Angus Nivison: A Survey

Angus Nivison: A Survey

Angus Nivison: A Survey

curated by

Sandra McMahon

Tamworth Regional Gallery June 15 - July 28, 2012 The University Gallery, The University of Newcastle October 24 - November 10, 2012 S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney January 5 - February 10, 2013

All the Places I’ve Never Been, 2004, acrylic, charcoal and gesso on canvas, 184 x 210cm

Introduction It is a defining moment in any artist’s career to have an important survey of their work. This exhibition, curated so perceptively by Sandra McMahon, has made it clear that Angus Nivison is one of the leading Australian painters. The substantial body of work that McMahon assembled, covering almost two decades and studded with monumental canvasses, presented a cogent picture of Nivison’s practice and its development. Nivison’s great skill with paint and brush was instantly apparent, as was the emotional charge of his creations. While the forms of landscape appear in his paintings, it was the feeling of landscape - that electric intensity of a storm breaking or the softness of mountains seen through mist - that most strongly affected his audiences.

This exhibition would not have been possible without the enthusiasm and commitment of Sandra McMahon. Many thanks are also due to Gillean Shaw of Newcastle University Art Gallery and Jane Watters of S.H Ervin gallery, for presenting the show so well in their galleries. Thank you to Susie Burge, Elizabeth Fortescue and John McDonald for allowing us to reproduce their work in this publication. We especially thank all those who lent their works for the exhibition.

Tamworth Regional Gallery

opening crowd

Bryan Hooper, Sandra McMahon and Angus Nivison

Summer Cotton Bimbang, 2009, acrylic, charcoal, pigments & gesso on canvas, 200 x 360cm

The University of Newcastle

Remembering Rain, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 640cm

S.H. Ervin Gallery

Angus Nivison and Jane Watters, S.H. Ervin Gallery director

The Language of Mountains is Rain, 2005, acrylic, charcoal, pigments and gesso on canvas, 200 x 540cm

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Angus Nivison: A Survey

curated by

Sandra McMahon

Tamworth Regional Gallery June 15 - July 28, 2012 The University Gallery, The University of Newcastle October 24 - November 10, 2012 S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney January 5 - February 10, 2013

Angus Nivison is represented by Utopia Art Sydney 2 Danks Street Waterloo NSW 2017 Telephone: + 61 2 9699 2900 email: utopiaartsydney@ozemail.com.au utopiaartsydney.com.au Š Utopia Art Sydney

Utopia Art Sydney 2 Danks Street Waterloo NSW 2017 Telephone: + 61 2 9699 2900 email: utopiaartsydney@ozemail.com.au utopiaartsydney.com.au