This exhibition is a selection of works that depict Nowlan’s childhood memories of school days, newspaper articles, stories from places he had visited and from his own town. These works confront serious issues – things we don’t talk about.
Paintings portray children being lead by an adult figure into a dark ominous church with clouds gathered overhead. Images of schoolgirls lined up in a military march formation and children locked in cages. Portraits of men dressed in suits, wearing livery collars with the Wollongong City Council insignia, each with their own prop suggesting a narrative.
The Egg & Dart
12 June to 10 July, 2015
New South Wales
Paedophile’s Paradise, 2012, oil on canvas, 40.5 x 50.5cm
Courtesy the artist and The Egg & Dart
