Paris-based Australian artist Anthony White’s exhibition, ‘AFTER EUREKA: The Studies for Manifestation’, features energetic highly key coloured explorations made in response to Sidney Nolan’s 1966 Eureka Stockade mural, drawing on new research into the 1854 Eureka Rebellion. Painted in France during a period marked by widespread public protests, these works continue his wider thinking around the painterly gesture as a form of dissent, as well as an act of civil disobedience.
In 2023 Anthony presented the exhibition ‘Manifestion’ at Lennox St. Gallery as one of the key outcomes of his National Library of Australia 2020 Creative Arts Fellowship. This project involved investigating material from the Sidney Nolan collection, especially in relation to the Eureka Stockade mural completed in 1965 for the Reserve Bank of Australia in Melbourne. ‘AFTER EUREKA: The Studies for Manifestation’ is the first exhibition of the energetic studies that were the genesis of his arresting ‘Manifestion’ series of paintings.
Anthony’s solo exhibitions include ‘Mobilising Material’ at The Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia in 2023, the largest exhibition of his work in Europe. His work has been included in over 50 group exhibitions internationally as well as major Australian art prizes including The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, The Elioth Gruner Prize, The John Glover Art Prize, and The Churchie Emerging Art Award. His work is represented in the collections of the Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia, Soho House, London, and the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre.
Anthony White is represented by Lennox St. Gallery www.lennoxst.gallery For more information, visit: www.anthonywhite.art A Eureka Centre exhibition presented to mark the 170th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade.
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Image: Anthony White, ‘After Eureka 3012312’ 2023, synthetic polymer paint on Arches 300gsm paper, 42 x 29.5cm, Courtesy of the artist and Lennox St. Gallery
