ZHOU XIAOPING Opening Saturday 3rd March

Posted by LDFA on February 28, 2018

ZHOU Xiaoping : The Cross Cultural Influences of Chinese and Indigenous Art opens at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art this Saturday 3rd March with official proceedings by Senator The Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for the Arts.

ZHOU Xiaoping has created a unique artistic style incorporating his training in traditional Chinese classic painting with his experiences of indigenous Australia – its landscape, people and art – generating a new aesthetic and telling his story through his cross-cultural paintings and ceramics.

We are excited to present this exhibition showing the development of Zhou’s intriguing art over the last decade or so. Arriving in Australia in 1988, Zhou travelled extensively throughout Arnhem Land and the Kimberley which had a profound impact on his art practice. The friendships he made led to collaborations with significant indigenous artists including Jimmy Pike and Johnny Bulunbulun. Zhou’s latest paintings continue his exploration of the themes of art, culture and exchange with their multi-layering of Chinese, Western and indigenous perspectives, meaning and narrative.

To preview the exhibition and download the catalogue with essay by Professor Alison Inglis please click here.

Aboriginal Art at The Met, New York

Posted by LDFA on December 13, 2017

Currently on show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is On Country: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Kaplan-Levi Gift, citing paintings by leading indigenous artists in a contemporary global context. The exhibition includes large-scale paintings by Kathleen Petyarre; Dorothy Napangardi; Abie Loy Kemarre; Doreen Reid Nakamarra and Gunybi Ganambarr.

To find out more, click here

and to read a review click here

In the News – Emily Kam Kngwarray

Posted by LDFA on November 16, 2017

We are delighted to see Earth’s Creation and Wildflower Dreaming: Dry Season, exhibited in our 1998 exhibition titled EARTH’S CREATION by Emily Kam Kngwarray, receiving attention.

These paintings have been featured in todays Financial Review newspaper. Earth’s Creation is due to be auctioned by Fine Art Bourse tonight.

Financial Review article: http://bit.ly/2yKI5Ui

Fine Art Bourse F.A.B. : https://fineartbourse.com

EMILY KAME KNGWARRAY c.1910 – 1996
Earth’s Creation 1994
synthetic polymer paint on linen (4 panels)
275 x 632 cm

EMILY KAME KNGWARRAY c.1910 – 1996
Wildflower Dreaming: Dry Season 1995
synthetic polymer on linen
240 x 600 cm 6 panels 203 x 120 cm each

LDFA at The Melbourne Fair

Posted by LDFA on November 14, 2017

Lauraine Diggins Fine Art is exhibiting at this year’s Melbourne Fair at Caulfield Racecourse from
23 -26 November 2017 with over 50 dealers specialising in Art, Books, Collectibles, Decorative Objects, Furniture, Jewellery, Vintage Fashion and Couture.

The Melbourne Fair 23-26 Nov 2017 at Caulfield Racecourse www.themelbournefair.com.au

Opening Night Thursday 23 November 6pm – 9pm

Friday 24 and Saturday 25 November 11am – 6pm

Sunday 26 November 11am – 5pm

Single Day ticket $15 (conc. $10 and children under 16 free); Opening Night $30

Robert Clinch: Art Prize Finalist & showing at Motorclassica 13-15 October

Posted by LDFA on October 13, 2017

Earlier this year we unveiled the Goggomobil D’art Project, a commissioned project by Jeff Brown which saw Robert Clinch’s signature paper darts painted across the entire surface of a classic Goggomobil Dart sportscar. If you missed seeing this amazing car at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, it will be a part of Motorclassica this weekend at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton (13 – 15 October 2017).

We would also like to congratulate Robert Clinch who has been selected as a finalist in a series of works on paper art awards including :

the Banyule Award for Works on Paper showing 5 Oct to 2 Dec 2017 at Hatch Contemporary Arts Space, Ivanhoe

the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize at Noosa Regional Gallery showing 20 Oct – 26 Nov 2017

The Eutick Memorial Still Life Award showing 10 Nov – 9 Dec 2017 at Project Contemporary Art Space, Wollongong

A series of ‘Dart’ artworks are currently available at LDFA. Whilst inspired by the Goggomobil D’art Project the paintings and drawings of darts encompass their own narratives, with characteristic whimsical titles.

To view Robert’s paintings and lithographs please click here.

Robert Clinch Mother 2017 — Robert Clinch *Mother* 2017 automotive paint and two-pack on etch-primed aluminium 56 x 45 cm signed lower right

Congratulations to Geneiveve Kemarr Loy – Paddington Art Prize Finalist

Posted by LDFA on October 4, 2017

Congratulations to Genevieve Kemarr Loy who is a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize for 2017. This is the 14th year the prize for paintings inspired by the Australian landscape will be shown. Genevieve’s painting Akwerlkerrmwerlkerr 2017 (synthetic polymer on linen, 200 x 122 cm) depicts a particular plant which grows in her country which has small white flowers and seeds which the bush turkey likes to eat. Genevieve’s painting is inspired by the culture, stories, flora and fauna of her country, Utopia, N.T.

The Paddington Art Prize showing at 111-113 Queen Street Woollahara NSW 13 – 22 October 2017

Following our recent exhibition The Next Generation featuring the paintings of two young indigenous women, Lorraine Kabbindi White and Genevieve Kemarr Loy, a selection of Genevieve’s paintings are currently on show at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art.

Listen to a video of Genevieve discussing her work by clicking here.

Vale Joan McClelland

Posted by LDFA on September 13, 2017

We pay tribute to the much admired art world figure Joan McClelland who passed away at the age of 104. Joan was at the helm of the successful Joshua McClelland Print Room for over 70 years, taking over from her husband in the 1950s. She was a well-liked person known for her fairness and professionalism. She inspired confidence in her clients with her understated manner and was a regular at auctions and galleries in Melbourne. Her understanding and knowledge, especially of printmaking was most highly regarded. It was a pleasure to have known Joan and to have been able to work with her. The Joshua McClelland Print Room continues to be a vibrant part of the Melbourne art scene under the management of Joan’s daughter Patricia, now at the new location at Rathdowne Galleries Carlton, run by her second daughter Philippa.

A Closer Look At… The Next Generation

Posted by LDFA on September 12, 2017

To take A Closer Look At… The Next Generation and read further about the paintings of Lorraine Kabbindi White and Genevieve Kemarr Loy, please click here.

The exhibition is showing until Thursday 28 September and please note the Gallery will be closed Friday 29 Sep – Monday 2 Oct inclusive over the AFL Grand Final weekend.

You can preview the exhibition on-line and hear the artists speak about their work and view a video of the exhibition opening with Aunty Joy Murphy AO and Nova Peris OAM – please click here.

Stephen Bowers in The Wall Street Journal

Posted by LDFA on September 5, 2017

The work of ceramicist Stephen Bowers has been in the papers lately, firstly an article in The Wall Street Journal about the inspiration of the history and tradition of ceramic tableware on contemporary artists.

Stephen Bowers ceramic plate NY WSJ 2017

Read here.

Whilst in Australian newspapers, one of Stephen’s impressive large-scale Palaceware vases featured in images promoting the sale of a home in Sydney’s Bellevue Hill.

To view available works by Stephen Bowers currently in our stockroom please click here.

Constance Stokes at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

Posted by LDFA on September 1, 2017

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is showing an exhibition of paintings by Constance Stokes until 17th September bringing together work from her early days as an art student at the National Gallery Art School, in the late 1920s, through to paintings made in the early 1980s. The exhibition includes over 35 paintings covering the breadth of Stokes’s artistic practice across 60 years, exploring stylistic developments and highlighting Stokes’ stunning portraiture and use of colour. Click here for further details.

To view works currently available by Constance Stokes at Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, please click here to view our stockroom. Illustrated above:

Constance Stokes 1906 – 1991 Persimmons c.1975 red ink and pastel on paper 38 x 28 cm