Title

William Breen: New paintings.

Venues

Flinders Lane Gallery (5 May 2009 – 23 May 2009)

Date

(2009)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (VIC). Paintings.

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

With a subdued palette of blues, greens and greys, and a lowering of dark skies and darkened valleys we are transported. (Breen's) landscapes take in a vista that is almost terrifying in ambition. This is the world of Caspar David Friedrich, the world of the sublime. Looking at these landscapes it is as though William Breen is inviting us to join him in a long, contemplative walk. This is a place where the soul can take a moment of respite. (Excerpt from exhibition catalogue 'Here & Now' by Ashley Crawford)

Breen has been selected as a finalist in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize two times. In 2001 he was a finalist in the Brett Whiteley Scholarship, the Redlands Westpac Art Award and the Conrad Jupiter Art Prize. Breen has been shortlisted for the prestigious Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Breen has also been a finalist in the Geelong Art Prize and a finalist in the Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Art Prize. [Gallery media, 2009].

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17 Oct 2023