Australian Abstraction in Context

Australian Abstraction in Context reflects upon the legacies of this international art movement with its varietal imports, indices and counterparts. These expressions cast a different spin on the current generation of Australian artists adhering to abstraction. Their diverse practices challenge the aesthetic orthodoxies of abstraction, particularly the idea of shape as content, by revealing new ways of thinking and talking about Australian abstraction.

Artists featured: David Aspden, Yvonne Audette, Sydney Ball, Lee Bethel, Leonard Brown, Andrew Christofides, Consuelo Cavaniglia, Andrew Christofides, John Coburn, Virginia Cuppaidge, Janet Dawson, James Doolin, Lynne Eastaway, Nicole Ellis, Ian Fairweather, Aaron Fell-Fracasso, Chris Gaynor, Helga Groves, Royston Harpur, Julie Harris, Ariel Hassan, Margel Hinder, Christopher Hodges, Louis James, Jan King, Robert Klippel, Ildiko Kovacs, Eva Kubbos, Alun Leach-Jones, Margo Lewers, Hilarie Mais, Tony McGillick, Darren Munce, John Olsen, Ti Parks, Emmanuel Raft, Charles Reddington, Ken Reinhardt, Campbell Robertson-Swann, Robert Rooney, William Rose, Khaled Sadsabi, Henry Salkauskas, Nike Savvas, Rollin Schlicht, Joseph Szabo, Ann Thomson, Freddy West Tjakamarra, Vernon Treweeke, Tony Tuckson, Telly Tu'u, Peter Upward, Trevor Vickers, Henry Jock Walker, Dick Watkins, William Wright and Coen Young.

The Australian Abstraction in Context will exhibit at the Macquarie University Art Gallery until 5 August 2024.

Curators: Rhonda Davis and Kon Gouriotis

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