Current Exhibition

BIRD SONG

by RICHARD LEWER 

6 July – 17 August 2024

Richard Lewer. Wedge tail eagle. Lithograph.
Printed in an edition of 20 (plus proofs) by APW printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, 2024.

Richard Lewer. Azure Kingfisher. Lithograph.
Printed in an edition of 20 (plus proofs) by APW printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, 2024.

Richard Lewer. Grey Falcon. Lithograph.
Printed in an edition of 20 (plus proofs) by APW printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, 2024.

Richard Lewer. Grey headed Flying Fox. Lithograph.
Printed in an edition of 20 (plus proofs) by APW printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, 2024.

Richard Lewer signing his prints in the APW Studio.

Richard Lewer. Lyrebird. Lithograph.
Printed in an edition of 20 (plus proofs) by APW printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, 2024.

Richard Lewer. Pink Cockatoo. Lithograph.
Printed in an edition of 20 (plus proofs) by APW printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, 2024.

Bird Song premieres a new suite of fifteen original prints by Richard Lewer produced in collaboration with APW printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, 2024.

'I can’t imagine waking up to an absence of bird song or finishing the day without hearing the territorial screeching of birds roosting on dusk in the neighbouring trees'.  Richard Lewer

Richard Lewer has always been captivated by birds, and with his lifelong fixation, birds have been a recurring subject and anchor throughout his artistic career.

In this new series of original lithographs made in collaboration with APW printers, Lewer highlights some of Australia’s threatened species – the featured birds range from vulnerable to the critically endangered.

Lewer aims to create a space for these birds to be appreciated, an archive for their existence and beauty. Given that birds are so integral to the artist's practice, the vulnerability of the subject matter is not only ecologically devastating but also personally challenging.

 

Exhibition continues until 17 August 2024.

 

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