Artist Talk // Graham Lupp

Artist Talk // Graham Lupp

Saturday 19 September, 11am-12pm

Hear from local artist Graham Lupp about BRAG Foyer Gallery exhibition Five Decades: Studies in Realism

FREE, RSVP essential

About the Exhibition

Graham Lupp Five Decades: Studies in Realism

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 29 August - 1 November 2026

Five decades presents a small survey of personal work and invites us into the private collection of local artist Graham Lupp, providing a unique glimpse of studies made during formative moments and experiences of the artist’s life. The exhibition offers a beautiful journey of reflection, retrospection and poignant perspectives, celebrating vulnerability and wisdom across five decades of practice.

Realism has always been central to Lupp’s work, starting in the 70s as an art student in London and has evolved through the years as playful encounters. Extensive travel in the 90s inspired a new aesthetic — blending images of new experiences overseas with more familiar subjects, mostly landscapes, derived from the Bathurst region. Apart from years of studying architecture in Sydney and fine art in London, Lupp has lived continuously in his hometown of Bathurst and developed a lifelong passion for the landscape of the district and has dedicated himself to its meticulous study. In later years this aesthetic has slowly given way to a more expressive approach, in an endeavour to understand the sublime through a deep-seated emotional connection to a childhood spent in the Australian bush.

Five decades is a journey through practice, viewed from a vantage point of five decades. Many of these studies have led to larger paintings now held in major public and private collections, but for Lupp these studies are of the greatest value.

Banner image: Graham Lupp, Self-Portrait Study (detail), 1976, 27 x 22 cm. Courtesy the artist.

BRAG is located in the heart of Bathurst on Wiradjuri Country in the Central West of NSW.

Entry is via the Gallery/Library forecourt located at 70-78 Keppel Street. BRAG is accessible by public transport.

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Victoria Pass Closure: A detour is currently in place on the Great Western Highway following the closure of Victoria Pass in both directions - but don't let that halt your road-trip adventure as there are Other Ways to the West. The region is still very much open for business, and there are some genuinely spectacular ways to get here.

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If you wish to discuss requirements before visiting the gallery, please feel free to contact us on 02 6333 6555 or email us at brag@bathurst.nsw.gov.au