Sophia Szilagyi 'Poppies I' drawing

Sophia Szilagyi 'Poppies I' drawingSophia Szilagyi is a highly renowned contemporary artist based in Melbourne. Szilagyi predominately works within the realm of digital printmaking and photography, creating beautifully intimate and introspective compositions representing the natural world. In Poppies I, Szilagyi represents a bunch of blooming poppies against a dark background. Reflective of the artist's strong command of light and composition, this work invites viewers in, offering

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The setting of this photograph – the town of Silverton – was once a hub for silver mining

her father destroyed 200 of her works that he considered unfinished or “not good enough”

Still: the National Still Life Award

Paper Size: 112 x 111 cm

wrote of flowers as “ things I have had and still have but will not always

either side of the artists practice

asserted her tenacity in the face of failing eyesight

Gleeson incorporates not only text but drawing

In her characteristic manner

Cattapan maps urban systems and observes human activity through abstraction

Literature: Kolenberg