9 January - 15 March Group Show

The Summer Exhibition

Featuring a summer showcase of collectable fine art from the gallery’s stockroom, including a vibrant range of recent work by established and emerging contemporary artists.

Right: John Phillips Pilgrim oil on canvas 102 x 183.5cm (detail)

21 - 24 February 2012 Book Launch & Exhibition

Peter Griffen: In and Out of Abstraction
To be launched by Emeritus Prof. Di Yerbury AO

Abstract painter Peter Griffen is launching his new book at Wagner Art Gallery. Come to the launch and then view the paintings featured in his wonderful publication, In and Out of Abstraction, in a complimentary focus exhibition.

Right: Peter Griffen Blue & Orange Landscape acrylic on paper 42 x 59cm

17 March - 12 April Two exhibitions in conjunction with Art Month 2012

Robert Juniper AM: Time and Place

Showcasing early and recent work by the elite artist who was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his services to the visual arts in 2011. Time and Place features work from different period’s of Juniper’s career, from 1968 to 2011, and provides a retrospective account of his artistic innovations and long-term subject of interest and fascination, the Australian landscape.

Right: Robert JuniperMelaleucas on the East Alligator oil & acrylic on canvas 122 x 153cm

Eleanor Millard: Late in the Day

The 2011 Wynne Prize Finalist’s debut Sydney solo show captures maritime life at Two Mile Bay: its moody landscape, old-world characters, and rugged topography. These sensitive portraits of a small fishing community are also recollections of family holidays spent on Victoria’s Shipwreck coast in the 1960s.

Right: Eleanor Millard Fishermen 2 watercolour pencil and acrylic on paper 72 x 78cm

14 April - 12 May Two Exhibitions

Frank Hodgkinson AM: France - An Odyssey 1947

This rare and intimate collection of drawings by one of Australia’s most eminent artists captures the characters, ambience and urban landscape of Paris and France in 1947. Drawn from the artist’s sketchbook, this important exhibition provides a personal record and history of post-war France.

Right: Frank Hodgkinson Cour du Commerce Latin Quarter ink and wash on paper 23 x 13cm(detail)

Ernesto Arrisueno: Purgatory and Pleasure

The crisp reality of Arrisueno’s work often creates an air of mystical calm. This exhibition explores the states between tension and calm and the psychological moods of purgatory and pleasure through the language of magic realism.
Right: Ernesto Arrisueno Temptation oil on canvas 100 x 150cm