Richard Lewer, What they didn’t teach me at school – The Waikato Wars
22 February – 12 May 2024
22 February – 12 May 2024
Moya Lawson reviews the exhibition at NGV, 3 December 2023 – 7 April 2024.
In the twelfth of his ‘longer looks’ at individual artworks, Justin Paton finds unexpected glory in a portrait of a personal disaster by Richard Lewer.
Richard Lewer’s art makes us laugh even as we recognise the painful moments of weakness and failure he’s looking at. Lisa Slade reports.