Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser
Looking back  1984
etching
Collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
Acquired 1988
© Jörg Schmeisser Estate

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis

Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James
installation view, Geelong Gallery, 2018
Photographer: Andrew Curtis


Jörg Schmeisser—looking back: prints from the collection of Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James

Saturday 17 March to Sunday 27 May 2018

Jörg Schmeisser (1942–2012) was an internationally trained and critically acclaimed master printmaker whose etchings set a benchmark for technical brilliance and conceptual richness. He was the Head of Printmaking at the Australian National University School of Art in Canberra between 1978–96 where he was a highly influential teacher and mentor.

Schmeisser was a humanist, environmentalist, cultural historian and inveterate traveller. His vast printed oeuvre is a record of his wide-ranging journeys and sensitive observations of the simple and spectacular beauties of the world.

This collection of 34 works dating from 1968 to 2011, assembled over 40 years by Laurence O’Keefe and Christopher James, is a promised bequest to Geelong Gallery. The collection is a fine representation of the depth and breadth of Schmeisser’s graphic investigations and his beguiling technical mastery of drawing and the etching process.

Event

Floortalk: Jason Smith
Friday 16 March