Michael Shannon: Australian Romantic Realist 2012


Art Gallery Of Ballarat VIC
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery VIC


Michael Shannon: Australian Romantic Realist 2012
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Tour Name: Michael Shannon: Australian Romantic Realist 2012
 
Artists: Michael Shannon: Australian Romantic Realist
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 to Sun, 12 Feb 2012
Venue:
40 Lydiard Street North
Ballarat, VIC, 3350

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Michael Shannon, one of Australia’s most under-regarded major artists, is being celebrated in a retrospective exhibition by the Art Gallery of Ballarat over summer, between Saturday 10 December and Sunday 12 February. Shannon was one of the first artists in the post war period to explore the urban landscape, particularly concentrating on the suburban sprawl. Shannon was a bold Romantic Realist whose work deserves public recognition. Michael Shannon literally drew his way into the places he inhabited: his domestic terrain, suburbia, the city - wherever that might be - and, particularly in later years, the landscape. Patrick McCaughey, whose essay about Shannon features in the exhibition catalogue, writes: “Michael Shannon was both a substantive contributor to the enterprise of modern Australian art and its beneficiary”. “Few amongst his contemporaries encompassed ‘city and country’ so successfully. Looking back now almost twenty years after his death, the bigger rhythm of his work emerges: the constraints of the city and the release of the spirit in the rocky wilds and the sun-bleached hills of Heathcote. What Australian does not live out that fundamental rhythm between the constraints of the city and the comforts of the suburbs and the pleasure of escaping both in the bush?” In the 1950s the Art Gallery of Ballarat was one of the first to appreciate the talent of Michael Shannon, twice awarding him the George Crouch Prize, which was at that time the one of the richest contemporary art awards in the nation. Shannon's distinctive paintings were as avidly collected and frequently displayed as those of his near contemporaries John Brack and Fred Williams. However since his death from Parkinson's disease at the age of 65 in 1993 his work has suffered an eclipse, overlooked by critics and the broader public.
Event Type: Arts and Exhibition
Genres: Art Exhibition
Web Address: www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au

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