'Leading Lights' brings together eighteen of the College of Fine Arts' best-known graduates for a watershed exhibition.
Gallery Director Nick Waterlow and Senior Curator Felicity Fenner have made what they describe as a ‘subjective choice’, identifying graduates who are typically leading figures in their milieu, of national and international renown. This exhibition marks the first time IDG has sought out COFA graduates as a curatorial premise, predicated upon timely speculation that the College is in transition, moving beyond a merely successful past and heading into a much more challenging and ambitious future.
Artists
Brook Andrew
Del Kathryn Barton
Adam Cullen
Dinosaur Designs
Shaun Gladwell
Claire Healy + Sean Cordeiro
Trent Jansen
The Kingpins
Lindy Lee
Owen Leong
Clinton Nain
Vanila Netto
Bronwyn Oliver
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Selected by Ivan Dougherty Gallery curators
Title Image: Adam Cullen, Jacques De Molay, 2007 Acrylic and enamel on canvas 183 x 182 cm Courtesy the artist and Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
Banner Image: Lindy Lee, 1937, 2003 Inkjet print, acrylic paint on stonehenge paper Handbound accordion books Each 40.3 x 29 cm (closed) Courtesy the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
The Kingpins, Stills from Welcome to the Jingle – Gwangju Remix, 2004 3-channel digital video transferred to DVD Duration 5:25 minutes Edition of four Courtesy the artists and Kaliman Gallery
Dinosaur Designs, Selection of Resin Platters, 2007-2008 Resin, hand made in Australia Various weights and dimensions Courtesy Dinosaur Designs