DAVID RANKIN Landscapes - Past and Present - 1968 to 2018 5 - 22 SEPTEMBER 2018
CONNY DIETZSCHOLD GALLERY | SYDNEY
Contact Conny Dietzschold Gallery 1 Crown Lane Entrance Corner Yurong / Crown Lanes East Sydney NSW 2010 02 9690 0215 info@connydietzscholdgallery.com www.connydietzscholdgallery.com www.instagram.com/connydietzscholdgallery/ Art Walk Preview Wednesday 5 September 2018 6pm - 8pm Vernissage Wednesday 12 September 2018 5.30pm - 7pm Exhibition Dates 5 - 22 September 2018
“I met David Rankin following following his first exhibition at Watters Gallery, Sydney in October 1968. We were introduced by the late John Lane, a foundation member of the NSW Art Gallery Society, early collector of Australian art works, plus the guru of fashion who first bought the much-admired label Gucci to Australia. By 1974, after five subsequent exhibitions, I was fully immersed in David Rankin’s art world, along with the Watters’ stable of emerging artists. They included John Peart, Ann Thomson, Richard Larter and Tony Tuckson. The collective inspiration and enthusiasm of the artists was infectious. Over 50 years I have watched David’s growth and output. Harking back to Elwyn Lynn’s review in The Weekend Australian, 29 August 1987...‘Rankin is immersed in tracing the origins of signs in his works and like a number of other abstract painters exults over the constant rediscovery of the possibilities in that direction’. He concludes, ‘Rankin presents memorable works seething with expressive urgency and with not a trademark in sight’. Sasha Grishin’s review in The Canberra Times of 28 April 86, ‘Strongly attracted by oriental forms, the sense of calligraphic line is rarely absent from David Rankin’s surfaces. Active, darting forms skip over the topographic contours suggestive of trees, ridges and boundless flat services with tiny pockets of precious detail and activity. Two very precious qualities in David Rankin’s paintings are the sheer energy and vibrance with which the surfaces are treated and the sensuous joy with which he manipulates the painterly masses.’ Concluding, ‘He achieves a rare combination of an active, dynamic calligraphic surface, set against moody and lyrical expanses of colour’. Though living in New York, David‘s commitment to the Australian landscape is an overarching influence on a considerable body of his work. The 1983 Wynne Prize, numerous publications, books, extensive exhibitions both in Australia and abroad, are all a testament to his craft. In 1982, David gave me a portrait of Catherine and Oscar, our first two children and currently, I’m delighted to be assisting the Conny Dietzschold Gallery at I Crown Lane, East Sydney (so near Watters Gallery) where my journey with David’s work started. An exhibition of David’s work is to be opened by Charles Nodrum on Wednesday, 12 Sep 5:30pm and David will be present. The exhibition runs from 5 - 22 September 2018.” PHILLIP HARDING
2. DAVID RANKIN Tarcoon Landscape I, 1968, Acrylic on board, 90 x 122 cm $12,000
1. DAVID RANKIN Mungo Lunette - Late Day, 2017, Pastel charcoal, chalk, acrylic on canvas, 132 x 213 cm $22,000
3. DAVID RANKIN Parrot, 1972, Acrylic on canvas, 151 x 361 cm $40,000
4. DAVID RANKIN Gundabooka - Early Day, 1969, Acrylic on board, 91 x 122 cm $12,000
7. DAVID RANKIN Late Climb 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on calligraphy paper, 70x 33 cm $1,500
5. DAVID RANKIN Eloura Summer, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 56 cm $18,000
6. DAVID RANKIN Eloura Walk, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on calligraphy paper, 70x 33 cm $1,500
8. DAVID RANKIN Wanda Climb 2018, Charcoal, acrylic on calligraphy paper, 70x 33 cm $1,500
9. DAVID RANKIN Leaving Early I , 2018, Ink, acrylic on Chinese paper, 46 x 61 cm $1,500
11. DAVID RANKIN Eloura, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on canvas, 142 x 63 cm $15,000
10. DAVID RANKIN Leaving Early II , 2018, Ink, acrylic on Chinese paper, 46 x 61 cm $1,500
13. DAVID RANKIN Variation - Bay’s Edge II, 1986, Acrylic on paper, 68 x 100 cm $1,400 framed
12. DAVID RANKIN The Thoughts of No Patriarch, 1984, Ink, lithograph on paper, Edition 5/7, 100 x 68 cm $1,200 framed
15. DAVID RANKIN Red Ridge - Kurranulla, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 43 cm $8,000
14. DAVID RANKIN Across After Rain, 1980, Acrylic on framed canvas, 80 x 125 cm $9,000
17. DAVID RANKIN Afternoon Climb, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 28 cm $7,000
18. DAVID RANKIN Birds Claw Climb, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on canvas, 50x 38 cm $5,000
16. DAVID RANKIN Birds Claw Ridge, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 30 cm $8,000
20. DAVID RANKIN Tall Trees - Deep Gully, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 41 cm $7,000
19. DAVID RANKIN Deep Gully - Evening, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 41 cm $8,000
21. DAVID RANKIN Kurranulla, 2018, Pastel charcoal, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 50 cm $8,000
David Rankin is a British-born Australian artist known for his expressionistic abstract paintings. His work can be categorized by his use of quick, loose brushstrokes, reminiscent of scribbles on a page. Often, the artist uses this technique to paint colourful landscapes, as seen in his paintings ‘Life along the bay’s edge’ (1993) and ‘Summer Studio – Menantic Creek’. He has also painted a number of abstract portraits, which can be distinguished by his attention to the texture of the subject’s hair and enlarged eyes. Born in 1946 in Devon, United Kingdom, his family immigrated to Australia in 1948 and he was raised outside of Sydney in a rural area of Port Hacking. During his adolescence he developed an interest in Aboriginal artwork, as well as art from China and India. Throughout his career, he aimed to merge Eastern art themes and styles with Western abstraction to create a unique style of painting. After the passing of his wife in 1979, he met his second wife Lily Brett, the child of Holocaust survivors who appeared in several of his paintings. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Australian National Gallery in Canberra, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, and the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, among others. Rankin lives and works in New York, NY.
David Rankin 1946 Born in Plymouth, England
Exhibitions 2018 Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia (Landscapes Past & Present 1968-2018) Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2017 Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, Australia (xmas group show) 2016 Salon 99, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Australia (with Ian Bettinson, Sally Gabori, Djirrirra Wunungmurra) 2007 Atotonilco, boltax.gallery, Shelter Island, NY 2006 David Rankin Works 1967–2004 Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, Australia Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Adrian Slinger Galleries at Michael Nagy Gallery, Sydney, Australia Andre Zarre Gallery, New York City (Three Crossings) 2005 David Rankin Works 1967–2004 Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, Australia Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia 118th Street, New York City 2005 Axel Raben Gallery, New York City (solo) 2004 Adrian Slinger Galleries, Noosa Heads, Australia (The Elemental Union Paintings) 2003 Adrian Slinger Galleries, Noosa Heads, Australia (Australian Landscapes) 2002 Adrian Slinger Galleries, Noosa Heads, Australia (From Port Hacking to Manhattan) 2002 The Harding Family Collection, University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery, Queensland, Australia 2001 Public city of cologne Gallery, Cologne (solo) 2001 Adrian Slinger Galleries, Noosa Heads, Australien (solo) 2001 Centro Cultural El Nigromante, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico Public City Museum of Cologne Gallery, Cologne, Germany The Jewish Museum, Vienna, Austria Charim Klocker Gallery, Vienna, Austria Ingeborg Wiensovski Gallery, Berlin, Germany University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia (Political Abstraction in the Work of David Rankin) Adrian Slinger Galleries, Noosa Heads, Australia (Pictures of Lily) 2000 Chapman Gallery, Canberra, Australia Adrian Slinger Galleries, Noosa Heads, Australia 1999 Adrian Slinger Galleries, Noosa Heads, Australia Art Lunch, UBS Private Banking, UBS Tower, New York City 1999 Art Lunch, UBS Private Banking, UBS Tower, New York (solo) 1998 Selected Works by Invites Artists, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 1998 Swingtime East Coast - West Coast, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia 1998 Seven Artists, Robert Steele Gallery, New York 1997 Wynne Prize Centenary Exhibition, The Turkish Bath Museum, Mount Wilson, NSW, Australia 1997 Robert Steele Gallery, New York City Chapman Gallery, Canberra, Australia Olsen Carr Art Dealer, Sydney, Australia 1996 Troyer Fitzpatrick Lassman, Washington DC Embassy of Australia, Washington DC Adrian Slinger Galleries, Brisbane, Australia The Small Painting, O'Hara Gallery, New York Kouroi & Korai, Summer Biennale, Kouros Gallery, New York 1995 Up Close: Contemporary Art from the Mallin Collection, Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York 1994 James Howe Gallery, Kean College, New Jersey (Passage–Paintings and Painted Vessels) Michael Walls Gallery, New York City Editions Southbank Galleries, Melbourne, Australia Gallery Savah, Melbourne, Australia 1993 Margaret Lipworth Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida Michael Walls Gallery, New York City Adrian Slinger Galleries, Brisbane, Australia Jewish Australia, The Norman + Sarah Brwon Art Gallery, Jewish Community Centre, Maryland, USA 1992–1993 Sarah Brown 1992 Michael Walls Gallery, New York City (Lexicon) Adrian Slinger Galleries, Brisbane, Australia (Paintings 1969–92) Michael Walls Gallery, New York City (Paintings 1991–92) De Saisset Museum, University of California, Santa Clara (David Rankin: Witness Paintings 1989–91) Embassy of Australia, Washington DC (Passage and related works) Michael Walls Gallery, New York City (Chicago International Art Exposition) 1991–1992 A Wonderful Life, Dooley LeCappellaine, New York Drawings 1991:USA, Japan, China, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York Michael Walls Gallery, New York City (Golgotha Paintings) 1990 Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (Landscape Paintings) Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, Australia Chapman Gallery, Canberra, Australia (Recent Landscape Paintings) Adrian Slinger Galleries, Brisbane, Australia (Portraits of Lily) Ruggiero Gallery and Michael Walls Gallery, New York City (David Rankin: Golgotha Paintings), installation at Walls Gallery Working on Paper, Ruggiero Gallery, New York The Partnership for the Homeless, Christies, New York 1989 Caulfield Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia (An Image of Israel) Ruggiero Gallery, New York City (David Rankin, the Jerusalem Paintings); two separate installations, at 72 Thompson Street and 149 Wooster Street 1988 Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (The Drowned and the Saved) Milburn Arte, Sydney, Australia (As long as I am flesh) Bradford Bicentennial Print Exhibition, Bradford, England Art La 1988 Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA 1987 Salon de Mai, Grand Palais, Paris, France Chicago International Art Exposition 1987, presented by Gilian Jason Gallery, London, at Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois Nice Art Fair, Art Productions, Paris, France Dealers’ Choice, Noosa Gallery, Noosa Heads, Australia Arte Production, Charles Charneu Gallery, Paris, France Australia on Paper, Regional Galleries in association with Michael Milburn Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 1987 Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (The Rocks and Rain Paintings) Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (David Rankin, Survey Exhibition 1965–67) Milburn Arte, Sydney, Australia (The Colour of the Long Light Night) David Ellis Fine Art, Melbourne, Australia (The Paintings of Lily) Galerie Charles Chaneau, Paris, France 1986 UNESCO’s 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Paris, France Surface for Reflex-tion, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Modern Australian Paintings, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Painters’ Prints, The Mitchelton Print Exhibition, Mitchelton, Australia The Challenge of the Landscape, New England Regional Art Gallery, Armidale, Australia 33 Men Painters (The Male Sensibility), Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Oz Drawing Now, Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney, Australia 1986 Watters Gallery, Sydney, Australia Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane, Australia (Drawings 1968-86) Chapman Gallery, Canberra, Australia Jewish Museum, Melbourne, Australia (David Rankin, Drawings and Paintings for the Auschwitz Poems) 1985 Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane, Australia Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 1985 Contemporary Approaches to Drawing, Naracoorte Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia Spring Exhibition, Gallerie Francoise Palluel, Paris, France Victoria: Views by Contemporary Artists, Regional Galleries, Victoria, Australia Australian Painters, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, England 1984 Watters Gallery, Sydney, Australia Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 1983 The Philip Morris Arts Grant: Australian Art of the Last Ten Years, Melville Hall, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Romanticism and Classicism in Contemporary Australian Painting, Geelong Art Gallery Victoria, Australia Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Acquisitions 1973–1983, University Museum, Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia Figures and Faces Drawn from Life, Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 1983 Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 1982 Miller Gallery, Perth, Australia Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 1982 The Seventies: Australian Paintings and Tapestries, The National Bank Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia 1978–1982 Watters Gallery, Sydney, Australia (Portraits of Lily) 1981 Survey of the Seventies, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia Directions of Post-1950s Painting, Burnie Art Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia 1980 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, Australia Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 1980 The Philip Morris Grant–Australian Art of the Last Ten Years, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia 1979 Macquarie Galleries, Canberra, Australia 1978 Macquarie Gallery, Canberra, Australia Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, Australia Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 1977 Australian Colourists 77, W.A.I.T., Perth, Australia Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Abraxas Gallery, Canberra, Australia 1976 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, Australia Abraxas Gallery, Canberra, Australia Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (Talavera Road Paintings 1975–76; artist in residence) 1976 New South Wales Printmakers, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide, Australia 1973–1976 Watters Gallery, Sydney, Australia 1975 Drawings, Watters Gallery, Sydney, Australia Inaugural Exhibition, The Davenport Gallery, Tasmania, Australia 1975 Realities Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Abraxas Gallery, Canberra, Australia 1974 Macquarie Galleries, Canberra, Australia Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, Australia 1974 Ten Years, Watters Gallery, Sydney, Australia Gifts from Patrick White, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 1973 Llewellyn Gallery, Adelaide, Australia 1972 Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, Australia 1971 Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia Macquarie Galleries, Canberra, Australia Ferguson Galleries, Pymble Presbyterian Ladies’ Colleges, Sydney, Australia 1970–1971 Watters Gallery, Sydney, Australia 1969 Gallery One-Eleven, Brisbane, Australia Watters Gallery, Sydney (Progression Paintings) 1968 Watters Gallery, Sydney, Australia
