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.
Artists: Margaret Ackland, Arthur Apanski, Suzanne Archer, Jacqueline Balsatta, Del Kathryn Barton, Drew Bickford, Yvonne Boag, John Brack, Joanna Braithwaite, Leonard Brown, Brad Buckley, Michael Butler, Anthony Cahill, Judy Cassab, Jan Cleveringa, Jon Cockburn, Alana Collins, Mark Davis, Janet Dawson, Rhonda Dee, Robert Dickerson, William Dobell, Fan Dongwang, Blak Douglas, Russell Drysdale, Maclean Edwards, Nicole Ellis, David Fairbairn, Donald Friend, Joe Frost, Sam Fullbrook, Nathalie Hartog-Gautier, Chris Gaynor, Adam Geczy, Simryn Gill, George Gittoes, James Gleeson, Geoffrey de Groen, John Havilah, Sali Herman, Frank Hinder, Ian Howard, Helen Hyatt-Johnston, Lisa Jones, Michael Kelly, Hendrik Kolenberg, Donald Laycock, Norman Lindsay, Mai Nguyen-Long, Steve Lopes, Francis Lymburner, Euan MacLeod, Dusan Marek, Teena McCarthy, Tony McGillick, Noel McKenna, Brett McMahon, Godfrey Miller, Jennifer Keeler-Milne, Christian Narsamma, 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, Desiderius Orban, Rachel Ormella, Ian Parry, Janaki Peart, Tom Polo, Al Poulet, Peter Powditch, Elizabeth Pulie, Ben Quilty, Lloyd Rees, William Rose, Khaled Sabsabi, Charlie Sheard, Kurt Schranzer, Rollin Schlicht, Gary Shinfield, Pat Shirvington, Jeffrey Smart, Eric Smith, Fiona Somerville, John von Sturmer, Sue Pedley and Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Luke Thurgate, Noel Thurgate, Matthew Tome, Ken Unsworth, Danila Vassilieff, Craig Waddell, Regina Walter, Brett Whiteley, Haydn Wilson, Can Yalcinkaya 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