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Visual Arts
Detail of R. Ian Lloyd’s portrait of Richard Larter (2004); collection of the National Portrait Gallery
Best known for his erotic pop portraits and psychedelic abstractions, Richard Larter died at his Canberra home on Friday 25 July.
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) described his paintings as ‘provocative and dazzling, and at other times evocative and lyrical – but never dull’, on the occasion of the gallery’s 2008 retrospective of Larter’s work; which gave the artist due recognition as a leading figure within Australian art.
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.
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