Neon Parc acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung as the Traditional Owners and sovereign custodians of the Country on which we operate. We pay our deepest respects to their Elders past and present. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Neon Parc proudly presents I ♥ Lizzy, a group exhibition celebrating the influence and friendships of Elizabeth Newman, opening Friday 21st November from 6–8pm at Neon Parc Brunswick.
Featuring over forty artists including contemporaries and younger practitioners informed by Newman’s practice, the exhibition honours Newman’s extraordinary contribution and enduring impact across generations of Australian and International art.
Born in Melbourne in 1962, Elizabeth Newman has been exhibiting since the 1980s, developing a practice spanning painting, wall works, sculptures, textile-based works, and writing. Her experimental approach, marked by intellectual rigour combined with unbound creativity, has redefined formalist-conceptualist discourse in Australia. Known for her ability to blend minimalism with emotional resonance, Newman’s work often explores the interplay of presence and absence, using everyday materials like hessian, calico, and found objects to challenge conventional notions of art-making. Across four decades, Newman has expanded the possibilities of what contemporary art can be—combining sensitivity, humour and psychological acuity with a radical openness to form and meaning.
I ♥ Lizzy acknowledges Newman not only as one of the most important Australian artists of her generation, but also as a generous collaborator, thinker, friend and mentor whose practice continues to inspire dialogue and experimentation within contemporary art today.
Artists include A Constructed World, Darcey Bella Arnold, Damiano Bertoli, Polly Borland, Stephen Bram, Janet Burchill & Jennifer McCamley, Jon Campbell, Tony Clark, Maria Cruz, Juan Davila, Mikala Dwyer, Naomi Eller, Andreas Exner, Emily Floyd, Louise Forthun, Mira Gojak, Jens Haaning, Irene Hanenbergh, Gail Hastings, Brent Harris, Melinda Harper, Matt Hinkley, Andrew Hurle, Raafat Ishak, Imi Knoebel, Esther Kläs, Paul Knight, Clare Lambe, Lucina Lane, Spencer Lai, Shelley Lasica, Lou Hubbard, James Lynch, Beth Maslen, Gordon Matta-Clark, Kate Meakin, Rob McKenzie, Elizabeth Newman, John Nixon, Jane O’Neil, Kain Picken, Lisa Radford, Rose Nolan, Masato Takasaka, Warren Taylor, David Thomas and Trent Walter, with more to be announced.
A Constructed World appear courtesy Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery and Case Chiuse, Milan; Polly Borland courtesy Sullivan + Strumpf; Jon Campbell courtesy Darren Knight Gallery; Juan Davila courtesy Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art; Tony Clark courtesy Murray White Room; Mikala Dwyer courtesy 1301SW; Emily Floyd, Rose Nolan, Stephen Bram and John Nixon courtesy Anna Schwartz Gallery; Louise Forthun courtesy Charles Nodrum Gallery; Brent Harris courtesy Tolarno Gallery; Esther Kläs courtesy Spazio A; Beth Maslen courtesy Animal House Fine Arts; Im
i Knoebel courtesy Fox Jensen Gallery; Raafat Ishak and Matt Hinkley courtesy Sutton Gallery; Lou Hubbard and Claire Lambe courtesy Sarah Scout Presents.