Richard Lewer

Museum of Sydney 'Just Not Australian'
Richard Lewer, ‘No matter how hard I try I can’t escape my past’, 2019 - on show at Museum of Sydney as part of the 'Just Not Australian' exhibition that opened earlier this month.

Just Not Australian presents work by 19 Australian artists at the forefront of national debate and practice. Spanning generations and diverse cultural backgrounds, the artists deal broadly with the origins and implications of contemporary Australian nationhood.

Image: Richard Lewer, ‘No matter how hard I try Ican’t escape my past’, 2019, (detail), acrylic on found map, 195 x 160cm. Courtesy the artist and Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney and Singapore
March 22, 2023