Wollondilly Arts Group Inc

13/12/2024

23/03/2024

We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of New South Wales stands.

29/02/2024

The light-play in this masterful painting really captures me! 😍
"Woman Sewing in an Interior", (1891) -Bertha Wegmann-

12/04/2023

This week we farewell one of Australia's greatest artists – John Olsen AO OBE.

Olsen invested great energy and life into his works whether it be the vast terrain of the Australian interior to the intimate drawings of frogs and birds.

While broadly his art can be characterised as embodying a great sense of joie de vivre, his works across more than half a century convey a range of emotive possibilities.

Olsen had a talent for merging painting and drawing due to his agile, propulsive application of line whether it be in paint or pen and ink. Our Henry Dalrymple Head Curator, Australian Art, Deborah Hart, often heard Olsen say that he loved Paul Klee’s idea of ‘taking line for a walk or a holiday’.

Despite his outgoing public persona he was also a very literate artist with a great knowledge of all kinds of literature, especially poetry, which informed his art.

Our thoughts are with Tim, Louise and their families today.

Vale John Olsen AO OBE
1928–2023

John Olsen, Sydney sun, 1965, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased with funds from the Nerissa Johnson Bequest 2000 © John Olsen/Copyright Agency

03/03/2023

The solo exhibition from Yosh*tomo Nara, Reach Out to The Moon, Even If We Can’t, at AGWA channels a message of hope amid relative darkness.

22/02/2023

Partner: “How old are you, Clint?”

Clint: “I turn 91 on Monday.”

Partner: “What are you going to do?”

Clint: “I am going to start a new movie.”

Partner: “What keeps you going?”

Clint: “I get up every day and don’t let the old man in.” ~ Clint Eastwood