BEYOND THE BALD ARCHYS EXHIBITION - 1 SEPT 2004 - 14 Sept 2004.

You are invited to see the work of Brad Wightman, Xavier Ghazi, Lew Keilar, Ian MacDonald and David Ross up close in the Beyond the Bald Archys Exhibition.

The exhibition will showcase the work of five artists from satirical caricatures to social commentary to figurative studies. With widely different approaches to their art, the diversity of this exhibition makes it refreshingly different.

The exhibition will be opened by Peter Batey OAM, on Wednesday 1 September 2004 at 6:30pm at the Living Art Gallery, 1 Meagher Street, Chippendale.

The gallery is open Wednesday to Saturday only 10am to 5pm. We invite you to visit www.livingartgallery.net.au to confirm times and for directions of getting to the gallery.

FIVE ARTIST PROFILES:

Brad Wightman is known as "Sydney's leading event Caricaturist" and will be exhibiting a range of celebrity caricatures/realistic portraits at the exhibition. Brad has been commissioned by corporate businesses and individuals for caricatures. In 2003 in was commissioned to China where he drew caricatures in the major "Carrefore" centres in Tianjin and Beijing. He is a regular entrant to the Bald Archy competition.

Xavier Ghazi conducts fine art caricatures in acrylics. He was an illustrator in Paris from 1981 to 1996 before migrating to Australia. He has exhibited his paintings in group exhibitions in 1999/2000 at the ASN gallery and at Cafe Blue in 2001/2002. He had a solo exhibition at the Arthouse Hotel in 2003. He is a winner of the Bald Archy competition in 2002 and 2004.

Ian MacDonald is a full time writer and painter. He initially trained at the Julian Ashton Art School under Henry Gibbons. He is a former Art Director. Ian will be exhibiting a wide range of his paintings, including subjects of social commentary and figurative work. Ian will also be exhibiting a number of minatures.

Lew Kielar career highlights have included: being President, Vice-President, Secretary
and Treasurer of the Sydney branch of the Illustrators' Association (not all at once!). He is a founding member of PIC Illustration, a support collective for illustrators to network their skills in self-promotion and self-development; and lecturing in Illustration at Sydney Graphics College. He is a regular entrant to the Bald Archys.

David Ross has been an Art Teacher since 1976, currently teaching at Marcellin College, Randwick. He has held numerous exhibitions at Hogarth Gallery Paddington (1978,1980,1982). He has had work exhibited in the Archibald Prize and numerous entries in the Bald Archy prize. He won the Bald Archy prize in 2000.