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Salvatore Zofrea: Portraits and Psalms
6 Nov 2017 3:30 pm until 6 Nov 2017 3:30 pm
A major exhibition of paintings from one of Australia’s leading figurative artists, Salvatore Zofrea.
10 Nov 2007 11:00 am until 16 Dec 2007 11:00 am
This exhibiton featured works from artists exhibiting in Sydney galleries throughout 2007.
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2007
29 Sep 2007 11:00 am until 4 Nov 2007 11:00 am
The annual award exhibition for portraiture by contemporary Australian women artists. The award, which was first given in 1965 in memory of the artist Portia Geach, displays selected entries from artists across the nation representing diversity in contemporary portraiture. The winner of the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2007 was Maryanne Coutts with her self portrait 2008 'Melbourne.'
Rex Dupain: The Colour of Bondi
18 Aug 2007 11:00 am until 23 Sep 2007 11:00 am
This exhibition at the S. H. Ervin Gallery shows 47 meter-square prints of Rex Dupain’s series of photographs The Colour of Bondi, taken at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Featured Image: The Big Heave 2006 Print Media: Robert McFarlane | Review http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts-reviews/the-colour-of-bondi/2007/09/05/1188783273927.html
From Here to Eternity: Contemporary Tapestries from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop
29 Jun 2007 11:00 am until 12 Aug 2007 11:00 am
From here to Eternity, is a selection of 52 exquisite tapestries of contemporary Australian art, produced by the renowned Victorian Tapestry Workshop in this revered and ancient form. The exhibition is a stunning example of contemporary tapestry, designed by some of Australia’s leading artists.
30 Apr 2007 11:00 am until 10 Jun 2007 11:00 am
Curated by Christine France Janet Dawson Survey 1953–2006, presented over 60 art works from public art galleries and private collections. Famously one of three women artists included in the National Gallery of Victoria’s 1968 exhibition The field, Janet Dawson’s work later shifted from minimal abstraction to still life and landscape.
3 Mar 2007 11:00 am until 6 May 2007 11:00 am
The Salon des Refusés was initiated by the S.H. Ervin Gallery in 1992 in response to the large number of works entered into the Archibald Prize which were not selected for display. The S.H. Ervin Gallery’s ‘alternative’ selection has become a much anticipated feature of the Sydney art scene. The winner of the 2007 Holding Redlich People’s Choice Award was Jiawei Shen.
The art of Chris O’Doherty aka Reg Mombassa
6 Jan 2007 11:00 am until 25 Feb 2007 11:00 am
Chris O'Doherty is often referred to as a Renaissance man – artist, singer, songwriter and musician. The S. H. Ervin Gallery presents the first major survey exhibition spanning O'Doherty's thirty-year career as an artist.
11 Nov 2006 11:00 am until 17 Dec 2006 11:00 am
The 2006: The Year In Art exhibiton featured works from artists exhibiting in Sydney galleries throughout 2006
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2006
18 Oct 2006 11:00 am until 5 Nov 2006 11:00 am
The annual award exhibition for portraiture by contemporary Australian women artists. The award, which was first given in 1965 in memory of the artist Portia Geach, displays selected entries from artists across the nation representing diversity in contemporary portraiture. The winner of the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2006 was Lucy Culliton, Self Wtih Friends.
Sydney Prints: 45 years of the Sydney Printmakers
19 Aug 2006 11:00 am until 24 Sep 2006 11:00 am
Curated by Anne Ryan 'Sydney Prints: 45 years of the Sydney Printmakers' presented the works of 68 members and former members of the Sydney Printmakers Society. The exhibtion toured to Tamworth Regional Gallery & Hawkesbury Regional Gallery.
Witness to War: official art and photography 1999-2003
1 Jul 2006 11:00 am until 13 Aug 2006 11:00 am
Witness to War: official art and photography 1999-2003 was a touring Australian War Memorial exhibition. The exhibition "brings together the work of the Memorial’s most recent official artists and photographers. It is an exhibition that reveals not only the arresting images these men and women have created, but also their own stories.
Encounters with country: landscapes of Ray Crooke
20 May 2006 11:00 am until 25 Jun 2006 11:00 am
Encounters with country: landscapes of Ray Crooke, presents an in-depth focus on the Australian landscape paintings of Queensland artist Ray Crooke (b. 1922). While Crooke is widely known and highly regarded for his paintings of island life in the Torres Strait and the islands of Fiji, this remains an incomplete picture of this artist’s oeuvre. Equal to his finest paintings are Crooke’s landscape studies of Cape York and the remote Gulf Country of far-north Queensland.
25 Mar 2006 11:00 am until 14 May 2006 11:00 am
Each year the Salon panel goes behind the scenes of the Archibald Prize judging process, to select an ‘alternative’ exhibition from the many works not chosen as finalists for the official exhibition. The criteria for works selected are quality, diversity, humour and experimentation. The winner of the 2006 Holding Redlich People's Choice Award was Gillian Dunlop with 'Portrait of John Gaden.'
Margaret Olley & Donald Friend
21 Jan 2006 11:00 am until 19 Mar 2006 11:00 am
This exhibition presented the works of significant Sydney artists, Margaret Olley and Donald Friend celebrating their long friendship founded in art.
12 Nov 2005 11:00 am until 18 Dec 2005 11:00 am
2005: The Year In Art, presents works from exhibitions held in Sydney galleries and artist-run spaces during the year.
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2005
30 Sep 2005 11:00 am until 6 Nov 2005 11:00 am
The annual award exhibition for portraiture by contemporary Australian women artists. The award, which was first given in 1965 in memory of the artist Portia Geach, displays selected entries from artists across the nation representing diversity in contemporary portraiture. The winner of the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2005 was Jude Rae, Large Interior (Micky Allan)
20 Aug 2005 11:00 am until 25 Sep 2005 11:00 am
Utopia : A Picture Story was an exhibition of silk batiks from the Holmes à Court Collection comprising 88 works accompanied by portrait photographs of the artists.
Town and Country: Portraits of Colonial Homes & Gardens
2 Jul 2005 11:00 am until 14 Aug 2005 11:00 am
Town and Country: Portraits of Colonial Homes & Gardens was an exhibition giving a rare insight into a fascinating area of Australia’s colonial history. The works in the exhibition highlighted the important role of the artist in recording the houses and gardens of this formative period in Australia's colonial history.
30 Apr 2005 11:00 am until 19 Jun 2005 11:00 am
Each year the Salon panel goes behind the scenes of the Archibald Prize judging process, to select an ‘alternative’ exhibition from the many works not chosen as finalists for the official exhibition. The criteria for works selected are quality, diversity, humour and experimentation. The winner of the 2005 Holding Redlich People's Choice Award was Margaret Woodward, the Hobby Horse Rider.
12 Mar 2005 11:00 am until 24 Apr 2005 11:00 am
Jean Bellette (1908-1991) was a seminal figure in the visual arts from the 1930s until her death in Majorca in 1991, yet her contribution to the history of the visual arts in Australia has not been adequately assessed. The exhibition comprised 75 works including paintings, watercolours and drawings from private and public collections, supported with photographs and memorabilia and, for the first time. Curated by Christine France
Face to Face: photography from the Albury Regional Art Gallery Collection
29 Jan 2005 11:00 am until 6 Mar 2005 11:00 am
Face to Face is a specially organised exhibition of selected works from the renowned photography collection at Albury Regional Art Gallery. Since its beginnings in 1982, the collection has evolved into one of the finest photographic collections in the country. Seventy-five portrait and figurative works have been selected for show at S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney.
13 Nov 2004 11:00 am until 12 Dec 2004 11:00 am
The concept for this exhibition is to present a selection of works from exhibitions that have been held at Sydney art galleries throughout 2004. Invited selectors viewed countless exhibitions throughout the year and nominated works that they believed represented the scope of contemporary art practice. The artists that have been selected for this exhibition demonstrate the diversity of the dynamic contemporary arts scene and include both emerging artists and established practitioners. The exhibition aims to promote contemporary artists working in any discipline and bring their work to the attention of a wider audience. The 48 works in the exhibition are presented with the assistance of the artists, their representative galleries in Sydney and in some cases, also with the cooperation of collectors who have acquired the works from the exhibitions. We wish to acknowledge the support of all of these people who have helped us once again present – The...
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2004
1 Oct 2004 11:00 am until 7 Nov 2004 11:00 am
The annual award exhibition for portraiture by contemporary Australian women artists. The award, which was first given in 1965 in memory of the artist Portia Geach, displays selected entries from artists across the nation representing diversity in contemporary portraiture. The winner of the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2004 was Nerissa Lea, The Sheik & Me, Self Portrait with Imagined Portrait of Chad Morgan after Frida Kahlo.
14 Aug 2004 11:00 am until 26 Sep 2004 11:00 am
Sydney Studios was an exhibition of Australian Art, curated by the S. H. Ervin Gallery, which looked at the history of artists' studios, schools and galleries in the Sydney CBD including the work of Arthur Streeton, Grace Cossington Smith and Thea Proctor.
Australian Surrealism: The Agapitos/Wilson Collection
19 Jun 2004 11:00 am until 8 Aug 2004 11:00 am
Since their first acquisition in 1990, Sydney art lovers and philanthropists James Agapitos OAM and Ray Wilson have been passionate collectors of Australian Surrealist paintings, photographs, prints and drawings. Their comprehensive collection contained more than three hundred works spanning the period 1925 to 1955 which has since been donated to the National Gallery of Australia.
Mythology & Reality Contemporary Aboriginal Desert Art from the Gabrielle Pizzi Collection
8 May 2004 11:00 am until 13 Jun 2004 11:00 am
Mythology and Reality is a rare opportunity to view works from one of the most extensive collections of contemporary Aboriginal art held in private hands. Over the past twenty-five years, respected Melbourne gallery owner, Gabrielle Pizzi, has assembled an extraordinary collection of contemporary Aboriginal art.
27 Mar 2004 11:00 am until 1 May 2004 11:00 am
The Salon des Refusés is the ‘alternative’ selection from the annual Archibald & Wynne Prizes. Each year our panel goes behind the scenes of the judging process for the annual Archibald Prize for portraiture and Wynne Prize for landscape painting and figure sculpture at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, to select an exhibition from the many hundreds of works entered in both prizes but not chosen for the official award exhibition. The 2004 Holding Redlich People's Choice Prize went to Juan Ford for Allan & Goliath (Portrait of Professor Allan Fels).
17 Jan 2004 11:00 am until 21 Mar 2004 11:00 am
John Coburn: Five Decades honours one of the most prolific Australian artists in an exhibition of paintings, drawings, tapestries and sketchbooks that examine Coburn’s distinctive style; his lifelong passion for colour, the use of bold shapes, an innate sense of space and an essence of beauty and spirituality in nature.
8 Nov 2003 11:00 am until 14 Dec 2003 11:00 am
The Year in Art presents an overview of contemporary art practice that has been displayed in Sydney galleries throughout the year. With the aim to bring the work of living Australian artists to a wider audience, the exhibition reflects the vitality of the Sydney art scene.
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2003
26 Sep 2003 11:00 am until 2 Nov 2003 11:00 am
The annual award exhibition for portraiture by contemporary Australian women artists. The award, which was first given in 1965 in memory of the artist Portia Geach, displays selected entries from artists across the nation representing diversity in contemporary portraiture. The winner of the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2003 was Wendy Sharpe - Self portrait with tea cup and burning paintings
La Serenissima: The Fascination of Venice
8 Aug 2003 11:00 am until 21 Sep 2003 11:00 am
An exhibition of extraordinary artworks inspired by the bewitching city of Venice. This great Italian City with its light, its water, its restless magic, has beckoned artisans for hundreds of years. Curator, Lou Klepac, brought together over 90 works of art from many Australian public and private collections. The exhibition celebrated the magnificence of Venice: its art, its music, its food and its unforgettable atmosphere.
Mary Alice Evatt ‘MAS’ 1898-1973
20 Jun 2003 11:00 am until 3 Aug 2003 11:00 am
Mary Alice Evatt’s lifelong commitment to art ran parallel with her public role as the wife of Dr Herbert Vere ‘Doc’ Evatt. The exhibition comprised paintings, drawings and sculptures, together with photographers, letters and poetry written by Mary Alice for her husband. The exhibition was organised by the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery and curated by Melissa Boyde.
William Robinson: The revelation of landscape
11 Jan 2003 11:00 am until 2 Mar 2003 11:00 am
This exhibition was the first major Sydney survey of work by William Robinson, one of Australia’s most respected contemporary landscape artists. The exhibition traced the important shifts in Robinson’s art over last two decades and reveals the passionate engagement of this artist with the environment.
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