Eleanor Millard’s landscapes arrest the speed of life. In her artworks, the furious pace of the everyday suddenly stops, and gives way to a painted meditation. " I try to paint the stillness
Past Exhibitions
2020
29 August 2020 - 17 September 2020
For his new exhibition, 'Tropical Future World', Nigel Sense invokes the instincts and emotions experienced during his overseas trip to South-East Asia, immediately prior to Covid-19.
14 August 2020 - 27 August 2020
Featuring ten epic and transcending large-scale paintings.
18 July 2020 - 14 August 2020
This group exhibition showcases a collection of impressive contemporary works of art, including new works in stock from the gallery’s stable of artists.
27 June 2020 - 16 July 2020
Min-Woo Bang's forthcoming exhibition is a highlight at Wagner Contemporary this year. In his new body of work, the artist expresses an emotional and visual response to recent occurring events: the bush fires and
6 June 2020 - 24 June 2020
Al Poulet paints with the urgency of a young artist. “I struggle to look at a work of mine from a week ago, because I think ‘that’s old and I can already do better’,” he explains.
9 May 2020 - 31 May 2020
This exhibition features artists who examine the psychology of the human condition and reveal - or subtly suggest - deeper-level emotions and feelings which lie beneath the surface of behaviour and experience.
18 April 2020 - 6 May 2020
This April, celebrated artist, Melissa Egan, returns to Wagner Contemporary with her highly anticipated new body of work, "In Your Dreams". Each day, according to Egan, the bushland at her doorstep "sets the stage for something unexpected to happen."
28 March 2020 - 16 April 2020
The paintings in Mark Hislop's new series, "Ghost Flowers and Zombie Plants", are created on large acrylic sheets. Using delicate washes of colour, botanical forms evolve with stunning clarity and brilliance.
5 March 2020 - 25 March 2020
This group exhibition of paintings, each 40 x 40cm in size, showcases a cross-section of critical ideas and narratives as artists embrace a uniform small-format canvas.
21 January 2020 - 28 February 2020
Our annual Summer Show is a vibrant and diverse exhibition, featuring a range of new work to the gallery.
2019
16 November 2019 - 4 December 2019
As much as we might feel that the landscapes and water ways of Australia’s coastal regions are familiar to us, and hold little potential for surprise, Celia Perceval’s paintings prove that they remain places full of mystery and wonder.
26 October 2019 - 13 November 2019
This new body of work reflects the artist’s continued exploration into the materiality of paper and physicality of the creative process, while paying homage to the awe inspiring power of nature.
12 September 2019 - 15 September 2019
Wagner Contemporary is thrilled to be presenting Nick Hall, Al Poulet and Sai-Wai Foo at this year’s Sydney Contemporary Art Fair. Holding true to both the name of the fair and the gallery, the artists will be showcasing works that are utterly contemporary in their essence and impact.
31 August 2019 - 25 September 2019
In recent work, Rosemary Valadon re-engages the still life tradition and the shadows cast by gender roles and stereotypes that upset the easy search for domestic bliss.