Jan Senbergs
Studio interior
Purchased with funds from the Gallery Women's Association and
the Victorian Regional Galleries Art Foundation Trust Fund,
1993
Painter, printmaker and teacher, Senbergs had no formal training
as a painter but served an apprenticeship in screenprinting.
After returning from Harvard in 1990, following a period as
Visiting Professor in Australian Studies, Senbergs settled in
Middle Park, Melbourne where his main focus from 1991-1994 was to
become drawing.
Drawn at Middle Park, Studio interior predates his drawings of
tribal figures, many of which appear in later drawings of his
studio. At first glance the room depicted looks more like a
tradesman's workshop but on closer inspection the racks and trays
are packed with pastels, paints, spatulas and art books.
Objects appear to have been taken up, used and discarded in a sort
of 'ordered chaos'. Drawn with solid graphite, black pastel,
and oil stick, Senbergs has used bold direct lines with jagged
edges over the whole surface of the paper.