Subscriber login:
Forgotten password?


Currents I

Currents I

Vol 24 no 3


In depth profiles of leading Australian artists Narelle Autio, Catherine Woo, Sue Ford, Gosia Wlodarczak, David Wadelton, Gunther Christmann, Michael Nelson Jagamara: many strands of current visual arts. Ian North reviews the Biennale of Sydney and '2004: Australian Culture Now'.


Subscribe to Artlink - from $52. Subscriptions available for readers anywhere in the world.



NAVA - National Association for the Visual Arts

New Internationalist













Advertisement:



You are here » Artlink » Vol 24 no 3 » MFC's and Gunter Christmann

MFC's and Gunter Christmann

John McPhee, feature

Gunter Christmann was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1936. After two years in Canada, he arrived in Australia in 1959 and studied, somewhat casually, at the National Art School, Sydney, from 1962 to 1965. This article looks at the life and work of Christmann, that shambolic figure who, even as he is approaching his seventieth year, shows something of the perpetual youthful student. From his dress and demeanour to his his sloping walk and willingness to talk to the people he knows. A self taught artist, Christmann once saw his work as Geometric Abstraction and now states that the only major difference in style is the lack of intellectual order imposed on the work.



The full text of this article is only available in the printed version of Artlink Magazine.
» Subscribe or order a back issue

Article Index


Artlink wishes to acknowledge the copyright of the artists whose images appear on this website. Please note that images cannot be copied by users of this site and copyright remains with the artist or the rights holder at all times.