Jeremy Eaton
Melbourne-based artist, writer and curator whose work engages queer Australian art history, including the archive of surrealist James Gleeson; featured guest on the NGA podcast "The Gleeson Tapes."
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Sep 29, 2026
Jeremy EatonGUEST
I think there are a number of different responses and I've been able to kind of gauge them over the last four or so years.
Jeremy EatonGUEST
And I think one is that more established curators and artists and writers are Would come out and be like, I love James Gleeson.
Jeremy EatonGUEST
You know, a lot of them intersected with Gleeson when he was in his heyday, in his like 80s, getting up to late 80s and having big retrospectives at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Jeremy EatonGUEST
And then there was Beyond the Screen of Sight here at the National Gallery of Victoria as well.
Jeremy EatonGUEST
And people would describe him as, you know, a gentleman who did these kind of quite turbulent paintings and works.
Jeremy EatonGUEST
I think a lot of people who are my contemporary and of my generation were like, huh.
Lisa SladeHOST
Tell us a little bit about how you think he influenced the way that Australian art was seen and appreciated.