ALEX GAWRONSKI IS an artist, writer, gallery director and educator, best known for his installations. Here, Artist Profile talks to him about some recently exhibited, smaller works.
I’m interested in your paintings of obscure, Eastern European book titles. Where do these hail from, given the predominance of other themes in your work?
Part of the works come from teaching at Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University, and consequently wanting to reconnect with painting, which I hadn’t done for a long time. Also, it comes from the simple idea of being able to paint anywhere and at any time, as distinct from building objects for an installation-based practice.
A lot of the works also developed from discoveries made during my work as a librarian. For example, the title ‘Proceedings of…
