The Australian artist is often celebrated for his painting but all his works had drawing at their core. Expressive, lively and playful, Brett Whiteley’s sketches and drawings not only provided the foundations for his paintings, sculptures and prints, they also demonstrate the joy of capturing a moment on paper, indulging in an idea or creative concept. The Art Gallery of New South Wales has brought together 116 of Whiteley’s works, from detailed landscapes to nude studies, that demonstrate the critical role of drawing – something Whiteley called ‘a completely un-rehearsable and unrepeatable visual truth’ – in the artist’s creative practice
• Brett Whiteley: Drawing Is Everything is showing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until 31 March 2019
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