From early cave paintings to contemporary works of the present day, artists have illustrated animals in a range of mediums exploring our interest in the various species from the domesticated to the wild. ‘Creatures: Great and Small’, displays over 40 paintings, watercolours, lithographs, drawings and sculpture by Australian artists from the 1880s until now.
Featured artists; Lisa Adams, Rick Amor, John Olsen, Charles Blackman, William Robinson, Tim Storrier, William Strutt, Donald Friend, Sam Fullbrook, Arthur Boyd, John Kelly, Justin O’Brien and Brett Whiteley, among others.
Philip Bacon Gallery
7 February to 4 March, 2017
Queensland
John Olsen, Monkeys at the zoo, 2015, mixed media on Arches paper, 87 x 80cm
Courtesy the artist and Philip Bacon Gallery, Queensland
