Artist Perspective: Dr Paul Uhlmann discusses Johannes van der Beeck (Torrentius).

Featured Artwork: Johannes van der Beeck (Torrentius), Emblematic still life with fagon, glass, jug and bridle
Batavia: Giving voice to the voiceless follows new discoveries by researchers from the University of Western Australia into the 1629 wreck of the Dutch ship Batavia and the mutiny, murder and incredible feats of survival it sparked, as reinterpreted by Paul Uhlmann and Robert Cleworth.
This exhibition was presented in the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery; one of Western Australia’s premier public art institutions. The gallery is located within the University of Western Australia’s scenic grounds, and offers innovative and varied exhibitions that feature contemporary and historic art from both within Western Australia, and from around the world.
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DR PAUL UHLMANN
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Paul Uhlmann is coordinator of Visual Arts, and coordinator of Printmaking Studio in the School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, Perth. He is a practicing artist who works in painting, printmaking and artists books.
He is interested in the philosophy of Spinoza, which articulates the unifying interconnectedness of all living beings. He questions and translates these concerns through painting, drawing, printmaking and artists’ books as well as through experimental approaches to the camera obscura.
Paul studied art in Australia, and was the recipient of a DAAD scholarship to study in Germany (1986-87) and an International Samstag Scholarship to study in the Netherlands (1994-95). He was awarded an Australia Council studio residency grant to study frescos in Italy (1994).
He has recently engaged in research on embodiment in Shanghai, China (2013 and 2015) and in Berlin, Germany (2013). He has exhibited nationally and internationally since 1983 and his work is held in many collections including; National Gallery of Australia; Art Gallery of New South Wales and National Gallery of Victoria.
He has been an artist and an educator for over 30 years and has taught at the Australian National University, Monash University and Edith Cowan University.