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Ruark Lewis

Exhibition

Ruark Lewis: Transcription Drawings 1988-1992

Sydney artist Ruark Lewis is widely recognised for his works which involve a reworking of literary, musical and archival art texts. These works, referred to as ‘tonal librettos’, were created using a working methodology that involves finding the forms within texts and images in order...
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1992

...drawings, including the iconic ‘It was Tom’s first brush with Modernism’ poked fun at the relationship between audiences and contemporary art. Other program highlights that year included the first comprehensive exhibition of Geoff Lowe’s collaborations and Ruark Lewis...
Publication

Ruark Lewis: Transcription Drawings 1988-1992

ACCA acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung people as sovereign custodians of the land on which we work and welcome visitors, along with the neighbouring Boonwurrung, Bunurong, and wider Kulin Nation. We acknowledge their longstanding and continuing care for Country and we recognise First Peoples art and cultural practice has been thriving here for millennia. We extend our respect to ancestors and Elders past and present, and to all First Nations people.
Glimpse into the archive—

The artist stood before two piles of white paper arranged side by side on a table. As Robert Douglas’s radiophonic tape composition Alpha Solstice began to be heard, Lewis began to scribble on the top sheet of the left-hand pile…

Ruark Lewis: Transcription Drawings 1988-1992 (1992)

111 Sturt Street
Southbank VIC 3006
Melbourne, Australia

+61 3 9697 9999

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