Joe Furlonger

A Survey Exhibition

Defiance Gallery 47 Enmore Road, Newtown

8 May - 6 June 2019www.defiancegallery.com

Economy is a rare and important thing in art. Even when it looks to have been achieved, it will be snatched away at the last second – no longer merely there, but uncomfortably anchored by deliberation and agenda. The concept of economy in painting can be found in the briefness and immediacy of its gesture and the emptying out of anything unnecessary. Colin McCahon referred to that very first, very direct quality of response – something so close yet so unattainable – as innocence. But he also acknowledged the paradox and difficulty of achieving such a thing with the knowledge and awareness of needing it.

To find oneself in a room of uncomplicated works born out of complication and deliberation is always a treat; it is to be in the grip of nothing in particular but something very decisive. These things hold you in their grip rather than offering up the cheaper luxury of assessing their merits. Furlonger’s works are right there, tenderly and effortlessly nailed down by their faith.

Patrick Hartigan The Saturday Paper 2014

Ringmaster , 2006, woodblock print on paper, edition 1-15, 26 x 21.5cm Russian gymnast , 2006, woodblock print on paper, edition 1-15, 26 x 21.5cm

Strong man, 2006, woodblock print on paper, edition 1-15, 26 x 21.5cm

Balancing on a ball, 2006, woodblock print on paper, edition 1-15, 26 x 21.5cm

Clown on a goat, 2006, woodblock print on paper, edition 1-15, 26 x 21.5cm

Laughing clown, 2006, woodblock print on paper, edition 1-15, 26 x 21.5cm

Violinist, 2006, woodblock print on paper, edition 1-15, 26 x 21.5cm

Horses in the arena, 2016, pigment and PVA binder on canvas, 55 x 46cm

Trapeze, 2006, woodblock print on paper, edition 1-15, 26 x 21.5cm

Tumblers, 2006, woodblock print on paper, edition 1-15, 26 x 21.5cm

Acrobats, 1994, pastel on paper, 29.5 x 42cm Circus high wire, 1994, pastel on paper, 29.5 x 42cm

2 clowns, 2006, Lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Acrobats, 2006, Lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

2 Russians Motorcyle Act, 2006, Lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Balancing, 2006, Lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Balancing act, 2006, Lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Cirque D’Hiver, 2016, Lithograph PP edition of 15, 55 x 46cm

Bare back rider, 2006, Lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Clowns and music, 2006, Lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Dancing girls, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Finale, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Dancing girls in white dresses, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Flying man, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Violinist, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Horses in the arena, 2016, lithograph PP edition of 15, 55 x 46cm

Trapeze, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Tumblers, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Monocycle, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Russian acrobat, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Orchestra, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Russian wire act, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Tiger, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

Voltige, 2016, lithograph PP edition of 15, 55 x 46cm Tiger and leapod, 2006, lithograph PP edition of 15, 26 x 21.5cm

South East Qld Landscape, 2004, wood block with hand colouring, 54 x 89cmSouth East Qld Landscape, 2004, wood block, unique, 54 x 89cm

South East Qld Landscape, 2004, wood block, unique, 54 x 89cmSouth East Qld Landscape, 2004, wood block, unique, 54 x 89cm

Circus horse, 2005, crayon on paper, 24 x 30cmFamily of clowns, 2006, crayon on paper, 23 x 30cm

Gold Coast bathers I, 2018, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 26 x 18 cm

Gold Coast bathers VIII, 2018, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 29.5 x 21 cm

Gold Coast bathers V, 2018, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 29.5 x 21 cm

Gold Coast bathers VI, 2018, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 21 x 15cm

Trawlers Central Queensland, 2018, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 20.5 x 22 cm

Trawlers, Burnett river mountain I, 2018, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 41 x 30cm

On the Verandah, under the wisteria, 1996, pastel on paper, 20 x 27.5cmMagpie, 2000, Raku cup, ceramicist Errol Barnes, 9 x 12.5cm

Mount Sampson, 2018, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 18 x 25 cm Avocadoes, Childers, 2018, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 31 x 43.5cmOld mining town, 2018, gouacher on paper, 29.5 x 42cm

Three deserts, 2017, gouache on paper, 23.5 x 30.5 cmMt Perry, 2018, gouache on paper, 21 x 29.5 cm

Cattle country, Mount Perry, 2018, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 21 x 29.5cm

Near Childers, 2017, pigment and PVA binder on paper, 21 x 30 cmMount Perry Gayndah Road, 2017, gouacher on paper, 23 x 30 cm

Mt Perry, central Queensland II, 2017, gouache on paper, 20 x 28.5 cm Mt Perry, dry season, 2018, gouache on paper, 21 x 30 cm

Central Qld Landscape, 2004, wood block, unique, 35 x 60cmCentral Qld Landscape, 2004, wood block, unique, 35 x 60cm

Central Qld Landscape, 2004, wood block, unique, 35 x 60cmCentral Qld Landscape, 2004, wood block, unique, 35 x 60cm

JOE FURLONGERBorn 1952, Cairns, QLDLives and works in Samford, Queensland

Education

1978 Diploma of Art, Alexander Mackie CAE, Sydney1976 Associate Diploma in Painting, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane

Solo Exhibitions

20192018 Survey, Defiance Gallery, Newtown and Mary Place, Sydney Inland Mariner, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney2016 Capricorn Coast, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney2012 The Balonne Breaks Out, The Hughes Gallery, Sydney Bays, Claudes’ Restaurant, Sydney2011 Joe Furlonger Works on Paper 1981 – 2011, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney Adam and Eve, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney2010 The Glasshouse Mountains, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney2009 The Samford Valley, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney The Samford Valley, Auckland Art Fair. Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney2008 China, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney2007 Three Australian Painters, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Circus, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, NSW2006 Furlonger Circus, Bronzes, woodcuts and paintings, Ray, Hughes Gallery, Sydney2005 Circus, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney2004 Improvisations, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney2003 Central Queensland Landscapes, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney2002 Land, Sea, City, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra Joe Furlonger – Figure and Landscape: Works on Paper, new contemporaries, Sydney2001 Sydney: Paintings and Etchings, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney2000 Moreton Bay, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney1999 Joe Furlonger Survey, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast1998 Queensland Landscapes, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney1996 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney1995 Vietnam Paintings, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney Paintings after New Guinea, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney1994 Circus Royale, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney1993 Furlonger at Indy, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast1991 New Work, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney Madonna and Child, The Crypt, St. Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney Figure and the Sea, University of NSW, Sydney1990 Madonna and Child and Bathers, Prints, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney1989 Joe Furlonger, La Mer et l’Enfant, Gallerie Cadran Solaire Troyes, France Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane Air and Space, London1988 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane1986 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney1985 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane1982 Community Arts Centre, Brisbane

Group Exhibitions

2019 Paper, Defiance Gallery, Sydney2018 6 Artists 7 Days, The AWC Newhaven Exhibition, Defiance Gallery at 270 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney Group Exhibition Mary Place, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Group Exhibition Newtown, Defiance Gallery, Sydney Abstract Landscape II, Defiance Gallery Newtown, Sydney Abstract Landscape, Defiance Gallery at Mary Place, Paddington, Sydney2017 Carry On Luggage, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney2016-17 Summer Show, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney2016 Land and Sea, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney2011 Abstract Landscape 2016, Defiance Gallery Sydney Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales Tattersalls Art Prize, Brisbane

2010 Redcliffe Art Prize, Brisbane Duke Prize, Gold Coast2009 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales2007 Three Australian Painters, Guanshanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China2004 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales2003 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales2002 Fleurieu Art Prize, South Australia2001 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales2000 Bonheurs des Antipodes, Amiens, Musee de Picasso, France1999 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales1998 The Australian Drawing Biennale, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra1997 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales1995 The Central Queensland Art Purchase, Rockhampton Art Gallery1993 Off the Wall, Gold Coast City Art Gallery1992 Archibald, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales1990 Twenty Australian Artists, Galleria San Vidal, Venice Biennale

Awards and Residencies

2018 Artist in residence, The Nock Art Foundation Artists Residency, Hong Kong | China2011 Winner of the Tattersall’s Landscape Prize, Brisbane2010 Winner of the Duke Art Award, Gold Coast2002 Winner of the Fleurieu Art Prize for Landscape1998 Winner of Air and Space Studio,London1988 Winner of the 2nd Moet & Chandon Fellowship

Collections

Gold Coast City Art CollectionS.G.I.O. CollectionCity Council of Innisfall, Bundaberg and Maryborough Phillip Morris CollectionNational Gallery of Australia, CanberraNational Gallery of Victoria, MelbourneQueensland Art Gallery, BrisbaneArt Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Powerhouse Museum, SydneyGriffith UniversityUniversity of New South Wales Collection Queensland University Art MuseumQueensland University of TechnologyArt Bank CollectionThe Australian Club, SydneyLogan City, Ipswich and Maryborough, QLDThe British Museum, LondonPrivate collections

Select Bibliography

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Special thanks to:Lauren Harvey, Campbell Robertson-Swann

All Photography Stephen Oxenbury

Catalogue design Stephen OxenburyPre-press Graham at Spitting image

Publisher: Defiance Gallery Pty Ltd© Copyright 2018 artists, writers, publishers© Copyright of the artworks is held by Joe Furlonger© Copyright of the photographs is held by Stephen Oxenbury. This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealings for the purpose of private research, review or criticism, as permitted by the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission.

Joe Furlonger is represented by Defiance Gallery, Sydney.www.defiancegallery.com