Drawing on the resoundingly familiar

Lucy Culliton and her travelling menagerie arrive at Mosman Art Gallery for her first survey: 130 paintings both beautiful and resilient.

29 Sep 2014 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Detail of Lucy Culliton’s Self with cock (2005); private collection, courtesy the artist and Mosman Art Gallery

‘Nothing comes from imagination,’ said Lucy Culliton. ‘I just look at it and paint it’

Clearly, Culliton looks a lot with over 130 paintings in her first survey painting, presented by the Mosman Art Gallery. She is not only prolific but has an incredible passion for paint.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina