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Rick Amor

21 Portraits

Previous exhibition
from Friday 28 November 2014 until Sunday 1 March 2015
Professor Peter Doherty
Professor Peter Doherty, 2001 Rick Amor. © Rick Amor/Copyright Agency, 2024

Rick Amor, noblest yet most unaffected of contemporary Australian portraitists, is also a painter of enigmatic, ominous landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes that haunt the viewer like dreams, dimly-recalled. This group of 21 paintings, drawings and prints has been selected to indicate major elements of his work, evoking his professional commissions, his circle in Melbourne, his periods abroad, his stern self-analysis and his brooding visions of the natural and built environment.

Read more in the exhibition essay

9 portraits
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The crime writer Shane Maloney
Self portrait
David Malouf
General Cosgrove, Dili, East Timor 1999
Dorothy Porter
Manning Clark
Paul Boston
1 The crime writer Shane Maloney, 2004 Rick Amor. © Rick Amor/Copyright Agency, 2024. 2 Self portrait, 2005 Rick Amor. © Rick Amor/Copyright Agency, 2024. 3 David Malouf, 2012 Rick Amor. © Rick Amor, Currently on display. 4 General Cosgrove, Dili, East Timor 1999, 2006 Rick Amor. © Rick Amor/Copyright Agency, 2024. 5 Dorothy Porter, 2001-2002 Rick Amor. © Rick Amor/Copyright Agency, 2024. 6 Manning Clark, 1985 Rick Amor. © Rick Amor/Copyright Agency, 2024. 7 Paul Boston, 1995 Rick Amor. © Rick Amor/Copyright Agency, 2024.
Self portrait
Self portrait
Self portrait
Self portrait

Rick Amor: 21 Portraits

Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.

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Dr Sarah Engledow (curator)

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