Are painters Ben Quilty and John Olsen so dissimilar? Sure, they may be a generation (or two) apart, but they both engage with the world around them – its joys and its darker side – with a creative passion that is rivalled by few.
John Olsen: I’ve always been entranced by the works of Goya, and there is one particular picture, which is known colloquially as ‘Goya’s dog’ – where the dog is right at the bottom of the picture and its head is looking [back] towards his past – which can be interpreted as questioning, “What is the future?” It’s an entrancing question.
