Joe Furlonger is well known for his expressive, painterly figurative images and vast Australian landscapes. Employing a highly physical method, he applies swathes of colour with vigorous sweeps of the brush, inspired by artists such as Matisse, Picasso, and Ian Fairweather.
Drawn from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Collection, this touring exhibition traces the artist’s career through a range of media from painting ceramics, sculpture, and drawing over several themes ‘The figure and the beach’; ‘The circus’; ‘Landscapes and seascapes’; and ‘Mother and child’.
Joe Furlonger, Untitled, 1997, pigment with acrylic binder on canvas. Gift of Ray Hughes through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2016. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). © the artist. Courtesy the artist, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane and Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Queensland
Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
24 May to 3 August 2025
Queensland
