Garry Shead 'Europa' seaside critique and poeticism

critique and poeticism

This is a superb original etching from Australian artist Gaye Ellis

'Chair (Parisians II)' 2004

'Orpheus' 1983

Printed on Somerset 255gsm Acid Free Archival Rag Paper

Garry Shead 'Europa' seaside critique and poeticismThroughout his career, Garry Shead has chased his erotic Muse. Recast into an icon and celebrated as a goddess, he sees in her the biographical, mystical and spiritual. For him, the Muse is not always sentimental but rather an exhilarating expression of life. Collected by all public institutions, Shead has won the Archibald and Dobell prizes. Frolicking in the serious and profane, his work is at once poetic and interrogative. 'Europa' will enliven