Robin’s work traditionally looks at the human condition with a focus on four main themes; birth, marriage, death and war – often considered the ‘Inevitabilities of life’. This new series of paintings for exhibition at Red Gallery consider not only the effects and consequences of conflict and war but also its own unique visual aesthetic codes and motifs.
Her 2009 exhibition around the concept of birth, marriage and death were again produced on paper and on a very minature scale however the 10 paintings for the forthcoming show measure 250mm x 150mm and this monumental scale is a significant shift in practice, allowing the figures to be ‘life-sized’ and providing the opportunity to make the imagery more complex.
These new paintings utilise a number of mediums (pencil, ink and paint) and techniques including layering and then etching imagery into wet paint over dry backgrounds. The imagery is both ‘real’ and ‘surreal’ in that figures are suspended in impossible situations.
Robin will be exhibiting new works on paper at RED Gallery from 3 to 20 November 2010
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Solo Exhibitions
2010 When victory looks like defeat, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Hatches, matches and dispatches, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2007 The immaculate misconception, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Art in Public Places, Melbourne
1999 The Reconstruction of an Apparently Simple Phenomenon, West Space, Melbourne
1998 Sequentialism, Stop 22, Melbourne
1997 Utilitarianism, West Space, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2010 Artists for Kids, Melbourne, BrighSpace, Melbourne
2010 Williamstown Art Prize, Substation, Melbourne
2009 Hutchins Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart
2009 The Blake Prize, Directors’ Cut
2009 Artists for Kids, Melbourne
2009 R & M McGivern Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery
2009 Williamstown Art Prize, Substation, Melbourne
2008 Williamstown Art Prize, Substation, Melbourne
2007 McCulloch Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Art in Public Places, Melbourne
2004 West Space, A4 Art
2000 Greatness Bound, Melbourne
1999 Stop 22’s Greatest Hits, Stop 22, Melbourne
1999 West Space, Melbourne
1999 The Hutchins Art Prize, Tasmania
1998 West Space, Melbourne
1997 Shell Art Prize, Melbourne
1997 A4, West Space, Melbourne
Collections & Commissions
The Hutchins School, Tasmania
Julian Burnside
Janet Holmes à Court (personal collection)
National Scouts Association –mural (Newport, Victoria 2008)
Education
B. Lit. (Fine Art), Melbourne University (2 units to complete)
Bachelor of Arts : Visual Arts, Deakin University
Grad Dip. Ed : Art/Religion
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