Vale Rosemary Madigan

Australia farewells one of its great sculptors, who has died in rural NSW aged 93.

20 Feb 2019

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Installation view, Torso (detail), collection of the National Gallery of Australia, photo ArtsHub.

‘When I have that piece of stone, I forget all I’ve learned and simply start carving.’ – Rosemary Madigan

Sculptor Rosemary Madigan died peacefully on 12 February at the Yass District Hospital in rural NSW, the small country town where she had lived since 2000.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina