CONTEMPORARY ART STOCKROOM Stuart McLachlan

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Sydney Contemporary 2025

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The purpose of art is to excite the senses, to convey a different point of view. That doesn’t always mean being pretty. I like that my sculptures generally have an uneasy quiet tension running through them, it’s not enough for a piece to be pretty, for me it has to say something.
Artist Statement, Stuart McLachlan

Stuart McLachlan began his career as an illustrator in Adelaide then worked in Melbourne, Amsterdam, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver. Now based in Sydney, his attention has moved to fine art where he has become internationally regarded as one of the world’s premier paper sculptors. Guided by his exquisite illustrations, the artist uses hand cut paper to mold into intricate figures and structures. So brilliantly rendered, the sculptures have a porcelain-like finish.

The hand-made pieces have been commissioned as art, used extensively on the fashion runway, adorned hotel foyers, theatre sets and imaged on book covers. His work has been published globally—appearing in magazines such as The Economist, The New Yorker, Vogue and Newsweek.

McLachlan's paper work has been catalogued in the art books, “PaperArt” (Hong Kong), “PaperCraft 2” (Berlin), “Paperworks” (China) and “PaperCuts“ (USA) which go behind the scenes featuring 30 of the world’s best paper artists. His work has been included in many exhibitions and has recently been accepted into the Hazelhurst Art Awards as well as being auctioned at The Rockefeller Centre in New York by Christies Auction house.

In 2018, he was included in the Luerzer’s archive Vienna, Austria international publication “200 Best Illustrators Worldwide” 2018/2019.

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1788 2024
Arches watercolour rag paper, wood, acrylic paint, card, branches, lamp, glue
183cm x 134cm x 34cm (Height to mantle is 110cm)
$22,000 AUD

Hej Då Hem 2024
Arches watercolour paper and glue
70cm x 38cm x 30 cm
$11,500 AUD

Dnipro 2024
Arches watercolour rag paper, paper, acrylic paint, metal jewellery, glue
72cm x 55cm x 32cm
$12,000 AUD

Sacred Grounds 2024
Arches watercolour rag paper, pressed paper, acrylic paint, glue
54cm x 40cm x 40 cm
$9,900 AUD

Scaffold 2019
Arches watercolour paper and glue
51cm x 24cm x 24cm
$4,500 AUD

Untitled 1 2024
pencil on acid free tracing paper 110gsm
83cm x 59cm
$800 AUD

The Nightingale 2024
pencil on acid free tracing paper 75gsm
42cm x 30cm
$350 AUD

Untitled 5 2024
pencil on acid free tracing paper 75gsm
42cm x 30cm
$350 AUD

Untitled 6 2024
pencil on acid free tracing paper 75gsm
42cm x 30cm
$350 AUD

Untitled 4 2024
pencil on acid free tracing paper 75gsm
42cm x 30cm
$350 AUD