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Event: Masterclass with Nusra Latif Qureshi at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
On the occasion of Nusra Latif Qureshi’s major solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Nusra Latif Qureshi: Birds in Far Pavilions, the artist will host a masterclass to develop fantastical composite creatures inspired by historical Mughal painting and taking inspiration from the Art Gallery’s collection, accompanying gardens and wildlife around the campus.
By tracing and layering images of animals, birds, plants and insects, participants will create highly detailed and imaginative new works on paper as Qureshi leads the class through compositional and watercolour techniques. Please note all materials will be provided and all skill levels are welcome.
This is a ticketed event with limited capacity, as such booking is required.
Nicholas Mangan will feature in the landmark group exhibition Mutual Aid. Art in Collaboration with Nature opening 31 October at the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Turin, Italy.
Curated by Francesco Manacorda and Marianna Vecellio, the major exhibition explores the creative collaboration between humans and the non-human world by gathering a selection of artists who have addressed the interdependence between humans and nature from the 1960s to today.
Profiling different phases of artistic reflection on ecology, the exhibition culminates concerns around the current climate crisis and its theoretical developments. The project focuses around the act of sharing the creative process between artists and natural elements (animal, vegetable and inorganic), interpreted by the works of artists such as Maria Thereza Alves, Michel Blazy, Bianca Bondi & Guillaume Bouisset, Caretto/Spagna, Agnes Denes, Hubert Duprat, Henrik Håkansson, Tamara Henderson, Aki Inomata, Renato Leotta, Nicholas Mangan, Yannis Maniatakos, Nour Mobarak, Precious Okoyomon, Giuseppe Penone, Tomás Saraceno, Robert Smithson, Vivian Suter and Natsuko Uchino.
Mutual Aid. Art in Collaboration with Nature 31 October 2024 – 23 March 2025 Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, IT
Exhibition Catalogue, Nusra Latif Qureshi: Birds in Far Pavilions
The exhibition catalogue Nusra Latif Qureshi: Birds in Far Pavilions (2024) is now available to preorder in anticipation of Qureshi’s survey show opening 9 November at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Publishing on the occasion of the artist’s first major solo exhibition in Australia, the book traces Qureshi’s 30-year career, from her early paintings in Lahore, in which she began to reimagine traditional forms of representation, to their zenith beyond the page and into 3D sculpture with a new commissioned installation.
Richly illustrated with over 100 works and historic archival imagery/photography, the publication includes insightful accompanying essays by curator Matt Cox, Art Gallery of New South Wales director Michael Brand, academic Sugata Ray, arts writer Julie Ewington, curator Esa Epstein, and philosopher and psychoanalyst Robyn Adler.
Nusra Latif Qureshi: Birds in Far Pavillions Edited by Matt Cox Essays by Michael Brand, Julie Ewington, Sugata Ray, Esa Epstein and Robyn Adler Paperback 272 pages 27.5 x 19 cm
Stephen Bush and Helga Groves in the Paul Guest Drawing Prize
We are pleased to announce that Stephen Bush and Helga Groves are finalists in this year’s Paul Guest Drawing Prize. Presented by the Bendigo Art Gallery, the non-acquisitive biennial prize highlights contemporary drawing practice in Australia.
Paul Guest Drawing Prize 2024 30 November 2024 – 27 January 2025 Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
