Pictured above: The Man Behind, woodcut, 1991, 46 x 36 cm, one of my relatively early works included in Tall Tales - an exhibition of collected curiosities at Art & Collectors, Melbourne.
The woodcut is from a series of prints and drawings made in the early 1990s that focused on the lives and works of three contemporaneous writers: Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker and, in the case of this work, the lesser known (as an author, at least) Zelda Fitzgerald. Hovering in the background is the shadowy figure of her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
It is no secret that artists have long sought inspiration from the written word, taking narratives and orated myths and turning them into something visually mesmerising. Inspired by our current exhibition, ‘Tall Tales’, this select curation explores the enduring relationship between storytelling and visual art, proving that a picture can indeed tell a thousand words.
- Art and Collectors
Artists include: Sidney Nolan, Adam Cullen, Salvador Dali, Auguste Blackman, Mirka Mora, George Baldessin, Susan Norrie, Rona Green, Paul Compton, Howard Arkley, Constance Stokes and others.
The exhibition can be viewed online here: https://artandcollectors.com/collections/tall-tales.