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JOE FURLONGER: HORIZONS
Exhibition story

A photograph of a man sitting on a chair in his artist's studio, surrounded by works in progress, supplies and furniture.

Joe Furlonger is well known for his expressive, painterly figurative images and vast landscapes. Joe Furlonger: Horizons, a free exhibition held at QAG from 27 August 2022 to 29 January 2023, traced the Queensland artist’s career through an expansive presentation of more than 80 works across a range of media, from painting to ceramics, sculpture and drawing.

 

Logo of the Gordon Darling Foundation, with whose support the book 'Joe Furlonger: Horizons' was published.

 

 

 
 


The QAGOMA exhibition publication Joe Furlonger: Horizons was published with the generous support of the Gordon Darling Foundation.
A photograph of an artist sitting in his studio, surrounded by paint cans, with a huge blue-painted canvas against the back wall.

‘Horizons’: An introduction
A still photograph of a man painting on a canvas spread on the bonnet of his white car, which is parked on the side of the road on a sunny Queensland day in a bushy landscape.

VIDEO: Story of an artist
An abstract painting of the muddy Brisbane River flooding.

ESSAY: Wide horizons
A detail view of an oil painting of two nude volleyball players on the beach.

‘Horizons’: Collection works
An acrylic painting of an abstract flooded landscape, painted in browns and greens, with muddy brown water twisting through the centre of the image.

‘Horizons’: Loaned works

Related resources

QAGOMA Store: ‘Horizons’ catalogue
QAGOMA Blog: Joe Furlonger