Vibrations in Australian Drawing
7 June to 13 July 2025
Vibrations in Australian Drawing is an exhibition demonstrating the essence of the practice and the importance of drawing underlying a range of disciplines. Vibrations that elicit a kinetic force that underlies the action of drawing with diverse energy flows, where the fusion of technique and idea takes shape.
Vibrations in Australian Drawing examines the materiality and manifestations of drawing that constitute its essence. The exhibition reveals the importance of drawing as a transformative, interactive element within a range of multi-disciplinary practices.
The exhibition features the artworks of both contemporary artists and artists from the last 100 years of Australian art history.
Curators: Rhonda Davis, Kon Gouriotis, Leonard Janiszewksi, Tom Murray and Cassandra Hard Lawrie.
Artists: Suzanne Archer, Jacqueline Balassa, Ray Beattie, Yvonne Boag, John Brack, Joanna Braithwaite, Leonard Brown, Brad Buckley, Anthony Cahill, Judy Cassab, Jan Cleveringa, Jon Cockburn, Alana Collins, Frank Cullen, Mark Davis, Janet Dawson, Rhonda Dee, Robert Dickerson, William Dobell, Fan Dongwang, Russell Drysdale, Chris Dyson, Maclean Edwards, Nicole Ellis, David Fairbairn, Donald Friend, Joe Frost, Sam Fullbrook, Chris Gaynor, Adam Geczy, Simryn Gill, George Gittoes, James Gleeson, Nathalie Hartog-Gautier, John Havilah, Sali Herman, Ian Howard, Helen Hyatt-Johnston, Lisa Jones, Jennifer Keeler-Milne, Hendrik Kolenberg, Donald Laycock, Norman Lindsay, Steve Lopes, Francis Lymburner, Euan MacLeod, Dusan Marek, Noel McKenna, Godfrey Miller, Ian Milliss, Mai Nguyen-Long, Trevor Nickolls, Sidney Nolan, Chris O'Doherty (aka Reg Mombassa), Peter O’Doherty, Susan O’Doherty, Catherine O’Donnell, Siobhan O'Gorman, Margaret Olley, Miguel Olmo, Rachel Ormella, Janaki Peart, Sue Pedley and Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Julien Playoust, Tom Polo, Al Poulet, Peter Powditch, Ben Quilty, Lloyd Rees, Ambrose Reisch, Khaled Sabsabi, Charlie Sheard, Gary Shinfield, Pat Shirvington, Jeffrey Smart, Fiona Somerville, John von Sturmer, Noel Thurgate, Matthew Tome, Ken Unsworth, Danila Vassilieff, Craig Waddell, Regina Walter, Brett Whiteley and Salvatore Zofrea
OPENING EVENT: 6pm - 8pm, Saturday 7 June 2025
RSVP: cowraartgallery@cowra.nsw.gov.au
IMAGE ABOVE: Russell Drysdale (1912-1981), Bar room figure [Study for “Joe”] circa 1945-1949 pen, ink, graph paper 22.4 x 27.2cm. Bequest of Mrs IF Cantwell. Macquarie University Art Collection. Photography by Effy Alexakis, Photowrite. © Estate of Russell Drysdale
PRESENTING PARTNERS: A major partnership exhibition between the Macquarie University Art Gallery, the Creative Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University and Cowra Regional Art Gallery.
IMAGE BELOW: James Gleeson (1915–2008), Ganymede ll, 1979, charcoal and pastel on paper. Macquarie University Art Collection. Gift of the artist. Photography by Effy Alexakis, Photowrite. © Gleeson/O'Keefe Foundation