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Understanding the work of Robert MacPherson

There is all sorts of ways to approach and interact with the present-day art of our instances. It can be practical to get started with an artwork’s physical variety, its size, the components from which it is built, or even how the various things relate to every other.

Brisbane-born painter Robert MacPherson (1937–2021) was a single of Australia’s most considerable artists and identified inspiration in everyday lifetime, which include in the slang words and scientific terms that we generally choose for granted.

Samantha Littley, Curator Australian Art at QAGOMA explores a significantly-loved artwork by MacPherson in our Collection, Mayfair: (Swamp rats) ninety-seven indications for C.P., J.P., B.W., G.W. & R.W. 1994–95, in which MacPherson riffs on the hand-painted indicators that surface on the verges of our nation’s byroads and highways.

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Robert MacPherson ‘Mayfair: (Swamp rats) Ninety-7 signals for C.P., J.P., B.W., G.W. & R.W.’ 1994-95

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Close Up : Andrew Macpherson by Patricia Lanza

Andrew Macpherson, photographer, writer, and artist was born in London and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. His occupation as an award-profitable photographer and artist has spanned far more than 30 a long time. Traveling the globe, Andrew has photographed lots of of the world’s most celebrated and legendary musicians, models, actors, and designers. His e-book publications consist of Two Million Miles, A Concern of Spirit and PINK (a collaboration with the musician and artist more than a ten-12 months period).

By his mid-twenties he was a normal contributor to publications these kinds of as Rolling Stone, The Experience, Elle, Bazaar and Vogue. His enthusiasm for images and the darkroom approach led him to grow to be a grasp printer, its chemical footprint created a excellent deal of internal conflict as both an artist and a lifestyle-extended environmentalist. He swiftly embraced the digital revolution and created the very

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