Dagmar Cyrulla:
End of a Chapter
04/11/2022 - 24/11/2022
Dagmar Cyrulla paints what she is emotionally connected to — the people in her life, relationships and the psychology that underpins her connectedness to others and her networks.
In her new exhibition Cyrulla returns to her psychologically charged portraits. There is a humanity and candour to her paintings, which imbues them with an openness despite their specificity. To look at one of Cyrulla’s paintings is to sit in a state of comfortable silence, to have a sense of automatic intimacy, and to recognise some essential yet ineffable part of her subject. These tableaux of life not only reveal physical interiors, but also their subject’s psychological dimensions. Cyrulla’s works strike at the base notes of our existence, arresting the nuance of our everyday, which we so often skirt over (Tai Mitsuji).
“Inspiration for recent work came from looking through older photographs that I connected to emotionally… A process which unfolded during Covid. End of a Chapter became a unique opportunity to create images using material that I had collected over the years. Things I still needed to express”. (Dagmar Cyrulla, 2022)
Dagmar Cyrulla is a finalist in the 2022 Portia Geach Memorial Prize. This year her work was also selected for the Fisher Ghost Art Prize, Percival Portrait Painting Prize and Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize.
WORKS
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Lucy' oil on cotton 30 x 40cm $4,500
Dagmar Cyrulla 'A connection' oil on panel 17.5 x 12cm SOLD
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Distracted 2' oil on cotton 30 x 40cm SOLD
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Bella' oil on linen 46.5 x 38cm $5,200
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Hotel room during Covid 1' Oil on Canvas 81 x 60cm $7,700
Dagmar Cyrulla 'After Hopper (study 2)' oil on paper on board 48 x 36cm $4,900
Dagmar Cyrulla 'After Hopper 1' oil on paper on board 48 x 36cm $4,900
Dagmar Cyrulla 'After Hopper with blue wallpaper and flower motif' oil on linen 40 x 40cm $4,900
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Hotel room during Covid 2 in yellow' oil on linen 81 x 60cm $7,700
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Daniella and two dogs' oil on cotton 30 x 40cm $4,500
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Love 2' oil on panel 18 x 13cm $3,300
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Angoisse 2' oil on board 17.5 x 12cm $3,300
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Distracted 1' oil on canvas 40 x 40cm $4,900 SOLD
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Larry In The Shower' oil on linen 43 x 54cm SOLD
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Distracted 3' gouache and sealer on board 17.5 x 12cm $3,300
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Distracted 4' oil on board 17.5 x 12cm $3,300
Dagmar Cyrulla 'La Miroir' oil on board 17.5 x 12cm $3,300 SOLD
Dagmar Cyrulla 'La Relation - The relationship' oil on board 17.5 x 12cm $3,300
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Lucy 2' oil on panel 20 x 15cm $3,600
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Loss in Green' oil on panel 21 x 18cm $3,600
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Love 1' oil on panel framed by a sculpted frame in plaster 34 x 30cm SOLD
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Life of the Love life loss' tripdich centre frame unique oil on canvas paper on board 35 x 124.5cm $5,000
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Loss' oil on board with a sculpted frame 34 x 30cm $4,500
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Learning' oil on panel 13 x 18cm $3,300 SOLD
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Christmas' acrylic on panel 17.5 x 12cm $3,300
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Washing Hands ritual' oil on linen 37 x 28cm SOLD
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Bella' 40 x 46.5cm $5,200
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Self portrait in yellow shirt' oil on board 40 x 35cm PORTIA GEACH FINALIST $4,500
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Reflet nu' oil on panel 17.5 x 12cm $3,300
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Portrait of a friend' gesso and oil on board 37 x 23cm $4,000
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Portrait of a friend 2' acrylic and oil on paper on board 41 x 31cm $4,500
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Self portrait study in blue' oil on paper on board 31 x 26cm $4,000
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Dancing in the Light' Bronze (Edition 1 of 7) 42 x 14 x 10cm
Dagmar Cyrulla 'Lauras Dance' bronze (Edition 1 of 7) 63 x 14 x 14cm