Wattle: Contemporary Australian Art
Visual Arts
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Description
WATTLE is the first major survey exhibition of contemporary Australian art in Hong Kong. The exhibition will showcase the extraordinary depth and range
of the Australian art scene, aiming to bring it closer to the level of international recognition it deserves. WATTLE features a curator’s pick of forty-five artists
working in Australia and includes painting, sculpture, photography and mixed media installation. The artists selected for WATTLE vary greatly in their practice,
conceptual stance and range from freshly emerging, to young leaders in the field, to established artists, and finally, to veritable living masters.
In order to allow the artists to best represent their work, no curatorial theme has been imposed and each artist will exhibit one key artwork. Highlights
include John Olsen, the Godfather of Australian landscape painting; Janet Laurence, one of the most revered artists of her generation; recent Archibald Prize
winners Sam Leach, Guy Maestri, Del Kathryn Barton and Adam Cullen; a host of young hot talent such as Paul Davies, Tim Summerton, Juan Ford, Alan Jones,
Alexander Seton, Jasper Knight, Tony Lloyd and Giles Alexander; plus the established and much admired painters Martine Emdur, Joshua Yeldham, Lara
Merrett, Andrew Taylor, and Clinton Nain.
Note：This event record is compiled from "Hong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook 2011" published by Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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