“His drawn and etched heads are monumental and larger than life-size, but they are not monolithic, but emerging like living entities surrounded by air. They possess a breathing lightness and exist within a spiritually charged space. The air around them seems as important as the forms contained within the lines articulating the heads, the surface remains dynamic, whether this be in the colour drawings or the monochrome etchings.”
NSW Art Gallery Dobell Prize Interview
Art Guide - Drawn to Print Interview
IMPRINT Interview
David Fairbairn interview with Richard Morecroft 2022
Preview on Solo Exhibition ‘A Conversation with Drawing’ Nanda/Hobbs Sydney in Art Collector Magazine Issue April 2023
David Fairbairn for Art W**k Podcast 2022
David Fairbairn for Art Guide Q&A 2022
David Fairbairn for IMPRINT Magazine Online Q&A December 2021
NSW Art Gallery
Artist Profile Magazine Issue 39 2017 (Painters who Print Special Issue) - Essay by Natalie Wadwell
Drawing Out the Hidden Image - Lou Klepac, 2011 (Catalogue Essay for 'Lineage Selected Portraits 1998-2010' CAC Touring Survey Exhibition)
David Fairbairn: The Power and Immediacy of Line - Renee Porter, 2011 (Curators Essay for 'Lineage Selected Portraits 1998-2010' CAC Touring Survey Exhibition)
David Fairbairn: Drawn to Print - Sasha Grishin, 2017 (Catalogue Essay for 'Drawn to Print’ Travelling Exhibition 2017/18)
Artist Profile
David Fairbairn: Using Prints as the Armature of Painting by Pru Gibson - Artist Profile Issue 5, 2008
Art Almanac
Mosman Art Gallery - David Fairbairn Lineage Education Kit