VERY IMPORTANT PAINTING

28 March - 13 April 2025 ~ Precinct 75 - St. Peters, NSW

Wade Kelly ~ Elisabeth Sulich ~ Joel Izak Smith ~ Lucy Humphries

This survey of four emerging Sydney-based artists highlights the new techniques, themes, and approaches with which Australia’s young painting movement currently plays. Both highly influenced by the wider world and uniquely antipodean, these works showcase an alternative understanding of what it is to be a painter.

Joel Izak Smith The Stain You Can’t Remove, 2024. Oilstick, acrylic, spraypaint, housepaint on canvas. 165 x142.5 cm.

Wade Kelly Divine Intervention, 2025. Oilstick, acrylic, indian ink, on canvas. 151 x 200 cm.

Wade Kelly End How You Start, 2025. Oilstick and graphite on canvas. 198.5 x 148.5 cm.

Elisabeth Sulich

Mittasgarden, 2024. Oil on Belgian Linen Board, 50.8cm x 76.2cm

Blue Room, 2024. Oil on Belgian Linen Board, 50.8cm x 76.2cm

Lady Midnight At Chepstow Three O’Clock, 2024. Oil on Belgian Linen Board, 50.8cm x 76.2cm

Joel Izak Smith Turps ‘n Time Can Fix This, 2024. Oilstick, acrylic, spraypaint, housepaint on canvas. 165 x 162 cm.

Wade Kelly I Was Just Joking, 2025. Oilstick, acrylic, and housepaint on canvas. 255 x 101.5 cm.