Art Month Sydney 2013 is coming to a close, it has been a really amazing experience for me this year going to some of the art talks and exhibitions around Sydney, to see what is generating more interest and popularity in our artist sphere. The most pivotal for me was an art talk at National Art School that addressed the topic of Australian War Artists and their experiences and resulting works. Two of which were present and involved in the discussion, Wendy Sharpe and Ben Quilty. Ben Quilty is one of my favourite artists, both nationally and internationally, I think he is incredible at expressing through visual means as well as verbal. The talk really helped me get back onto the path of discovering what it is that I actually want to create myself, and ultimately what sort of person I would like to continue developing into. The talk was a really fantastic way to bring into light global and local current affairs, with the question of the role of an artist in contemporary society and what we as a general public can put into such debates.
Quilty currrently has his exhibition 'After Afghanistan' on at National Art School in Darlinghurst, sadly it's last day is tomorrow. Unfortunately when I went to go and see the works the gallery was just closing for the night. However it is doing a tour around Australia over the next two years with the first stop being Queensland's Cairns.
'Ben Quilty: After Afghanistan'
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