Fairweather Transformations: an in-conversation with artist John Young and art historian Claire Roberts

As part of the exhibition Inside the Mirage at TarraWarra Museum of Art, join us for an intimate conversation with artist John Young and Professor Claire Roberts, facilitated by curator James Lynch. Roberts’ and Young’s recent creative research share a love in the life and work of Ian Fairweather (1891–1974), one of Australia’s most enigmatic modern artists. Explore their long-held connections, affinities and passions, and the ways they have shared his artistic legacy.

“For both men, art is a transcultural practice and part of a larger process of becoming.” – Professor Claire Roberts, Portrait of A Collection: TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2024. 

John Young AM

 

Since his first exhibition in 1979, John Young AM has become one of Australia’s foremost senior contemporary artists, noted for his discursive and scholarly approach. Young has held more than eighty solo exhibitions worldwide, as well as four major survey exhibitions. His work has been presented in major exhibitions both in Australia and internationally, including at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Kennedy Centre, Washington; and the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.