Ep 43: ‘Salient: Contemporary artists at the Western Front’

See the Talking with Painters YouTube video below

In 2017 a group of twelve Australian artists travelled to Belgium and France to the first World War battlefields of the western front.

They created work en plein air, in their hotel rooms and in their studios, documenting their impressions of what they saw and experienced.

This powerful exhibition has just started its tour around Australia at New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) in Armidale, NSW.

In this episode you’ll hear from artists Wendy Sharpe,  Amanda Penrose Hart and Euan Macleod as well as historian historian Brad Manera, who had previously travelled with many of the artists to Gallipoli.

I also interviewed them on camera and made a short video about this exhibition which you can see here.

For details of where the exhibition is showing go to www.salientwesternfront.com.

The other nine artists in the exhibition:

• Deirdre Bean
• Harrie Fasher
• Paul Ferman
• Michelle Hiscock
• Ross Laurie
• Steve Lopes
• Ian Marr
• Idris Murphy
• Luke Sciberras

To hear the podcast interview press ‘play’ below the feature photo above.

Feature photo (left to right): Euan Macleod, Amanda Penrose Hart, Wendy Sharpe and Brad Manera

Show notes:

• Salient Western Front website
• New England Regional Art Museum
• Salient Western Front on Instagram
• Euan Macleod on Talking with Painters
• Wendy Sharpe
• Amanda Penrose Hart on Talking with Painters
• Käthe Kollwitz
• ‘Salient – Contemporary artists on the western front’ video on the Talking with Painters  Youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfSQ6roLcEs

‘Moving forward’, Euan Macleod

‘Mouquet farm’, Amanda Penrose Hart

‘Evelyn Chapman with Ruined Church’, Wendy Sharpe

‘Crossing smoking hole’, Euan Macleod

‘Messines Ridge’, Amanda Penrose Hart

‘Self portrait with Menin Gate’, Wendy Sharpe