Exhibition Celebration: Allan Mitelman – The marks we make

Join Benalla Art Gallery to celebrate the launch of Allan Mitelman: The marks we make.

Allan Mitelman was one of Australia’s foremost abstract artists and holds an important place in the history of abstraction in this country. Mitelman was equally accomplished as a painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He had an extraordinary repertoire of techniques and processes that he manipulated to create the subtle, beautifully inflected and resonant surfaces of his works. Mitelman’s art is one that invites contemplation and the sensual enjoyment of the concrete materiality of the work itself. His works on paper, in all their inventiveness and rich variety, demand close scrutiny and always repay the viewer with visual pleasure and new insights into the act of looking.

This exhibition showcases the unique works by the artist spanning not only different media — watercolour, ink, pencil, charcoal, acrylic and oil paint — but also more than 40 years of his practice. The Gallery is grateful to the artist’s daughter, Celeste Douglas for her generous gift of 40 of these works in 2023.

To be launched by Tim Abdallah.

Tim Abdullah is a Fine Art Specialist with more that 35 years experience working in auction houses, public museums and commercial art galleries Australia, England, Germany, and Italy. He is a valued member of the Benalla Art Gallery Advisory Committee.

Price: This is a FREE event

Image:
Allan MITELMAN
Born: Poland 1946; Arrived: Australia 1953; Died Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 2025
Untitled [detail] 2017
watercolour on paper
15.25 x 18.5 cm [sheet] Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Celeste Douglas, 2023
2023.080
Benalla Art Gallery Collection.