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Summary: Last Thursday I was thrilled to speak with Idris Murphy, leading contemporary artist and a <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2022/08/25/ep-131-idris-murphy/">previous podcast guest</a>, in front of a live audience at the S.H.Ervin Gallery in Sydney.<br> It's where the survey exhibition of his work, 'Idris Murphy: Backblocks' is now showing and continues until 26 March 2023. Curated by Terence Maloon, it features breathtaking work predominantly from the last two decades. Paintings which shimmer, glow, and transport the viewer. <br> <br> Idris talked with me about his career including the stories behind several works, the influence indigenous culture has had on his approach and how he works in the studio.<br> <br> Although this exhibition is impressive in its quality and depth, this isn't the first survey show of Idris’s work. The exhibition ‘I and Thou’ in 2009/2010 had highlighted the preceding 30 years of work. <br> <br> He has exhibited in over 40 solo shows over the years with work in major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of NSW.<br> <br> Thanks to everyone who came along! <br> <br> I also filmed our conversation and will be uploading an edited version of this chat to the TWP YouTube channel in the coming months.<br> <br> Idris is represented by King Street Gallery in Sydney.<br> <br> Photo of Idris Murphy in his studio (2022) by Maria Stoljar <br> Current exhibition<br> <a href="https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/idris-murphy-backblocks/">'Idris Murphy: Backblocks', S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney, until 26 March 2023</a><br> Links<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.idrismurphy.com/">Idris Murphy's website</a><br> * <a href="https://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/idris-murphy/">Idris Murphy at King Street Gallery</a><br> * <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2022/08/25/ep-131-idris-murphy/">Previous podcast interview with Idris Murphy: Episode 131</a><br> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse">Henri Matisse</a><br> * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpCxPKNoP9-/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=">Clip of the American writer I refer to in the episode at about 6:40 - Etel Adnan - on beauty </a><br> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Photography">Susan Sontag - 'On Photography'</a><br> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_Winterson">Jeanette Winterson</a><br> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Dillard">Annie Dillard</a><br> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Wylie">Rose Wylie</a><br> * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berger">John Berger</a> The quote we refer to is from his book 'and our faces, my heart, as brief as photos'<br> * <a href="https://surrendermemoir.com/">Bono - 'Surrender'</a><br> * <a href="https://www.nickcave.com/">Nick Cave</a><br> * <a href="https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/education/resources-educators/resources-educators-themed/world-environment-day/badger-bates/">Badger Bates</a><br> * <a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/events/artists-in-conversation-nick-stathopoulos/">Tickets to Artist Talk with Nick Stathopoulos at AGNSW</a><br> * <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/newsletter-signup/">Subscribe to the TWP monthly newsletter </a><br> <br> <br> <br> Installation photo - S.H.Ervin Gallery (see below for individual works)<br> <br> <br> <br> 'Somewhere in France 1', 2017, acrylic and collage on aluminium, 151 x 141cm<br> <br> ANU Art Collection<br> <br> <br> <br> 'Somewhere in France 2', 2017, acrylic and collage on aluminium, 151 x 141cm<br> <br> ANU Art Collection<br> <br> <br> <br> 'Somewhere in France 3', 2017, acrylic and collage on aluminium, 151 x 141cm<br> <br> ANU Art Collection<br> <br> <br> <br> 'Half Moon at the New', 2015, acrylic on aluminium,
