Sydney Contemporary
5 – 8 September 2024
GRAEME DRENDEL
Static and Silence
GRAEME DRENDEL
Static and Silence
Sydney Contemporary Carriageworks
Booth G10
Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 September 2024
Left: Dr Gladstone (detail) 2024 oil on canvas 25 x 31 cm Photography: Viki Petherbridge T 02 9360 5177 sydney@australiangalleries.com.au australiangalleries.com.au A USTRALIAN G ALLERIES
Cover image: Stations of the cross (detail) 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
Studio puffer 2 2024 oil on canvas 46 x 46 cm
Self portrait on a cold day 2023 oil on board 30 x 30 cm
The last stop 2023 oil on canvas 57 x 92 cm
Queen Bee 2023 oil on canvas 122 x 167 cm
The first dance 2021 oil on canvas 152.5 x 122 cm
The set 2023 oil on canvas 198 x 244 cm
Settlement 2022 oil on canvas 122 x 137.5 cm
The dare 2023 oil on canvas 138 x 152.5 cm
Monument 2 2024 oil on canvas 198 x 244 cm
Tutorial 2022 oil on canvas 102 x 91.5 cm
Wilderness 2022 oil on canvas
106.5 x 111 cm
Two tents 2019 oil on canvas 98 x 137 cm
The art of dreaming 2021 oil on canvas 61 x 92 cm
Golden tank 2024 oil on canvas 41 x 51 cm
The wreck of the Queen Bee 2024 oil on paper 56 x 76 cm
The gatherers 2012 oil on canvas 167 x 137 cm
Witnesses 2022 oil on canvas
122.5 x 122.5 cm
Lakeside 2024 oil on paper 45 x 65 cm
Static and silence 2024 oil on canvas 91 x 122 cm
Young woman by the lake 2023 oil on canvas 107 x 112 cm
Second conversation 2007 oil on linen 122.5 x 91 cm
Leisure activities 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour and gouache 33 x 33 cm
The apprentice 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
Oh really 2000-24 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
Music to dress by 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
Stations of the cross 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
The collector 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
Reasons to be cheerful 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
The element of surprise 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
The consequences of passion 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
The inspector 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
The island 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour and gouache 24 x 36.5 cm
sophisticates 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
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The stare 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
Wild night out 1998-2024 mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
The portrait case 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm; The immigrant 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm
Blue carry-on 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm; The heavy case 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm
Ray’s case 2024 oil on canvas 25 x 31 cm
Dr Gladstone 2024 oil on canvas 25 x 31 cm
Navy issue 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm; The Gladstone 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm
For secrets 2024 oil on canvas 25 x 25 cm; School case 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm
Margaret’s case 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm; Check mate 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 31 cm
The document case - maybe 2024 oil on canvas 31 x 24 cm
Born 1953, Ouyen, Victoria
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 ‘Static and Silence’, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
2023 ‘Recent Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Backdrop’ Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2022 ‘Recent Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2021 ‘The first dance’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2020 ‘The Messengers’, Post Office Gallery, Federation University, Ballarat, VIC
2019 ‘Card Carriers’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2018 ‘Confessions’, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
‘On uneven ground, paintings and works on paper’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
‘Isolation and Inclusion’, Brimbank Community and Civic Centre, Melbourne
2017 ‘A Survey 1984 – 2017’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2016 ‘Silos + Silence’ Mildura Arts Centre Gallery, Mildura, VIC
2015 ‘Paintings, watercolours and etchings 2007 – 2015’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
2014
‘Contact’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
‘Surrender’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
2012 ‘Harvest’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
‘Outsiders’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2010 ‘From the Outside’, The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
‘The passage’, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2009 ‘The Female Nude’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2008 Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
2007 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
‘States of undress’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
2006 ‘Channelling’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
2005 ‘Slipping through the cracks’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
2004 ‘Dancers in the dark’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
2003 ‘The market street paintings’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
‘Small pictures’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
‘Trophy hunters’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
2002 ‘The bridge’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
2001 ‘The bridge’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
2000 ‘Tourists’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
1999 ‘Recent paintings 1999’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
‘Recent gouaches’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
1998 ‘Recent paintings’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Sydney
1997 ‘Paintings’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
1995 Mallee Tourist Association, Ouyen, VIC
1991 Mildura Regional Gallery, Mildura, VIC
1990 York Street Gallery, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Albury Regional Gallery, Albury, NSW
Artbank, Sydney
Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
Bundanon Trust, Bundanon, NSW
Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne
Canson Australia Pty Ltd, Melbourne
Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine, VIC
City of Maroondah, Melbourne
City of Moreland, Melbourne
City of Whitehorse, Melbourne
Customs House Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC
Darwin Museum and Art Gallery, Darwin
Department of Education, VIC
Deakin University Art Collection, VIC
Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC
Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Grafton, NSW
Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne
Mildura Regional Gallery, Mildura, VIC
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Newcastle Regional Museum, Newcastle, NSW
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
Presbyterian Ladies College, Melbourne
Print Council of Australia, Melbourne
Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston, TAS
St Michael’s Grammar School, Melbourne
St Kevin’s College, Melbourne
The Art Vault, Mildura, VIC
Tintern Schools, Melbourne, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
Private collections in Australia and overseas
Previous spread:
Wilderness (detail) 2022
oil on canvas 106.5 x 111 cm
Left:
Oh really (detail) 2000-24
mixed media collage – watercolour, gouache and acrylic 24 x 36.5 cm
GRAEME DRENDEL
A USTRALIAN G ALLERIES
The new hat 2024 oil on canvas 41 x 41 cm