SYDNEY has long been a mecca for artists as well as an enduring inspiration.
To celebrate this relationship between art and the harbour city, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Mosman Art Gallery and S. H. Ervin Gallery have collaborated for the second time in three years to showcase 130 key works by nine important Australian artists in an exhibition Destination Sydney re-imagined.
The artists featured are Ken Done, Adrian Feint, Ethel Carrick-Fox, Nicholas Harding, Michael Johnson, Robert Klippel, Roy De Maistre, Wendy Sharpe and Jeffrey Smart.
The original exhibition Destination Sydney in 2015-16 attracted attendances of 75,000 people.
This exhibition has again been curated by art historian Lou Klepac working with Michael Hedger and Katherine Roberts (Manly Art Gallery & Museum); John Cheeseman and Katrina Cashman (Mosman Art Gallery) and Jane Watters (National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery) who have chosen the works.
Each artist was selected for their personal engagement with Sydney, influenced by their experiences of living and working here, with the city and harbour becoming central to themes in their work.
Some of the artists selected were born in Sydney but found that the city's pictorial and lyrical possibilities inspired them only after a long stint travelling abroad.
By featuring three artists in each of the three locations, people are encouraged to visit more than one.
The exhibition runs at the three venues until March 17. Admission to Manly and Mosman art galleries free, entry to S. H. Ervin Gallery $12.
- Manly Art Gallery and Museum, 02-9976-1421, www.mgnsw.org.au
- Mosman Art Gallery, 02-9978-4178, www.mosmanartgallery.org.au
- National Trust S.H.Ervin Gallery, 02- 9258 0173, www.shervingallery.com.au
