Charlie Sheard
Absolute Abstraction
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Until 1 September, 2019
SydneyTelstra NATSIAA
Museum & Art Gallery of Northern
Territory (MAGNT)
10 August to 3 November, 2019
Northern TerritoryLeading abstract artist Charlie Sheard
summons his personal connection with
European, Chinese and Australian cultural
history through a language of pure abstract
forms and colour, developed over 40 years. The
artist will be in conversation at the gallery on
11 August with Michael Hedger on ideas and
approach revealing ‘the spiritualism of his
almost ritualistic technique and dedication...
and a deep affiliation with Kandinsky’s
assertion that “more sensitive souls” will be
moved by the effects of colours.’Blue Poem, 2015-2016, acrylic mediums on polyester, 215 x 198cm
Courtesy the artist and Manly Art Gallery & Museum, SydneyGutinarra Yunupinu, finalist Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres
Strait Islander Art Awards 2019
Courtesy Museum & Art Gallery of Northern Territory, Darwin‘Telstra NATSIAA’ demonstrates the richness
and diversity of contemporary Indigenous art
practices, and the pre-eminence of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander voices within the
visual arts. This year’s finalists’ exhibition
showcases the work of 68 First Nation artists
from across Australia – from Christopher
Pease’s final installment of a six-part series
referring to the 1820 etching of the south-west
coast of Australia and the slaying of Nyoongar
tribesman, Yagan, to Nici Cumpston’s
photograph focusing on the crises facing
the Darling River and our responsibility to
take action.40