Despard Gallery is proud to present DRAWING NOW, an exhibition of contemporary approaches to drawing.
DRAWING NOW features the work of eight contemporary artists whose creative practice centers around drawing. Electronic media is vastly becoming a dominating force in contemporary art, however the creative process always starts with pen and paper. DRAWING NOW brings together a diverse group of artists that represent what is happening in contemporary drawing.
Exhibiting artists Mary Scott and Lindsay Broughton have spent a large portion of their careers as educators, specialising in drawing. Broughton was the head of Drawing at the Tasmanian College of the Arts a position he held for 20 years. Upon his retirement, exhibiting artist Mary Scott took on the role. Scott works across both painting and drawing and is a well-established artist both within Tasmania and nationally. Other Tasmanian artists included in DRAWING NOW are Todd Jenkins, Graham Lang, Tor Maclean and Laura McMahon.
Bertie Blackman, well-known singer and songwriter will be exhibiting a selection of her drawings. The daughter of renowned Australian painter Charles Blackman, Bertie Blackman is a popular and critically acclaimed musician and a keen drawer. Her drawings are inspired by and interconnected with her life in the Australian music scene.
For the first time, Despard Gallery will also be exhibiting the work of Sydney based artist Jonathan McBurnie in DRAWING NOW. McBurnie creates strange and complex imagery drawn from seemingly unrecognizable texts: the coronation, and subsequent celebrity status, of Queen Elizabeth II and the politically-subversive thrash-metal band, Slayer. McBurnie’s series is made up of suspended narratives that are densely populated by numerous pop culture and art history symbols.
Lindsay Broughton
After Pere Lachaise 3
2014
Oil pastel & wax crayon on paper
223 x 151 cm
Signed verso
$6,820.00
Lindsay Broughton
After Pere Lachaise 3
2014
Oil pastel & wax crayon on paper
223 x 151 cm
Signed verso
$6,820.00
BERTIE BLACKMAN
'Ancestor of Mapface 2' 2014
Ink and gouache on paper
Signed lower right
SOLD
Ancestor of Mapface 1, 2014
Ink and gouache on paper
Signed lower right
~SOLD~
Mary Scott
Breathing of the Terrestrial Machine (no. 2)
2014
charcoal on paper
120 x 80cm
Signed verso
$2,500.00 SOLD
Mary Scott
Breathing of the Terrestrial Machine (no. 2)
2014
charcoal on paper
120 x 80cm
Signed verso
$2,500.00 SOLD
Mary Scott
Breathing of the Terrestrial Machine (no. 1)
2014
charcoal on paper
120 x 80cm
Signed verso
$2,500.00
Mary Scott
Breathing of the Terrestrial Machine (no. 1)
2014
charcoal on paper
120 x 80cm
Signed verso
$2,500.00
SOLD
Mary Scott
Breathing of the Terrestrial Machine (no. 3)
2014
charcoal on paper
120 x 80cm
Signed verso
$2,500.00 SOLD
Mary Scott
Breathing of the Terrestrial Machine (no. 3)
2014
charcoal on paper
120 x 80cm
Signed verso
$2,500.00 SOLD
Lindsay Broughton
Cowl
2012
Oil pastel & wax crayon on paper
220 x 151cm
Signed verso
$5,820.00
Lindsay Broughton
Cowl
2012
Oil pastel & wax crayon on paper
220 x 151cm
Signed verso
$5,820.00
Todd Jenkins
Fossil 1, 2014
Pencil on paper
30 x 40 cm
$1,250.00
Todd Jenkins
Fossil 1, 2014
Pencil on paper
30 x 40 cm
$1,250.00
Fossil 2, 2014
Pencil on paper
30 x 40 cm
Signed Verso
~SOLD~
Fossil 2, 2014
Pencil on paper
30 x 40 cm
Signed Verso
~SOLD~
Todd Jenkins
Fossil, 2014
Pencil on paper
30 x 40 cm
$1,250.00
Todd Jenkins
Fossil, 2014
Pencil on paper
30 x 40 cm
$1,250.00
Bearer of Tidings
2001
Pencil wash, monoprint fragments, oils, conte, photograph
50 x 65 cm
signed verso
$1,800.00
Bearer of Tidings
2001
Pencil wash, monoprint fragments, oils, conte, photograph
50 x 65 cm
signed verso
$1,800.00
Graham Lang
Empire - Strange Ties, 2001
Mixed media on paper
50 x 65 cm
$1,800.00
Graham Lang
Empire - Strange Ties, 2001
Mixed media on paper
50 x 65 cm
$1,800.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#6
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#6
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#7
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#7
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#1
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#1
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#2
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#2
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#4
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#4
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#8
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#8
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#6
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#6
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#5
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
#5
2012
ink, guache and correction fluid on paper
38 x 28 cm
signed verso
$525.00
Jonathan McBurnie
Bastards, 2013
Series of cut out drawings on paper
Dimensions variable
Priced between $35.00 each
Jonathan McBurnie
Bastards, 2013
Series of cut out drawings on paper
Dimensions variable
Priced between $35.00 each
Jonathan McBurnie
Sexual for Elizabeth I (Beauty through order), 2013
Ink, biro, gauche and correction fluid on paper
39 x 107 cm
~SOLD~
Jonathan McBurnie
Sexual for Elizabeth I (Beauty through order), 2013
Ink, biro, gauche and correction fluid on paper
39 x 107 cm
~SOLD~
Jonathan McBurnie
Sexual for Elizabeth II (God hates us all), 2013
Ink, biro, gauche and correction fluid on paper
39 x 107 cm
~SOLD~
Jonathan McBurnie
Sexual for Elizabeth II (God hates us all), 2013
Ink, biro, gauche and correction fluid on paper
39 x 107 cm
~SOLD~
Volunteer Cowboy
2013
Ink, biro, gauche and correction fluid on paper
39 x 107cm
Signed verso
~SOLD~
Volunteer Cowboy
2013
Ink, biro, gauche and correction fluid on paper
39 x 107cm
Signed verso
~SOLD~
Tor Mclean
Thin Red Line
2014
Negative pregnancy tests
10 x 15 cm
Signed verso
SOLD
Tor Mclean
Thin Red Line
2014
Negative pregnancy tests
10 x 15 cm
Signed verso
SOLD
Tor Mclean
Self Portraits
A series of self portraits painted in water on butcher paper
10 x 4 cm (each)
$20.00 each $85.00 set
Tor Mclean
Self Portraits
A series of self portraits painted in water on butcher paper
10 x 4 cm (each)
$20.00 each $85.00 set
Tor Mclean
Trembling Foundation
2014
Pencil on butchers paper
27 x 57 cm
Signed verso
$620.00
Tor Mclean
Trembling Foundation
2014
Pencil on butchers paper
27 x 57 cm
Signed verso
$620.00
Tor Mclean
For Oscar
2015
Lipstick on paper
49 x 57 cm
Signed verso
$680.00
Tor Mclean
For Oscar
2015
Lipstick on paper
49 x 57 cm
Signed verso
$680.00
Lady Macbeth’s Requiem
2014
pencil on paper
57 x 75cm
signed verso
$1,190.00
Lady Macbeth’s Requiem
2014
pencil on paper
57 x 75cm
signed verso
$1,190.00
Laura McMahon
Journey to the east, 2014
Fine pen and coloured pencinl on paper
59 x 42 cm
$1,275.00
Laura McMahon
Journey to the east, 2014
Fine pen and coloured pencinl on paper
59 x 42 cm
$1,275.00
Laura McMahon
The bird King, 2014
Fine pen and couloured pencil on paper
59 x 42 cm
SOLD
Laura McMahon
The bird King, 2014
Fine pen and couloured pencil on paper
59 x 42 cm
SOLD
Laura McMahon
The messenger
Fine pen and couloured pencil on paper
42 x 59 cm
SOLD
Laura McMahon
The messenger
Fine pen and couloured pencil on paper
42 x 59 cm
SOLD
Lindsay Broughton
After Pere Lachaise 1, 2014
Oil stick on paper
223 x 151 cm
$6,820.00
Lindsay Broughton
After Pere Lachaise 1, 2014
Oil stick on paper
223 x 151 cm
$6,820.00
Lindsay Broughton
After Pere Lachaise 2, 2014
Oil stick on paper
223 x 151 cm
$6,820.00
Lindsay Broughton
After Pere Lachaise 2, 2014
Oil stick on paper
223 x 151 cm
$6,820.00