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MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY - 2011 |
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PATRICK HARTIGAN - Mother's birthday (first version), 2010, oil on canvas board, 25 x 20cm |
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The exploration of specific emotion through biblical subjects including the Madonna and child has a long and powerful precedent in painting history. One encounters this subject constantly in the museums, but in Australia I noticed an interesting link to this history in family snapshots from the 1940s and 50s. In formal terms the photographic aesthetic from this era shows vestiges of painting history in the form of tightly composed images – often centered on a mother and child. However, unlike earlier photos these images were taken outside of the studio, in more domestic settings – on a front lawn, for example. Beginning with these images I have gradually narrowed my focus around the specific emotional qualities of the female subjects, usually mothers.
Patrick Hartigan
March 2011
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| BIOGRAPHY |
| 1977 |
Born, Sydney |
| 2001 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (class 1), University of NSW, Sydney |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2011 |
Mother’s Birthday, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Mothers of, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney |
| 2010 |
family, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| 2009 |
The Village Is Quiet, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney |
| 2008 |
Men & Rocks, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| 2007 |
My Neighbour Is A Painter, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney |
| 2006 |
Word.Words, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney |
| 2004 |
Recent Works, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney |
| 2002 |
New Works, Peter Fay At Home, Sydney |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2010 |
MCA Collection: New acquisitions in Context, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair, Darren Knight Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Fully Booked, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Contellations: A Large number of Small drawings, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2009 |
New Australian Art, Deloitte, Sydney
avoiding myth & message: Australian artists and the literary world, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
I Walk the Line: New Australian Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
the non-grand, an exploration of intimacy in contemporary art, Wollongong City Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 2008 |
Thoughts On Paper, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Wunderlust, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Seamless – Object & Image, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
Who let the dogs out – the dog in contemporary Australian art, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, New South Wales |
| 2007 |
Images of hands, Art Wranglers,Canberra, Australia
Life is sweet: contemporary Australian watercolours, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria |
| 2006 |
Tomorrow, again, Artspace, Sydney |
| 2005 |
Imaging the Landscape, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney |
| 2003 |
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, touring National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Love Letter to China, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
The Art of Collecting Contemporary Art, a collection of new emerging artists selected by Peter Fay, Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle
Group exhibition, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney |
| 2002 |
Strange Futures, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney |
| 2001 |
Brett Whitely Travelling Art Award, Brett Whitely Studios, Sydney
Jenny Birt Painting Prize, College of Fine Arts (UNSW), Performance Space, Sydney |
| 2000 |
Currents: Interpreting Leonardo’s Codex, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney |
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| AWARDS |
| 2011 |
London Studio, Australia Council for the Arts |
| 2006 |
Art Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris |
| 2005 |
Australian Postgraduate Award, University of New South Wales |
| 2003 |
AGNSW “Moya Dyring” Studio, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
| 2002 |
Ernst Mach Painting Residency, Pontiacq, South Western France |
| 2000 |
Viewers Choice Award, Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
John Olsen Drawing Prize, University of New South Wales, Sydney |
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| COLLECTIONS |
National Gallery of Australia
Chartwell Collection (Auckland City Art Gallery), New Zealand
Wollongong University, Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Monash University, Melbourne
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
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