13/09 :: RICHARD SMITH exhibition @ CONHILL
Best known for his political satire, Smith began his career as a cartoonist for the Sunday Times in 1966 and served as curator for the inaugural Brett Kebble Art Awards, the country’s largest visual art award. His CV includes a host of solo and group shows both locally and internationally.
‘Dialogues’, an exhibition of recent works by Richard Smith celebrates a collaboration betw…
een Artspace and Constitution Hill. This body of work was produced by the artist during a period of 18 months of near seclusion in the artist’s home in Onrus. ‘The only people to have seen these works are those that have visited my studio over the past year…’ Smith commented, ‘This is a completely fresh collection of work’.
The exhibition comprises mainly large portraits of real people and smaller portraits of imagined people. Smith uses mixed media on Fabriano paper.
Central to this exhibition is the theme of dialogue and communication, both as a means of hope and a source of tension. The work explores conflict, communication and exchange between the past and the present, between the people depicted and the visual elements within the works.
Venue: The Temporary Exhibition Space, The Old Fort
Date: 13 September – 2 October
Walkabouts with the artist on Sunday 17th Sept
