Exhibition Date
15 February > 18 May 2025
Opening Reception
Saturday 22 February 2025, 1 > 4PM
Special Performance: 2 > 2:30PM
As part of the opening, artist-musicians John Abbate, Jon Cattapan, David Palliser, Veronica Kent, and Kirsten Rann will restage their 2009
performance of Faust—originally presented as part of Sachs’ PhD exhibition.
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Bernhard Sachs (1954-2022) was a Melbourne artist and academic, whose expansive practice encompassed drawing, collage, painting,
photography, performance and sculpture. Sachs, whose German father migrated to South Australia after World War II, was deeply informed
by European art, culture, and philosophy, interweaving it with autobiography to produce a singular oeuvre, which interrogated history
to understand its role in shaping the present.
Bernhard Sachs: After History focuses on works drawn from the late artist’s studio. Rather than a traditional retrospective, the
exhibition seeks to highlight Sachs’ unique process of retuning to and reworking existing works, sometimes over a period of years. In
addition, a parallel display of works by artists whom Sachs educated and mentored will acknowledge his formative influence on several
generations of Melbourne visual artists.
A longtime resident of St Kilda, Sachs exhibited at Linden New Art on numerous occasions, as well as serving on the organisation’s board.
After History marks the first major exhibition of Sachs’ work since his passing and is a timely opportunity to consider his
significant contribution to Australian art and arts education.
Contributing artists to the exhibition include:
Greg Ades, Su Baker, Damiano Bertoli, Drasko Boljevic, Barbara Bolt, Godwin Bradbeer, Sandra Bridie, Christian Capurro, Jon Cattapan (with
Ben McKeown), Peter Daverington, Julie Davies, Matthew Davis, Janenne Eaton, Chantal Faust, Elizabeth Gower, Stephen Haley, Irene
Hanenbergh, Ry Haskings, Raafat Ishak, Kate Just, Sean Loughrey, Sally Mannall, Nicholas Mangan, Victor Meertens, Tom Nicholson, Alex
Rizkalla, Bill Sampson, Rohan Schwartz, Ben Sibley, Krishnamurti Suparka, Masato Takasaka, KBT (Keiran Boland | Brie Trennery) and
Ronnie van Hout.
