Artists in their studios
In this series of video inteviews, Dobell Prize-winning artists talk about their practice and the art of drawing.
Suzanne Archer
Related artwork
- Derangement 2010
Questions and activities
- List objects found in Archer’s studio.
- Can you identify any of these objects in Derangement 2010?
- Why has she included a self-portrait in the drawing?
David Fairbairn
Related artworks
- Portrait of Tao Triebels 1998
- Large head CS no 1 2006-07
Questions and activities
- Write a description of Fairbairn’s studio and the landscape in which he works.
- Why is landscape important to his practice?
- Describe how Fairbairn approaches drawing. What do you think he is trying to achieve?
Aida Tomescu
Related artwork
Questions and activities
- Describe the process Tomescu follows to create her abstract, layered, gestural drawings.
- Identify the artist and artwork that inspired Tomescu to begin her Negru series.
- Tomescu comments: 'You don’t draw a drawing, you really build a drawing’. Discuss what you think this means and rephrase the idea in your own words.
These videos, questions and activities can be used in conjunction with the exhibition Contemporary Australian drawing: 20 years of the Dobell Prize and the Dobell Australian Drawing Collection.
