Exhibition Dates: 10 May- 7 July 2024
Opening Event: 6-8pm Friday 10 May 2024

Artist James Drinkwater takes on the role of curator for Where Delusion Meets the Sun, driven by his deep admiration and fascination for the works of Julian Schnabel, Lottie Consalvo & Wayne Magrin. The exhibition delves into their art through themes of deviancy, defiance, escapism, fantasy, and their connection to spaces and processes of incarceration and demarcation.

The exhibition proudly presents the work of American painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel. Showing in Australia for the first time in over 30 years, NYC-based Schnabel shot to fame in the 1980s for his bold, gestural Plate Paintings which changed the course of painting forever. His art deliberately challenged the prevailing trends of process-driven, conceptual, and minimalist art of the preceding decade. Schnabel remains a significant figure in the United States and the world over, revered as a master painter.

Consalvo, based in Newcastle, presents new work including the video piece La Femme. Shot in France, it delves into historical and mystical associations between femininity, nature, and the sacred. Other works look to the mind’s power to create change in the physical realm, and our capacity to believe in the unseen.

Magrin resides and creates in Sydney’s Palm Beach, where he captures scenes infused with folklore and fantasy, often drawing inspiration from his vibrant imagination. This current body of work is inspired by Daniel Kehlmann’s novel Tyll, which retells the German fable of Till Eulenspiegel, a peasant trickster whose jokes and pranks have spawned numerous folk tales.

This exhibition is proudly supported by the University of Newcastle.