andrew nicholls

greek love

16 march - 21 april 2018

 

Greek Love by local artist Andrew Nicholls comprises a series of high camp drawn and photographic works, created in Australia and Italy since 2015, that draw upon the enduring potency of Greek myth.

Greek myths represents some of the oldest and most enduring stories we have, sitting at the core of Western culture for over 3000 years, and spawning tropes that have retained their relevance over millennia. The exhibition particularly draws upon the myth of the muses, comprising almost entirely of imagery of Nicholls' muse, artist David Charles Collins, questioning the power at play between artist and model, and the tension in this 'space between'.

Andrew stated that,
"The personification of artistic inspiration, the muses are a trope that have existed for over 3,000 years, but their role has evolved dramatically over that time; initially denoting a group of powerful female deities with the ability to give and take creative prowess, the term has now come to represent a passive, generally female figure who inspires the artist's innate creativity, rather than instilling them with it. Much of the exhibition works 'camp upon' or reverse this power relationship, portraying the artist as passive, and the muse as powerful, aggressive, distant, or fickle, as originally characterised. These works attempt to question the power at play between myself and David, questioning who dominates whom, or whether I have allowed my desire to infiltrate my work to a self-indulgent degree."

Nicholls is an important Australian artist, writer, and curator whose practice engages with the sentimental, camp, and other historically-marginalised aesthetics, and traces the historical recurrence of particular aesthetic motifs. Whilst primarily drawing-based, his practice also incorporates ceramics, photography, installation, performance, and filmmaking. His artworks can be found in several important Australian collections, including Artbank and the Art Gallery of WA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

andrew nicholls artwork
all that was mine in Silvia
edition 1/3
fine art giclee print
80 x 120cm
2015
$2,000 framed
andrew nicholls  artwork
greek love 1
edition 1/3
fine art giclee print
120 x 80cm
2018
$2,000 framed
andrew nicholls artwork
greek love 3
edition 1/3
fine art giclee print
120 x 80cm
2018
$2,000 framed
andrew nicholls  artwork
jacob and the angel
edition 1/3
fine art giclee print
120 x 80cm
2016-18
$2,000 framed
andrew nicholls artwork
the hubris of Bellerophon
edition 1/3
lenticular print
75 x 50cm
2017
$2,200 framed sold 1/3, 2/3 to lawrence wilson art gallery
andrew nicholls artwork
greek love 2
edition 1/3
fine art giclee print
80 x 120cm
2018
$2,000 framed
andrew nicholls  artwork
Gorgon [portrait of David Charles Collins]
archival ink pen on watercolour paper
76 x 57cm
2017-18
$1,450 sold
andrew nicholls artwork
Minotaur [portrait of David Charles Collins]
archival ink pen on watercolour paper
46.5 x 28.5cm
2018
$660 sold
andrew nicholls  artwork
Medea [portrait of David Charles Collins]
archival ink pen on watercolour paper
42 x 29.5cm
2017-18
$660
andrew nicholls artwork
Fauno [portrait of David Charles Collins]
archival ink pen on watercolour paper
31 x 20.5cm
2016
$550
andrew nicholls artwork
Oedipus and the Sphinx, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1808
archival digital print
40 x 60cm
2015
$1,200 framed sold
andrew nicholls  artwork
Fauno 2 [portrait of David Charles Collins]
archival ink pen on watercolour paper
42 x 29.5cm
2017-18
$800 sold
andrew nicholls artwork
Fauno 3 [portrait of David Charles Collins]
archival ink pen on watercolour paper
42 x 29.5cm
2017-18
$800 sold
andrew nicholls  artwork
Centaur [portrait of David Charles Collins]
archival ink pen on watercolour paper
105x x67cm
2015-17
$2,200 sold
andrew nicholls artwork
Hadrian and Antinous [collectors plate]
edition 1/3
decal transfer on spode 'golden eternity' dinnerware
27 x 27 x 2cm
2018
$500