Garry Shead 'Inferno' mid century modernism So vital did he believe

So vital did he believe inspiration was to a worthwhile life

‘Resting’ is a remarkably beautiful find

It influenced her teachers and immediate forerunners – Jon Molvig

Donald Fraser pays close attention to the movement of light

Dynamic and richly layered

Garry Shead 'Inferno' mid century modernism So vital did he believeGarry Shead' s encounter with Dante' s 700 year old poem The Divine Comedy involved grief, anger and triumph. What finally emerged, was a gripping and sensitivity consideration of the text. In this work he charts a moment of struggle, flushed in chiaroscuro lighting. Collected by all public institutions, Shead has won the Archibald and Dobell prizes. Frolicking in the serious and profane, his work is at once poetic and interrogative. It will ignite