Cressida Campbell exhibition at National Gallery of Australia cements underrated Australian artist's place in the canon
ABCA mural-like painting of an intricately adorned kitchen shelf wraps the entrance to the National Gallery of Australia's newest exhibition. It's also the first time the National Gallery of Australia has programmed a living Australian artist for their summer 'blockbuster' exhibition — a spot usually reserved for broadly recognisable international artists. " Watch: Cressida Campbell's unusual process Photo shows A middle-aged woman with curly brown hair sits at an easel, holding a paintbrush, with a concentrating expression Mitzevich says: "The exhibition reveals itself slowly to you and seduces you in because of the build-up of colour, the nuance of the way she models a form, or a shape, or a shadow, and how she captures beauty. Campbell was particularly taken with Preston's woodcuts after discovering them at an Art Gallery of NSW exhibition in the late 70s, while studying art at East Sydney Technical College. Of the major Australian galleries, the Art Gallery of NSW has collected nine of Campbell's works, while Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art holds one.
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