Tim Olsen on getting out from under the shadow of his famous father John: 'He’s not a demigod'
The GuardianSusan Chenery
10 November 2020
John Olsen’s Australian landscapes captured the world’s imagination but to his son the artist was akin to a deity – until he wasn’t.
Where there is artistic acclaim there is often collateral damage. History is littered with redundant muses, discarded partners, children left behind. It can take a certain ruthlessness to live for art, in a heightened state of intensity, making it the only thing that matters.
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Paul Davies | Paradise with a Twist
Australian Financial ReviewStephen Todd
07/10/20
Paradise with a twist; 'Failed painter' Paul Davies creates artworks of uncanny architectural allure
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Maroon 5’s Jesse Carmichael Keeps it Short and Sweet with Two-Minute Movies
KCETJuly 2020
Participants can do as they like, but it can’t run longer than two minutes; that’s the idea behind 2 Minute Movies (2mm), a collective of filmmakers and artists founded in early 2019 by Maroon 5’s Jesse Carmichael. “The biggest takeaway from this period of isolation is just how important it is to have friends and family around to make things in life with; memories and art,” he tells “Southland Sessions.” Despite starting before the pandemic, the collective’s more recent videos reflect intimate portraits of the current moment.
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Laura Jones 'Arcadia'
March 2020Arcadia by Laura Jones opens at Glasshouse, Port Macquarie 6 March at 6pm. The exhibition will run from 7 March â?? 19 April 2020.
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Winter Group Show IN SIGHT 3D Tour
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Exhibition of New Works by Australian Photographic Artist Leila Jeffreys Opens at Olsen Gruin
Art DailyJose Villareal
December 19, 2019
Revisiting the world of the Budgerigar â?? the subject of her first solo exhibition some nine years ago â?? Leila Jeffreysâ?? High Society includes her signature large format portraits and sees her exploring new territory.Â
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Artist Spotlight: Leila Jeffreys
NorthMatt Pike
September 2019
Leila Jeffreys is a leading Australian contemporary artist, who began documenting birds in photographic portraiture back in 2008. Leila is able to capture impeccable detail in her subjects, abstracting them from their natural environment and inviting the viewer to confront them in a more personable way.Â
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Birds of a Feather
Art / EditStephanie Vigilante
September 2019
Leila Jeffreys has dedicated her practice to capturing our feathered friends on film. She talks to Stephanie Vigilante about the power of the portrait.Â
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Focus on Photography: 7 Not-To-Be-Missed Solo Shows in New York
Galerie MagazinePaul Laster
September 18, 2019
Contemporary photography is a major focus of the cityâ??s September shows.
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George Byrne EXIT VISION 3D Tour
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Something Isn't Quite Right in George Byrne's Photographs
SurfaceRyan Waddoups
September 11, 2019
The Australian artistâ??s latest photo series, on display at Olsen Gruin in New York City, stitches together scenic collages of Los Angeles, Miami, and Sydney to create radiant, semi-fictional landscapes that feel slightly off.
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The Imagined Architecture of George Byrne's
WhitewallKaty Donoghue
September 5, 2019
George Byrne's "Exit Vision" opens this week at Olsen Gruin in New York. The new series of work includes pastel photo-collages of images captured in Miami, Los Angeles, and Sydney - inspired by architecture, color, and culture.
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Artist You Need to Know: George Byrne
Art ZealousCaitlin Confort
September 4, 2019
Art Zealous' Caitlin Confort sits down with artist George Byrne to discuss his photography practice, his collaborations with Soho House, and his newest exhibition at Olsen Gruin, Exit Vision.
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21 Gallery Shows You Won't Want to Miss in New York This Fall, From Amy Sherald's Star Turn to a Historic Cuban Artist's US Debut
Artnet NewsCaroline Goldstein & Sarah Cascone
September 3, 2019
Artnet News highlights George Byrne: Exit Vision as a must see show this fall.Â
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Creatures 3D Tour
August 20193D Tour of 'Creatures' 2019 Group Summer exhibition
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Drawn to Dusk - Artist Paul Davies puts his crafted LA work on show at Sydney
Australian Financial ReviewHelen O'Neil
3 October 2015
Paul Davies cuts his stencils with the same kind of scalpel blade his ophthalmologist father uses to slice into eyes. The results are different of course. Davies junior's use of the scalpel is potentially far less messy and brings forth images that are apparently serene and seemingly two-dimensional. Yet the issue of redefining vision is the same. That is a theme that has defined this 36-year-old artist's career to this date. Born in Sydney, now living in Los Angeles, he often uses mid-20th-century modern architecture in his work yet says what is there is not what it seems.
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Paradise Lost: Paul Davies' Fictive California
HyperallergicLouis Bury
Saturday, June 8
The painter's depiction of breezy palm trees and picturesque mountain ranges contain eccentric, discordant details.
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Paul Davies: The Roaring Daze at Olsen Gruin
Whitehot MagazineKurt McVey
June 1, 2019
Davies, a Sydney, Australia native now living in Los Angeles, pulls his visual references heavily from legendary if not infamous architectural structures, which he personally documents using digital photography and later (often years later) renders up in his large-scale, pulpy (in the full Tarantino version of the word) acrylic on canvas paintings. The show also features one-off, sunset-pastel, long-exposure photograms as well as his minimal, hand-painted, laser cut sculptures.Â
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Step Into Australian Desert Dreamtime at Olsen Gruin Gallery
LA WeeklyJordan Riefe
May 10, 2019
Walk into Olsen Gruin Gallery in Culver City and step into another place and time. Surrounding viewers are what look like large-scale abstract expressionist paintings from the mid-century by mavericks who drank, cursed and smoked too much. But titles like "Mamungari ‘nya," "Ngura Pilti" and "Ngayuka mamaku ngura ini Makiri," all painted in 2018, are the first hint these might not be what they look like. In fact, they are figurative paintings by indigenous artists from Central Australia that constitute the dazzling new show, APY Lands LA: Central Desert Painters of Australia, through May 30 in Culver City. Presented in partnership with the Australian Consulate-General Los Angeles, it is the largest collection of Australian indigenous art ever shown in the Southland.
Featured image: Taylor Cooper, "Malara: 1 Wanampi Tjukurpa" 2018. acrylic on linen, 59.8 x 48 inches
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Exhibition 3D Tour
April 2019View 3D Tour of the APY Lands exhibition at Olsen Gruin
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