Contemplating Grace

Contemplating Grace

Sydney Printmakers

3 to 30 September 2022

Opened on Saturday 3 November with Susan Baran, President of Sydney Printmakers and guest speaker Scott Elliot, Assistant Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW

Karen Ball, Tina Barahanos, Susan Baran, Ruth Burgess, Seong Cho, Neilton Clarke, Carolyn Craig, Danielle Creenaune, Barbara Davidson, Olwen Evans Wilson, Salvatore Gerardi, Rew Hanks, Nathalie Hartog-Gautier, Angela Hayson, Roslyn Kean, Carmen Ky, George Lo Grasso, Graham Marchant, Seraphina Martin, Janet Parker-Smith, Ben Rak, Sandi Rigby, Marta Romer, Susan Rushforth, Anna Russel, Denise Scholz-Wulfing, Gary Shinfield, Laura Stark, Wendy Stokes, Thea Weiss, Cheryle Yin Lo, Sharon Zwi

Contemplating Grace is an exhibition presented by Sydney Printmakers. The 32 participating artists responded to the art and life of Grace Cossington Smith.These personal reflections by each printmaker revealed varied approaches that permitted broad readings of Grace Cossington Smith, revealing new meanings in familiar works.

Sydney Printmakers is the longest running independent printmaking organisation in Australia and the group has advocated for printmaking for 60 years. Known for its excellence and an increasingly innovative approach to the print medium, many members embrace digital technologies and three dimensional works together with traditional techniques. Sydney Printmakers have continually engaged with the national and international print communities through exhibitions collaborations and exchanges and a recent exhibition To The Edges: 60 Years of Sydney Printmakers was celebrated in 2021 at Manly Art Gallery and Museum.

Images above: George Lo Grasso (left) and Grace Cossington Smith (right)

Images courtesy and © the artists

Photography GCS Gallery