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Opening Night – UNCOVERED: Northwood, Lloyd Rees and Beyond
15 September 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
UNCOVERED: Northwood, Lloyd Rees and Beyond
Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios in partnership with Macquarie University Art Gallery
Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios
15 September – 22 October 2022
Exhibition Opening Thursday 15th September 6 – 8pm
Macquarie University Art Gallery
12 September – 21 October 2022
Exhibition Opening Wednesday 14th September 6 – 8pm
UNCOVERED: Northwood, Lloyd Rees and Beyond features an exciting and unexpected new discovery, a rare collection of life drawings by renowned Australian artist Lloyd Rees now held in the Macquarie University Art Collection. Shown to the public for the first time, the drawings pertain to the celebrated Northwood sketch club Rees attended every Thursday evening at the Santry’s house that was situated nearby.
In addition, contemporary artist Brendan Kelly has created a series of new works in response to the Northwood group. Kelly’s responses to site, places, buildings and topics frequented and favoured by these artists interweave a rich narrative ebbed with the tones and textures of history where the past meets the present.
Image: Lloyd Rees (1899-1988), Untitled, circa late 1940s, pencil and conte on paper. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Alan and Janice Rees. Macquarie University Art Collection. Photography Effy Alexakis, Photowrite
