Wesley Martin Berg and Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri
ArtforumTausif Noor
August 2017
The sad-clown painting functions as a sort of postmodern joke: an ironic gesture that dives into bad taste while subtly nodding to art history—the clown’s origins can be traced back to the stock character Pierrot of the commedia dell’arte, after all. Wesley Martin Berg’s paintings of clowns are informed by this tradition, but he also imbues his subjects with a solemn grace.
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Sharing Country
Wall Street International MagazineJuly 15, 2017
Olsen Gruin is pleased to present “Sharing Country” curated by Adam Knight. "Sharing Country" show cases works by leading contemporary Aboriginal artists from the most remote desert communities. Featured artists include Sandy Brumby, Tommy Watson, Joseph Jurra Tjapaltjarri, Iluwanti Ken, Puna Yanima, Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin, Womens Collaborative, Barbara Moore, Tiger Palpatja, Witjiti George, Minnie Pwerle, Kudditji Kngwarreye, Kathy Maringka and Liddy Napanangka Walker.
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Art Break: A Down Under Group Show at Olsen Gruin Gallery
Zealnyc.comA. E. Colas, Contributing Writer
July 3, 2017
This weekâ??s Art Break takes groups as its theme. Group shows are a great way to learn about a culture, an art movement, a topic, or a new way to bring art to people. Our downtown pick this week is the full experience in one place: a brilliant display of Australian modern art created by Aboriginal artists. Visit this and our other picks for free â?? youâ??ll have a great time and come away with a new understanding of the power of art.
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The 30 Hottest Group Shows to see in New York this Summer
https://news.artnet.comSarah Cascone
July 3, 2017
Group show season is upon us. That annual rite of summer, the group exhibition, has hit galleries all
over New York. If the wide selection seems overwhelming, rest easy.
We’ve scoured shows across the city to provide this helpful guide to the
best of the bunch. Enjoy!
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Related exhibition: SHARING COUNTRY curated by Adam Knight
TV Moore at Olsen Gruin Gallery, New York
Blouinartinfo.comApril 07, 2017
Olsen Gruin Gallery in New York is hosting an exhibition “April Fools” by artist TV Moore that will be on view through May 7, 2017.
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John Olsen retrospective: Brimming with life and love
The Sydney Morning HeraldHannah Francis
14 September 2016
If painting is dead, as some art critics say, nobody told John Olsen. "I'd like to know the time of death," he says with the brightest of glints in his eye. "I'm alive. So painting isn't dead."
At 88 years old and widely considered Australia's greatest living painter, Olsen is about to launch his largest ever retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Claudia Karvan steps in as Noah Taylor acts up
The Sunday TelegraphElizabeth Fortescue
8 June 2014
With his new film Edge of Tomorrow screened across Sydney this week, and his art exhibition opening yesterday in Woollahra, all that’s missing of Noah Taylor is the man himself.
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Marisa Purcell: Halo
Art AlamanacJillian Grant
October 1 2012
Ethereality is inherent in Marisa Purcell’s latest body of work, aptly titled ‘Halo’, presented by Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney. Her series of oil
paintings are contemporary meditations on pre-Renaissance sacred imagery, responding particularly to the work of Fra Angelico in Florence’s San Marco monastery, which took Purcell’s interest during her residency in Chianti,
Italy earlier this year.
Marie Hagerty: The Real Thing
Australian Art Collector, Issue 43Sasha Grishin
January - March 2008
Marie Hagerty over the past few years has established and refined her pictorial language to arrive at a form which is peculiarly her own. She is a young artist in her early 40s whose most recent work is certainly her best.
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