Bernard Cohen

Place Games

2013

Kenji Lim Study for Mapping the Known World (part 2), 2019 Acrylic on unstretched linen 185 x 220 cm Unique copy Kenji Lim is mostly interested in culture, myth, and ecosystems. Lan...

Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design. In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...

Kenji Lim Study for Mapping the Known World (part 1), 2019 Acrylic on unstretched linen 171 cm x 151 cm Unique copy Kenji Lim is mostly interested in culture, myth, and ecosystems. ...

Bessie Nakamarra Sims was born in the 1930s and passed away in 2012. She lived for many years before coming into contact with white people at Mt. Doreen Station, west of Yuendumu in Central Australia, a remote Aboriginal community located 290 kms north-west of Alice Springs. Later in life, in the early 80's, she started to paint for the art centre...

Abie Loy is the eldest of five children, and was born on Utopia station, about 270km north east of Alice Springs in the Northern Terrirtory. Abie definitely has painting in her blood: being the daughter of Margaret Loy Pula (who won the Wynne Prize in 2012) and Ray Loy Pula. Her aunt is the celebrated artist, Gloria Petyarre and her Grandmother is the equally respected senior woman artist, Kathleen Petyarre. A very innovative mid-career artist, she began painting at the age of 19. She was mentored by her grandmother Kathleen Petyarre, who taught her the methodology of using details and tiny shimmering dotting to create complex optical effects. Over the years, Abie further developed her skills as an artist to become an extraordinarily talented colourist and designer, experimenting with elements of line, colour and form. Abie is a custodian of the Bush Hen Dreaming which she inherited from her Grandfather. At the simplest level, her Bush Hen Paintings...

Artwork in acrylic on linen sold with a white frame