Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery – Songlines 2002
(In House Catalogue)
This Phenomenon has been both a challenge and an inspiration for Australia's white artists. They have had to confront the novel forms and fashions of indigenous art. And many have responded with real power and originality. It is surely no coincidence that the work of the rising generation of white Australia artists displays a new and exceptional spirit. Aboriginal art has energized the culture of the continent - and of the world.
David Bromley is one of Australia's brightest young painters. He has exhibited across Australia, as well as in London and new York. Although Bromely is a white artist working in the figurative tradition, he has a profound knowledge - and love - of Aboriginal painting. Its influence upon his own work is never obvious or direct, but it is real.
This exhibition, combining a selection of Bromely's own recent work with examples from his collection of Aboriginal art, gives a sense of that vitality of engagement.
This exhibition is the first time a white Australian artist has selected and introduced a body of work by his Aboriginal contemporaries. It is the response of one artistic sensibilty to some of the most exciting painting being produced in the world today. It has been a pleasure and a privilage to work with David Bromely and his partner Tori Dixon-Whittle, whose comittment to this project has been inspiring.
Rebecca Hossack
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