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Fans of Fiona Lowry’s otherworldly artworks can now view a survey of her airbrushed paintings from the last 15 years, in just one of several exhibitions with her creations on display.
Fans of Fiona Lowry can now view a survey of her airbrushed paintings from the last 15 years.
ARTIST FIONA LOWRY is the first to admit it’s a little unusual to have her work featured in three Sydney exhibitions at once. Two of those are at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where her 2014 Archibald-winning portrait of architect Penelope Seidler sits in the Archie 100 retrospective, while her depiction of artist (and former lecturer) Matthys Gerber hangs as one of the 52 finalists in this year’s prize.
But it’s at 1 Bligh, Sydney, in the office of law firm Clayton Utz that fans of Lowry’s ethereal aesthetic can see a complete survey of her work (including her Cate Blanchett piece that graced a Vogue Australia cover last year). “It covers the last 15 years. There are things pulled out from a long time ago, from my collection and other people’s collections, and then newer works,” she explains, pointing to the landscape seen here.
Another of Lowry’s landscapes has just been hung at the National Gallery of Australia as part of its second installation of the Know My Name gender equity initiative, on show until January 2022. Back in the studio, she is keen on a series that explores how masculinity is performed. “I happened to have worked with a lot of men and I really want to explore what that is and how those relationships have unfolded,” she shares.
Selected artwork by Fiona Lowry are on display at Clayton Utz Sydney until September (by appointment through 333 Art Projects, 333artprojects.com). The Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2021 and Archie 100: A century of the Archibald Prize are on show until September 26 at the Art Gallery of NSW.