Jan Senbergs
(Australia, Latvia 29 Oct 1939– )
- Title
- Kitchen at Smacka's, from the series Kitchen at Smacka's
- Place of origin
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Australia
- Year
- 1995
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- black pastel
- Dimensions
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153.5 x 116.0cm sheet; 153.5 x 232.0cm diptych overall; 153.5 x 464.0cm quartet overall; single frame dimension 165.5 x 126.5 x 4.2cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 1996
- Accession number
- 504.1996.2
- Copyright
- © Jan Senbergs
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Drawing has been central to Senbergs’ practice since the late 1970s. Kitchen at Smacka’s is a panoramic view of the artist’s studio, a cavernous space in inner Melbourne which had previously been occupied by a nightclub prominent on Melbourne’s jazz scene, named after its owner, Smacka Fitzgibbon. In the first two sheets of the four part drawing, the semi-circular dance floor can be seen, which Senbergs has retained; in the fourth sheet is the old bar.
Senbergs only submitted the third and fourth sheets of this quartet of drawings to the Dobell Prize in 1995. After they won and were thus acquired for the AGNSW collection, the artist gifted the first and second sheets of the quartet to the gallery.
- Bibliography (4)
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Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Anne Ryan (Australia) (Author), Helen Campbell (Australia) (Author), Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 years of the Dobell Prize for Drawing, Sydney, 2012, 7, 24, 25 (illus.).
'Drawing a winner: a decade of Dobell prizes shows us how and why' by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 24-27., Look Aug 2003, Aug 2003, 26 (illus.), 27.
Hendrik Kolenberg (Netherlands; Australia) (Author), Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Domain, 1997, 13, 133 (illus.). cat.no. 130
'A fine harvest of drawings: legacy of an exceptional draughtsman' by Hendrik Kolenberg, pg. 28-31., Look Nov 2011, Nov 2011, 30.
- Exhibition history (2)
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Australian drawings from the Gallery's collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 13 Dec 1997–15 Mar 1998.
Contemporary Australian Drawing: 20 Years of the Dobell Drawing Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery, 15 Feb 2013–24 Mar 2013.
