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A move to the country has inspired a new perspective to the stunning, emotional views of the natural world that Australian landscape painter Aaron Kinnane has created for Sydney Contemporary. Here, he tells Sophie Tedmanson how working outdoors and in a forest also found him delving into sculpture for the first time.

"For previous works I would travel to different areas spending days at a time walking, looking and then I would come back to the city and make the work in the studio – artificially lit – no windows, air thick with thinners smoke and paint. Now, for the first time in my life, my studio is drenched in natural light, surrounded by windows looking out to hills and forests, birds, sky, river... clean, fresh gulps of beautiful air."

- Sophie Tedmanson, Vogue, 2017

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Aaron Kinnane in his studio, courtesy the artist

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Vipoo Srivilasa has been commissioned to design seven large sculptures for ICONSIAM, a mixed-use development on the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok Thailand, opening on 9 November 2018.

ICONSIAM is the ultimate shopping destination. The all-in-one complex, located on 750,000 square metres of the land on the banks of Chao Phraya River is a wonder to behold for those passionate about retail and development. It is divided into three main sections: the main ICONSIAM, the glamorous riverside ICONLUXE, and street facing side Siam Takashimaya.

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Sally Anderson's work ‘Guy’s Painting of Wollumbin on my Wollumbin’ has been acquired by Tweed Regional Gallery. In 2017 Sally was an artist in residence at the Nancy Fairfax Artist Residency through the Tweed Regional Gallery and throughout her life, has had strong connections to the region.

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SALLY ANDERSON
Guy's Painting of Wollumbin on my Wollumbin 2018
acrylic on linen
140 x 122 cm

Congratulations to John Bokor who has been awarded a highly commended in the 2018 EMSLA prize.

Now in its twelfth year, the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award comes to Wollongong to coincide with the city’s signature festival, Viva La Gong. Judged annually by critic and art historian John McDonald, the EMSLA has added prestige to the festival and increased still life’s importance as a genre in art.

9 November - 1 December 2018

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John Bokor
Aperol and Oranges 2018
oil on canvas
61x76cm

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Chris Zanko's work is included in Hazelhurst's Regional Gallery's exhibition Life in Working Art, an exhibition presenting a diverse selection of works from the Gallery's installation team.

3 November - 13 November 2018

The William Fletcher Trust (now the William Fletcher Foundation) was established in 1985 to celebrate the life and to commemorate the work of William Fletcher whose straitened circumstances, ill health and early death cut short his developing talents. In 1988, the Trust awarded its first grants for study to tertiary students of the visual arts. The William Fletcher Trust was incorporated in 2006 as William Fletcher Foundation following a generous bequest. Since 1988, grants totalling over $400,000 have been distributed to over 500 highly talented students of the visual arts, to assist them to continue their studies.

In 2018 the grant was awarded to Eliza Gosse.

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John Aslanidis' work is included in NEW OPTICS III at the Museum Modern Art Hünfeld, Germany. The exhibition, curated by Edgar Diehl, brings seven artists together to explore the definition of non-objective art.

28 October 2018 - 27 January 2019

STIFTUNG MUSEUM MODERN ART HÜNFELD – SAMMLUNG JÜRGEN BLUM

GESCHÄFTSSTELLE: Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1 36088 Hünfeld Telefon + Fax: +49 (0)6652 180 148 E-Mail: [email protected]

MUSEUMSANSCHRIFT: Museum Modern Art Hünfeld Hersfelder Straße 25 36088 Hünfeld

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Stefan Dunlop's work was featured on the highly regarded Design Files blog.

'The 45-year-old came to his practice ‘in a round about way’. He tried out a range of jobs and a degrees not associated with art, before landing in New York for six months, where he enrolled in the New York Studio School. ‘This is what really kick started my painting career,’ he recalls. ‘Now I work in splendid isolation on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.’

- Elle Murrell, Design Files, 2018

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Stefan Dunlop in his studio, courtesy the artist

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Paul Ryan is a finalist in this year's Mosman Art Prize with her work 'Yeah The Boys' 2018.

Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is Australia's oldest and most prestigious local government art award. It was founded by the artist, architect and arts advocate, Alderman Allan Gamble, at a time when only a small handful of art prizes were in existence in Australia and the community had very little support and few opportunities to exhibit their work.

As an acquisitive art award for painting, the winning artworks collected since 1947 form a splendid collection of modern and contemporary Australian art, reflecting all the developments in Australian art practice since 1947.

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John Bokor is a finalist in the Kedumba Drawing Award at Orange Regional Gallery. Now in its 29th year, the Award plays a vital role in fostering the production and appreciation of drawing in Australia. Initiated by Jeffrey and Marlene Plummer in 1989, the Kedumba Drawing Award has grown steadily. Each year, the Judge is an established artist whose only guideline is “to enrich and enhance the Collection”

The Kedumba Collection of Australian Drawings, with over 230 works, is currently on long term loan to Orange Regional Gallery. It is an Orange Regional Gallery and Kedumba Trust partnership exhibition.

The award is open 20 October - 2 December, 2018.

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John Bokor
Weekend Away 2018
charcoal, wash and collage
56x76cm

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