A Fragile Strength at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2023.

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Written By Saskia Howard

Clifford How’s newest series, A Fragile Strength, is a painterly ballad of Tasmania’s ancient wilderness.

As a fourth-generation Tasmanian, the variability – and volatility – of this island landscape is dear to the artist’s heart, but this affiliation is not without a recognition of the colonial shadows that problematise the contemporary landscape and the history of landscape painting.

How responds to this reality by re-wilding the landscape, erasing traces of humanity and restoring nature’s sovereignty.

 
 

Clifford How - A Fragile Strength


Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2023


Carriageworks, 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh NSW 2015


7 – 10 September 2023

A catalogue of the work is available via the gallery.

Clifford How, A Fragile Strength
Paperback
Publisher: Arthouse Gallery
ISBN: 978 0 6452059 0 9

Saskia Howard https://saskiahoward.com
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