PRUE GIBSON discusses four artists from a gallery in Darlinghurst which has some of the most serene exhibition spaces in Sydney.

Many commercial galleries are led by prominent, and occasionally notorious, figureheads who create a specific art aesthetic for their gallery. Sometimes the gallery influence over the type of work shown is intentional — after all, a signature ‘look’ can establish a higher profile and reputation. In other circumstances, the influence is not intentional but emerges, nevertheless, because of the gallery director’s personal taste. Either way, the danger of influence is that artists’ work can, in worst circumstances, become prescriptive.

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