Erin Irwin

2 months ago | artcollector.net.au | Emily Riches |ROBERT BURATTI |Erin Irwin

Words: Emily RichesDown a winding dirt road on the outskirts of Sydney’s south-western suburbs, among tall gums and open paddocks, lies the artist community of Wedderburn. Established in 1976 on land gifted by Nick and Barbara Romalis, Wedderburn has been a place of creativity and inspiration for Australian artists – including celebrated names such as Elisabeth Cummings, Roy Jackson and John Paert. Today, it remains home to five artist studios and is an active creative community.

Oct 25, 2024 | artcollector.net.au | ROBERT BURATTI |Erin Irwin

Words: Victoria PerinPhotography: Elke MeitzelScotty So is perhaps Australia’s most in-demand performance artist. A darling of the National Gallery of Victoria, he was featured in the 2020 triennial, China: The Past is Present, QUEER: Stories from the NGV Collection in 2022, and Melbourne Now in 2023. Despite being represented for three years by MARS Gallery in Melbourne, So is yet to have his first solo commercial exhibition.

Oct 25, 2024 | artcollector.net.au | ROBERT BURATTI |Erin Irwin

Words: Wes HillIn the late 1980s, Diena Georgetti first gained attention in the Australian art world with poetically scrawled text-based blackboard paintings, inspired, in part, by Joseph Beuys and Cy Twombly.

Oct 24, 2024 | artcollector.net.au | ROBERT BURATTI |Erin Irwin

Ellen Dahl is not a landscape photographer. But the landscape does take a central role in her poetic, lens-based practice. The Arctic-born, Sydney-based artist’s work takes cue from cultural geographer and landscape theory pioneer John Brinckerhoff “Brinck” Jackson. Jackson writes that as he explored more landscapes, he realised it wasn’t their uniqueness that stood out, but their similarity.

Sep 10, 2024 | artcollector.net.au | ROBERT BURATTI |Erin Irwin

Words: Hetti PerkinsAs a curator of First Nations art, I have had the enormous privilege of meeting many artists and visiting their homes and studios over the decades – from the famous loungeroom in Brunswick, Naarm, of the late and dearly loved Destiny Deacon, to the windbreak in the tiny community of Patjarr in the remote Western Desert that Jackie Kurltjunyintja Giles Tjapaltjarri called home. It was this sense of privilege that led me to write and present the ABC television series art + soul.