Kevin Connor: Paintings and Drawings 1983-2016
Edited by Lou Klepac
Beagle Press
Elizabeth Hastings chronicles Connor’s art practice and his travels to contextualise works featured in this monograph. In the 1980s the artist visited the Middle East and war-torn Iraq, he later made regular pilgrimages to London and Paris seeking out railway stations, underground metros and cafés to draw from life. Hastings maintains that at heart, Connor’s unwavering love of Sydney’s inner city life is the overarching strength of his figurative works. This title revels in expressive paint, gouache and sculptural works, as well as pen and ink drawings selected from pocket sketchbooks. Drawing is the foundation of his art making, he shared “it is my process. You don’t have to be terribly creative to draw but out of that reality comes originality”.
