While James Drinkwater’s paintings evoke figures, landscapes and interiors, they are also meticulously composed abstractions, distinctive for their complex and opulent fusion of texture, colour and spatial intrigue.
This survey exhibition traces the artist’s prolific output during the last twenty years, in which the intensity of his work has never eased. Informed by art history and the relevance of place, Drinkwater creates works that respond to intergenerational rifts and the “culture of forgetting” whilst assuring the inclusiveness of his viewers with the elegant chaos of his compositions.
James Drinkwater, The Bulker wades past the peninsular and so we Jubilate 2, 2018, oil on canvas, 240 × 180cm Courtesy the artist and Drill Hall Gallery, Australian Capital Territory
Drill Hall Gallery
Until 20 August 2023
Australian Capital Territory
