First published 10 February 2023
We started the year with a very special donation from Dexter Daw Friend and Ian Friend in memory of the late Robyn Daw, an extraordinary artist, curator and educator.
Daw was the inaugural curator (Public Programs) at QUT Art Museum, and played an important role in the national arts community. She has curated countless exhibitions spanning art, craft and design and has been published extensively. While many knew her as a well-loved and influential arts administrator, her work as an artist is also to be celebrated.
Inspired by the 1780-81 work by Antoine-François Callet, Spring, or Zephyr and Flora Crowning Cybele with Flowers, Daw used a process-driven approach of frottage and drawing to bring to life the details of the frame surrounding the French painting. A work of art in and of itself, the frame is part of the ceiling of the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre.
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