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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…
Art as a social document
The notion that art works are intrinsically social documents were highlighted in this exhibition. It illustrated that artists are products of their time and circumstances, and as a consequence, the art work that they create reflects this in various ways. This exhibition contained works by Alun Leach-Jones, Brian Blanchflower, Guy Grey-Smith, Russell Drysdale, Mary Moore,…