Title

Bird song by Richard Lewer.

Venues

Australian Print Workshop Gallery (APW). (6 July 2024 – 17 August 2024)

Date

(2024)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (VIC). Prints.

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Richard Lewer has always been captivated by birds, and with his lifelong fixation, birds have been a recurring subject throughout his career.

In this new series of 15 lithographs made in collaboration with Australian Print Workshop printers, Lewer highlights some of Australia’s threatened species – the featured birds range from vulnerable to the critically endangered.

Lewer aims to create a space for these birds to be appreciated, an archive for their existence and beauty. Given that birds are so integral to the artist's practice, the vulnerability of the subject matter is not only ecologically devastating but also personally challenging.

[Australian Print Workshop media, 11 July 2024]. 'I can't imagine waking up to an absence of bird song or finishing the day without hearing the territorial screeching of birds roosting on dusk in the neighbouring trees.' Richard Lewer

[Australian Print Workshop media, 2024].

Last Updated

14 Aug 2025