On Saturday, I saw a man genuflecting at the traffic lights on Smith Street, in Melbourne’s suburb of Collingwood. It was a sign: confirmation of artist Richard Lewer’s conviction that some of us still reach out to God in times of need – and convenience.
I Only Talk to God When I Want Something is the title of Lewer’s new exhibition at Geelong Gallery. Curator and assistant director Lisa Sullivan brings together paintings, drawing, and pegboard confessions (painted live as part of the National Gallery of Victoria’s last Triennial) in this mini survey focused exclusively on Lewer’s religious works.
