Lola Ryan Explained

Lola Ryan
Birth Date:1925
Nationality:Australian
Known For:Shell art

Lola Ryan (1925–2003) was an Australian shellworker of Tharawal/Eora descent who lived in La Perouse. Her work is in the permanent collections of several Australian museums.

Biography

Ryan, who was of Tharawal/Eora descent, lived in La Perouse and learned shellworking from her family.[1] [2] Ryan often worked with her sister, Mavis Longbottom.[3] Ryan and her sister, Longbottom, started selling their work as children.[4] The sisters would collect shells from Yarra Beach and other areas along the coast of New South Wales.

Work

Ryan's work is often brightly coloured, "encrusted" and scaled for use as art in the home.[5] She began to work with art collector, Peter Fay, in the late 1990s.[6] She started showing her work in galleries around the same time and in 2001, she showed her work at Gitte Weise's Gallery.

Ryan's work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia,[7] the Art Gallery of New South Wales,[8] the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery,[9] the Australian National Maritime Museum,[10] the Museum of Contemporary Art,[11] and the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Renewal. Art Gallery of New South Wales. 2019-08-07.
  2. News: Tradition Comes Out of Its Shell, and It's a Glittering Creation. Loxley. Anne. 24 October 2001. The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 August 2019. Newspapers.com.
  3. Book: Shimmer. Wollongong Art Gallery. 5.
  4. Web site: Four shellwork boxes made by Mavis Longbottom and Lola Ryan at La Perouse. Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences. en. 2019-08-07.
  5. Web site: In defence of bad taste: the art of Pat Larter and Lola Ryan. Weston. Gemma. The Conversation. en. 2019-08-06.
  6. Nugent. Maria. 2014. Shellwork on Show: Colonial History, Australian Aboriginal Women and the Display of Decorative Objects. Journal of Material Culture. 19. 1. 85. 10.1177/1359183513509535. 10.1.1.843.5600. 144194168.
  7. Web site: Harbour Bridge. Ryan. Lola. Item held by National Gallery of Australia. 2019-08-08.
  8. Web site: Kooka, (2000) by Lola Ryan :: The Collection. Art Gallery NSW. 2019-08-06.
  9. Web site: Glitter: Pater Larter vs. Lola Ryan. 2014. Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. 6 August 2019.
  10. Web site: Shell map of Australia inspired the Al – Istakhari's map. Australian National Maritime Museum. en. 2019-08-07.
  11. Book: MCA Collection. MCA Store. 2012. 978-1-921034-54-1. 90. en.

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