New Arrangements

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New Arrangements

  • Artist
    Jane Reynolds
  • Dates
    6—28 Oct 2023
  • Gallery Location
    Eora / Sydney

New Arrangements is the latest series of still-life paintings by Jane Reynolds and her first to be exhibited at Michael Reid Sydney.

Striking a fine balance of playfulness and precision, Reynolds is celebrated for her artfully constructed clusters of domestic objects interspersed with angular prisms, which she renders with meticulous, hyperreal detail while drawing out the dynamism of their intersecting forms.

These graphic, shapely compositions veer towards poppy abstraction while remaining in the tangible realm of still life. A masterly approach to light and colour sees her optically charged arrangements transcend realism to conjure an illusory, almost dreamlike mood.

With New Arrangements, Reynolds introduces fruit and soft, draped elements to her compositions, bringing an organic flourish that sits in elegant counterpoise with her hard-edged constructivist forms.

For an artist who has previously shown an affinity for mid-century architecture, this new series suggests an embrace of 1980s Memphis design with its strong geometry and graphic stripes – albeit tempered by a softer, autumnal palette of auburn, salmon, peach and ecru that reveals her skill and originality as a colourist.

Following her immensely successful shows at Michael Reid Murrurundi and Sydney Contemporary 2022, New Arrangements now marks a major breakthrough for Jane Reynolds.

The exhibition opens in the upstairs space at our Eora/Sydney gallery on Friday, 6 October. Works from the series can now be viewed online and acquired by contacting danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au

 

 

 

Painting Now 2023

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Painting Now 2023

  • Artist
    Sally Bourke, Kathryn Cowen, Annalisa Ferraris, Megan Hales, Thomas Kuss and Eduardo Wolfe-Alegria
  • Dates
    6—28 Oct 2023
  • Gallery Location
    Eora / Sydney

Painting Now spotlights six painters leading the charge in reshaping and redefining art’s most storied medium, breaking it open to bold new possibilities in pursuit of visually arresting, technically dazzling, conceptually driven practice.

In identifying these artists and bringing them together in a vibrantly curated show, Michael Reid Galleries seeks to amplify the most innovative voices in the contemporary painting field, giving collectors the opportunity to discover and acquire their work at its pivotal point of entry to the upper reaches of collectibility and demand.

Spanning a diverse array of painterly approaches, modes of expression and areas of critical inquiry, Painting Now finds six established practitioners at a moment of creative breakthrough. Operating at the cutting edge of their medium, these artists bring technical mastery, formal innovation and a zest for pushing the boundaries of what painting can be.

For more information, please contact dean@michaelreid.com.au

Painting Now 2023: Eduardo Wolfe-Alegria

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Painting Now 2023: Eduardo Wolfe-Alegria

Eduardo Wolfe-Alegria works as both a painter and sculptor. Drawing from tropes of fantasy and mythology to reinterpret his environment, the artist creates imagery that is at once metamorphic, psychedelic and surreal. Laced with a distinctly queer sense of camp and humour, his fantastical artworks seek to remind us of our connection to the natural world, with its seen and unseen forces. Eduardo holds a Master of Fine Arts from Sydney College of the Arts and has exhibited across commercial and regional art galleries, most recently for the opening exhibition of Passage Gallery. He also teaches illustration and drawing at UTS.

For more information about works of art by Eduardo Wolfe-Alegria, please email dean@michaelreid.com.au

 

Painting Now 2023: Thomas Kuss

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Painting Now 2023: Thomas Kuss

Thomas Kuss is a Chinese/German/Ni-Vanuatu/Australian painter practising on Gadigal land/Tempe whose work explores the many facets of his multicultural experience. From deeply personal origins, his paintings weave through a dialogue of truth and fiction to serve his evolving manifold racial identity. Through these complexities, Kuss’s bold, large-scale, narrative-driven work reflects the triumphs and tragedies of an ever-increasing multicultural humanity. Kuss completed a Bachelor of Visual Art and Design at ACU. He has since exhibited regularly, with four solo exhibitions across Sydney and Melbourne and numerous group shows. He has been a finalist in the Evelyn Chapman Art Award, Doug Moran Prize and Mosman Art Prize.

For more information about works of art by Thomas Kuss, please email dean@michaelreid.com.au

Painting Now 2023: Megan Hales

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Painting Now 2023: Megan Hales

  • Artist
  • Dates
    6—28 Oct 2023
  • Gallery Location
    Eora / Sydney

Megan Hales is an Eora/Sydney-based artist who has refined her extraordinary skills over ten years as a painter, muralist and fabricator. Exploring the ever tightening nexus between natural and human environments, Megan’s paintings are inspired by everyday chaos, presenting moments where nature intrudes on familiar urban scenarios. With an incredibly detailed hyper-realist approach – infused with hints of the carnivalesque and nods to Australian New Wave films – her cinematic paintings are thrilling to experience. The artist has exhibited in group shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth and was a finalist in The Darling Prize, The Blake Prize and Montalto Sculpture Prize. Most recently she was selected for the Art Incubator program, which will culminate with a major exhibition at Michael Reid Sydney.

For more information about works of art by Megan Hales, please email dean@michaelreid.com.au

Painting Now 2023: Annalisa Ferraris

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Painting Now 2023: Annalisa Ferraris

Capturing the attention of a solid collector base both here and internationally, Annalisa Ferraris is known for her hard-edge minimalist style. With sharply drawn shadows and a distinct approach to colour, her cool depictions of empty swimming pools and angular architecture feature within some of Australia’s most stylish and directional interior spaces and have amassed widespread editorial coverage. Since graduating with Honours from the National Art School, Annalisa has been a two-time Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship finalist and a three-time Mosman Art Prize finalist. Her images exhibit a remarkable sense of control, captivating the viewer while begging the question: what lies beneath the surface?

For more information about works of art by Annalisa Ferraris, please email dean@michaelreid.com.au

Painting Now 2023: Kathryn Cowen

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Painting Now 2023: Kathryn Cowen

Kathryn Cowen’s work is held in private collections throughout Australia, the Netherlands and the USA. Working across painting, sculpture and installation, the Eora/Sydney-based artist has exhibited at numerous commercial galleries and institutions since graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) from the National Art School in 2007. Drawing on science fiction and revelling in colour and light, her large-scale atmospheric landscapes sit alongside smaller figurative works, vividly conjuring imagined, open-ended narratives through a dreamlike coalescence of disparate elements.

For more information about works of art by Kathryn Cowen, please email dean@michaelreid.com.au

Painting Now 2023: Sally Bourke

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Painting Now 2023: Sally Bourke

Having garnered a significant following with a strong collector base in Australia and abroad, Sally Bourke is widely recognised as one of the most compelling artists of her generation. With their beguiling mix of lush formality and a playfully idiosyncratic style, her paintings skilfully move between different painterly modes, blurring figurative portraiture with areas of diaphanous, colour-soaked abstraction. This shape-shifting quality aligns with her interest in memory. Despite its abstract nature, her work appears curiously familiar, stirring a feeling akin to how we might access the past through hazy, half-remembered images.

For more information about works of art by Sally Bourke, please email dean@michaelreid.com.au

Sydney Contemporary 2023: Juan Ford

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Sydney Contemporary 2023: Juan Ford

Melbourne based painter Juan Ford will present a selection of paintings at Sydney Contemporary 2023 and will be the very first exhibition of his work with Michael Reid Gallery.

Throughout his career, Juan Ford has been the recipient of prestigious international awards and residencies, spanning across Australia, Italy, and the United States. His practice pushes the boundaries of realism in painting and offers new perspectives on the human figure and its relationship to the natural world.

For more information about works of art by Juan Ford please email danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au

Forage

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Forage

  • Artist
  • Dates
    7—30 Sep 2023
  • Catalogue
    Download now
  • Gallery Location
    Eora / Sydney

Forage is Andrea Huelin‘s newest Michael Reid Sydney exhibition and is the first to follow the artist’s 2023 Archibald Packing Room Prize win earlier this year. In May, Andrea Huelin made national news when her delightful portrait of Cal Wilson was awarded the prize, thrusting her work into nationwide collecting conversations.

Forage is Huelin’s first exhibition since the prize win, and is described by the artist as being a love letter to her home of 28 years, borrowing from the gladdening sights of tropical North Queensland domesticity. For the first time, Huelin incorporates patterned backdrops in her paintings, illustrating vintage wallpaper designs that were prominent throughout her childhood. This delightful creative departure introduces a refreshing dimension to Andrea Huelin’s oeuvre, and once again demonstrates her superior understanding of form, narrative, colour and light.

Those interested in discussing an acquisition are encouraged to be in touch by emailing danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au. A selection of paintings from Forage have also recently exhibited at Sydney Contemporary 2023, which took place at Carriageworks in early September.

On Thursday, 21 September, Michael Reid Sydney will host an evening reception at the Gallery to celebrate Huelin’s exhibition. For more information about attending our event, please email danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au

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