I love the curatorial policy of the Drill Hall Gallery. They have a great range of artists and styles and the space is such an attractive venue for big scale artwork and small. The current show features the two dimensional works of the late George Baldessin. As is often the case I did not recognise his name when I read about the show but soon realised that I regularly see and admire the pears outside the National Gallery of Australia.
The exhibition at Drill Dall features his painting and drawing work and it ranges from realistic protrayals of natural materials to intriguing disjointed representations of human and almost fantasy forms.There is something about some of the art that I find not very attractive but the products are engaging as I had to work hard to comprehend what was there.
I will try to find more about his work particularly his sculpture as I have always loved the pears.
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