Adam Nudelman’s work focuses on identity and how it is shaped by diaspora, history, culture, ethnicity, travel, domesticity and family.
In his paintings these ideas and his personal experiences are depicted through the juxtapositions of a constructed Australian landscape and various man-made forms. Classical in technique, Nudelman’s paintings go beyond the mere representational, becoming a vehicle for the artist’s search to fully comprehend his (and the viewer’s) place in the world.
Imbued with psychological and emotional layers of meaning, his paintings are based on extensive observation, study and personal experiences of the Australian landscape, as well as the sublime works of Turner, Constable and Ruisdael. Within his depictions of landscape Nudelman incorporates objects such as man-made towers and maritime markers as symbols of beacons or vessels imbued with stories and history. These objects sit on dry land, overlooking a distance away from the water, rising from grasslands with no signs of inhabitation. They stand lost in the landscape of big skies and vast open spaces, silent and in darkness with an imbued sense of a loss or longing.
Nudelman incorporates in both scenes a subtle discourse surrounding displacement, colonialism, immigration, diaspora, refugees, travel and cultural identity to explore ideas of home, disconnection and isolation.
About the artist
Adam Nudelman has maintained a continuous practice as an artist since graduating in Fine Arts from Victorian College of the Arts in 1992. His works feature in prominent private, corporate and public collections. He is currently represented by Nanda/Hobbs Gallery, Sydney.
Adam Nudelman’s work focuses on identity and how it is shaped by diaspora, history, culture, ethnicity, travel, domesticity and family.
In his paintings these ideas and his personal experiences are depicted through the juxtapositions of a constructed Australian landscape and various man-made forms. Classical in technique, Nudelman’s paintings go beyond the mere representational, becoming a vehicle for the artist’s search to fully comprehend his (and the viewer’s) place in the world.
Imbued with psychological and emotional layers of meaning, his paintings are based on extensive observation, study and personal experiences of the Australian landscape, as well as the sublime works of Turner, Constable and Ruisdael. Within his depictions of landscape Nudelman incorporates objects such as man-made towers and maritime markers as symbols of beacons or vessels imbued with stories and history. These objects sit on dry land, overlooking a distance away from the water, rising from grasslands with no signs of inhabitation. They stand lost in the landscape of big skies and vast open spaces, silent and in darkness with an imbued sense of a loss or longing.
Nudelman incorporates in both scenes a subtle discourse surrounding displacement, colonialism, immigration, diaspora, refugees, travel and cultural identity to explore ideas of home, disconnection and isolation.
About the artist
Adam Nudelman has maintained a continuous practice as an artist since graduating in Fine Arts from Victorian College of the Arts in 1992. His works feature in prominent private, corporate and public collections. He is currently represented by Nanda/Hobbs Gallery, Sydney.
