Join us for the opening of ‘Idris Murphy: Backblocks’ by Terence Maloon, Director, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU

At 6pm on Friday 18 November 2022.

Join Idris Murphy and exhibition Curator Terence Maloon in conversation with Gallery Director Bradley Hammond for a talk in the Gallery Theatre at 5:30pm prior to the opening.

Book for the opening event HERE

Book separately for the talk HERE

This survey catches a great Australian painter at the height of his powers. Born in 1952, Idris Murphy developed deep roots in the history of painting as well as a profound feeling for the natural environment. Murphy’s idiom transcends “either/or”—it is indistinguishably landscape painting and painterly abstraction all at once. Arising from a sort of improvisatory incantation, the most vivid metaphors of land, space, light, mood and feeling seem to coalesce spontaneously and unbidden.

Exhibition dates: 19 November – 22 January 2022

A Drill Hall Gallery touring exhibition.