Lot 28

Hairline cracking evident in the black pigment on the surface. Minor imperfections and dirt present on the surface. Work is stretched with no additional framing.
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Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne (label verso)
Lawson~Menzies, Sydney, 23 February 2011, lot 74
Art Index, Sydney 2013
Private collection, Tasmania

In 1981 ROAR studios was founded in Melbourne - a group of painters with an urban focus and politically minded. David Larwill, one of the group's most renowned members, found inspiration in the Angry Penguins, Aboriginal art, and Expressionism. Larwill's work of the 1980's was energetic, raw, and obtuse, rejecting the minimalism of the 1970s and conventions of the time. His work in this period specifically draws parallels to that of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and the emerging street art aesthetic.

© David Larwill/Copyright Agency, 2020