Shaun Tan - Creature
Creature is an exhibition of Shaun Tan's drawings, painting and sculpture depicting beings both real and imagined, from local cats and birds to fairy tale personages and ‘lost things’. This exhibition will be held at Beinart Gallery's new location, 307 Victoria St, Brunswick.
Opening reception: Saturday, March 27th, 5pm - 9pm.
This exhibition will run from March 28th - April 18th.
Most of the works in this exhibition are available for purchase. We also have a wide range of limited edition prints by Shaun Tan and a collection of his observational oil sketches.
From tiny sketchbook doodles to large canvas paintings, the concept of the nameless or unknowable creature has been central to Tan’s work as a means of exploring themes of displacement, companionship and loss.
"My earliest drawings, like those of...