David Keeling in conversation with TMAG curator Jane Stewart. by Friends of TMAG published on 2020-12-11T06:49:37Z Renowned Tasmanian artist David Keeling is the subject of TMAG’s new exhibition David Keeling: Stranger. The Friends were privileged to present David in conversation with TMAG curator Jane Stewart. David Keeling (born Launceston, 1951) is a critically acclaimed Australian artist who has spent nearly 40 years painting Tasmania and its narratives, past and present. David Keeling: Stranger is a survey exhibition featuring more than 70 artworks dating from the 1980s. A regular visitor to TMAG, Keeling has drawn from its iconic collection items such as colonial paintings by John Glover and William Buelow Gould, taxidermy animals, Governor Arthur’s Proclamation Board, and Fanny Cochrane Smith’s recorded song. Distinctive Tasmanian scenes are also prevalent throughout his artwork, aligning the exhibition brilliantly with TMAG’s ambition to ‘tell Tasmanian stories’. Genre Artist Talk
