while others were quite…