About
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
~ Thomas Merton, No Man Is An Island
Art is freedom to express and tame the 'monsters' that live both within and roam free in the world.
Art is freedom to use movement and colour to express the deepest self and its' response to the challenges of being.
Art is freedom to reflect on life in movement and colour without judgement.
Art is freedom to begin without the promise of an end.
Art is freedom to......?
Art has come late into my life through both circumstances and people. Belinda Hope, my art teacher, encouraged me to fill the canvas with paint to see what happens.
Freedom happens.
I am only at the beginning of this great adventure and wish to share some of my work with you.
'Yuwin ngadhi Glenn Loughrey. Dyiramadilinya badhu Wiradjuri. My name is Glenn Loughrey and I am proud to be a Wiradjuri man.
My art is an expression of my journey of my family and my mob. It reflects the interaction between the dominant culture and the oldest living culture on the planet. It explores the impact of that interaction from the Indigenous point of view and its purpose is to engage, challenge and initiate action leading to unification and reconciliation.
I use a combination perspective and pattern thinking to form the narrative painted using acrylic paints applied by stick each dot at a time.The paint is mixed in such a way that the dots sit out from the canvas creating a tactile three-dimensional pattern. Each painting invites the viewer to touch and engage beyond simply being a viewer or observer.
This reflects the idea of pattern thinking: that there are patterns below the country, above the country and across the country.
My art is political because I believe all of life is political if lived consciously or mindfully, or as I understand Aboriginal thinking, with deep listening (whin-nga-rra) to the country or the dirt that gave you birth.
My art does not consist of pieces intended to only stand alone. They reflect a continuum of deep listening and form an anthology of being.'
Finalist in Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2017
Shortlisted Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2018
Solo exhibition: Burrinja Gallery, Upwey
Listen to me speak about my work on ABC Radio National, 2020.
Visit my profile on Christine Joy Curation & Exhibitions.
