Ian Fairweather, Figure Group
"Well, my real working used to be to carry around a small sketchbook and make studies from various things I saw, but in time I got interested only in a few subjects and I didn't want to go around looking for any more subjects. The problem was to do the one subject, and so it practically boiled down to that. By one subject I mean ... people." - Ian Fairweather 1965
At the age of 62 in 1953, Fairweather arrived back from his infamous Raft journey from Darwin to Bali, and decided to settle in a home-made thatched hut on Bribie Island just north of Brisbane in Queensland.
Although Fairweather is known for his reclusive existence on Bribie Island in the later years of his life, it is fascinating that he chose to focus primarily on the figure. Except for a few isolated periods in Fairweath... more >
This work is included in our current exhibition Fairweather and Williams which is viewable online.
Works currently available in our stockroom from the following artists: Sally Gabori, Aida Tomescu, Judy Napangardi Watson, Rick Amor, Brook Andrew, Alexander Archipenko, Hany Armanious, Jean Arp, Clarice Beckett, Paddy Bedford, among others.
