Neo-Modernism

Kerry Herrmann, 'Don't Bite Me!'

Kerry Herrmann, 'Never Enough'

Michael Rowe

Michael Rowe

Post Goughist -'Art is not an Entitlement' Exhibition Opening 2014

Post Goughists - 'Art is not an Entitlement' @ The Collingwood Gallery 2014

Post Goughists - "Art is not an Entitlement"

Originally formed in 1987 the Post Goughists are a collective of artists who acknowledge the Gough Whitlam government’s position on tertiary education during the early-1970’s, as it was these  forward thinking initiatives that allowed many members of the Post Goughists to gain access to tertiary education. And represented as cultural investments in the future, many Post Goughists have utilised these opportunities to develop successful careers in the field of the visual arts. Over the course of the past 27 years members of the Post Goughists have engaged in many wide ranging professional interactions, adding to our social discourse and exhibiting widely and individually. As a group the Post Goughists come together annually on the anniversary of the sacking of the Whitlam government to celebrate their roots, and to ‘maintain their rage’. This year’s exhibition at the Collingwood Gallery not only pays tribute the passing of one of Australia’s inspiring leaders, but also  comments on contemporary interpretations of ‘the right of entitlement’; suggesting that the arts are not to be idly put aside or diminished, but rather are aspects of our culture that are worth fighting for.