ARTWORKS & EXHIBITIONS
Lesley Dumbrell creates art of pure visual pleasure.
This exhibition, spanning her five-decade career, showcases her unique visual language and mastery of colour, movement and rhythm.
Lesley's WORKS OF ART
Current EXHIbitionS
LESLEY DUMBRELL
THRUM
20 July – 13 October 2024
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Naala Nura, South building
Lower level 2
LESLEY DUMBRELL
THRUM
A beautifully illustrated publication,
showcasing Dumbrell’s art over
more than 50 years
MOST RECENT EXHIbitionS
Thrum
Lesley Dumbrell: Thrum brings together works ranging from the experimental and unfinished to the highly realised and refined, and includes the joyous Spangle 1977, the first work by Lesley Dumbrell acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, in 1979, as well as the magnificent Solstice 1974, an exceptional optical work that is a firm visitor favourite.
Geometries
Geometries’ brings together works that dazzle the eyes with colour and form. Using deceptively simple strategies — structuring relationships between the most elementary components of shape, scale and relative sequencing, for the most part described in pure, flat and vibrant colours — the artists behind these arrangements excel in creating mesmerising optical effects.
Art Gallery NSW “Light and colour, moving”
Lesley Dumbrell: Thrum brings together works ranging from the experimental and unfinished to the highly realised and refined, and includes the joyous Spangle 1977, the first work by Lesley Dumbrell acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, in 1979.
Abstraction 17: A Field of Interest, C. 1968
A group exhibition of hard-edge colour-field works to coincide with the re-staging of 1968 The Field exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria. This painting is Promontories, Lesley Dumbrell, 1968, Liquitex on canvas. 213.5 x 213.5
PAST EXHIbitionS
Exhibition at Charles Nodrum Gallery
Dec 2017 – Jan 2018 | Charles Nodrum Gallery
If you are in Melbourne this summer, please pop in toCharles Nodrum Gallery for a real treat. View the catalogue here
Exhibition August 2017
August 2017
This painting is also in the exhibition. It is called Kram which is Thai for Indigo.
Exhibition at Gallery H Bangkok
Jun – Aug 2017 | H Gallery, Bangkok, 201 Sathorn Soi 12
The exhibition at Gallery H, Bankok runs until October. I have visited it each time and whenever I go I am still excited to see the sculptural piece and how it constantly changes within the space. The sculpture is suspended from the ceiling which allows it to move, and the subtle shifts in light and the slow movement of air both contribute towards a shadow which plays on the floor and against the wall. I have enjoyed the interaction of the paintings and the sculpture.
ABSTRACTION – Celebrating Australian Women Abstract Artists
25 Feb – 7 May 2017 | National Gallery of Australia
This visually exhilarating exhibition reveals the astounding contribution Australian women artists have made to abstract art. The exhibition shows a breathtaking passion for colour, shape and rhythm and a dedication to experimentation and conceptual innovation. The works in this exhibition use a remarkable range of media moving through painting, sculpture and applied arts and take audiences on a journey from the early 20th century through to the present day.
After 65 – The legacy of Op
25 April – 26 July 2015 | Latrobe Regional Gallery Victoria.
In 1965 the Museum of Modern art in new york city staged the highly influential exhibition The responsive eye. The exhibition focused on the dazzling and often mesmerising optical effect of colour and geometric line. To acknowledge the 50th anniversary of this important exhibition, AFTER 65 includes works by a range of australian artists who continue the legacy of op.
Exhibition at
Charles Nodrum Gallery
Dec 2017 – Jan 2018
If you are in Melbourne this summer, please pop in toCharles Nodrum Gallery for a real treat. View the catalogue here
Exhibition August 2017
August 2017
This painting is also in the exhibition. It is called Kram which is Thai for Indigo.
Exhibition at Gallery H Bangkok
Jun – Aug 2017 | Sathorn Soi 12
The exhibition at Gallery H, Bankok runs until October. I have visited it each time and whenever I go I am still excited to see the sculptural piece and how it constantly changes within the space. The sculpture is suspended from the ceiling which allows it to move, and the subtle shifts in light and the slow movement of air both contribute towards a shadow which plays on the floor and against the wall. I have enjoyed the interaction of the paintings and the sculpture.
ABSTRACTION – Celebrating Australian Women Abstract Artists
25 Feb – 7 May 2017 | National Gallery of Australia
This visually exhilarating exhibition reveals the astounding contribution Australian women artists have made to abstract art. The exhibition shows a breathtaking passion for colour, shape and rhythm and a dedication to experimentation and conceptual innovation. The works in this exhibition use a remarkable range of media moving through painting, sculpture and applied arts and take audiences on a journey from the early 20th century through to the present day.
After 65 – The legacy of Op
25 April – 26 July 2015
In 1965 the Museum of Modern art in new york city staged the highly influential exhibition The responsive eye. The exhibition focused on the dazzling and often mesmerising optical effect of colour and geometric line. To acknowledge the 50th anniversary of this important exhibition, AFTER 65 includes works by a range of australian artists who continue the legacy of op.
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