Kevin Connor - Two Men

Kevin Connor (b.1932), Two Men 1960, gouache and ink on paper, 24.2 x 29.2 cm, Lismore Regional Gallery Permanent Collection, Private Donation, Bequest of Lady Barrett, 1992. Photo: Parsa Jamalpour.

About the artwork
Connor's art is based on drawing. He has said, 'I could live without painting and making sculptures but I could not live without drawing. Drawing is the very basis of everything. I could happily take my sketchbook and draw for the rest of my life and show nobody'.

‘Everyone can draw, until told they can't. Drawing is teaching yourself to see. Drawing is better than any other way of seeing, of being where you are. Throw away cameras, they are a way of saying I'll look at it later,' the artist said in 1989.

About the artist
Kevin Connor, born in Sydney in 1932, won the Archibald Prize twice; in 1975 and 1977. He won the Sulman Prize in 1991 and again in 1997. He is a highly regarded Australian artist known for his bold and expressive images of people in urban surrounds.

Conserved by ICS / International Conservation Services 
Conservation notes: Dry surface cleaned; washed to clean and stabilised paper; humidified and flattened.

ArtVenture is presented by Lismore City Council’s Destination and Economy Team in collaboration with Lismore Regional Gallery.