Anna Schwartz Gallery

John Nixon solo exhibition at Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

John Nixon is participating in 'Drawing Folio 2', a group exhibition at Block Projects, Melbourne. The exhibition is curated by John Nixon & Justin Andrews.

Exhibition dates: 3 February - 1 March

John Nixon's EPW: SILVER opens today at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne.


EPW: SILVER marks the continuation of John Nixon’s ‘Experimental Painting Workshop’, an ongoing project which
expands the realm of abstract painting. Demonstrating Nixon’s long-standing interest in the energy, associations and
material qualities of the colour silver, this exhibition is comprised of painted works which challenge the two-dimensional surface. Using architectural angles and the form and surface of the stretched canvas, the works in EPW: SILVER are
‘constructions’ which each configure new spaces.


Nixon’s sustained investigation into the possibilities of abstraction has positioned him internationally as a leading figure in contemporary painting.


He has been exhibiting internationally since the early 1970s. His recent solo exhibitions include EPW: 1995, at PS,
Amsterdam, 2011; EPW: Polychromes, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, 2007; and EPW: O, Stadtisches Kunstmuseum, Germany, 2005; and EPW at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. His work is held in significant
public and private collections in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland,
Denmark and Korea.


The exhibition continues until 5 November.

Works by John Nixon will feature in V.A., an exhibition curated by artist Dylan Martorell. The exhibition brings together works by artists who are influenced by or incorporate music into their practice, including Marco Fusinato, Dylan Martorell, Michael Graeve, Tarquin Manek, Victor Meertens, and Mat Valdman.

V.A., will take place at Utopian Slumps, Ground Floor, 33 Guildford Lane Melbourne, from Saturday 17 September to Saturday 8 October 2011.