Title

Do the eyes have it?

Venues

Macquarie University Art Gallery. (20 June 2000 – 7 August 2000)

Date

(2000)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (NSW). Paintings

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

This exhibition of 'faces' brings together three generations of Australian male artists who have used portraiture as a means to convey a variety of themes ranging from personality and emotion to cultural values and beliefs. The selection of paintings contrasts the traditional genre of portraiture bound by convention with contemporary representations of the figure that redefine the meaning of portraiture. The display comprises of around 40 works from the Macquarie University art collection and ones on loan from private collections showing a male perspective by artists such as William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Richard Goodwin, Sidney Nolan, John Olsen, and Tony Tuckson. [Gallery media]