Alan Jones: Big Ben meets Bondi

Returning to Australia after travelling scholarships, Alan Jones found new connections with his roots and new media for them.
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Titled Paper and Wood: Collecting Ideas, Alan Jones’ survey exhibition looks at the past fifteen years of his practice, from winning the inaugural Pat Corrigan Travelling Art Scholarship (1997) and Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (2004) which took him to Europe – in particular Paris and London – and his return to Australia that found a renewed connection with his family roots, convict ancestry, and search for his own belonging in the landscape.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Instagram: fairleygina