Artist Statement
The new Australian Landscape
The house is a universal icon and in its simplest form it is one of the most recognised images on earth. It has many variations though culture and climate. Yet, the overall association with the home is generally the same worldwide.
For many the home is the height of success. The Holy Grail.
For others it is unattainable. Or a prison of balanced books and responsibility. The house is where people live out their lives. It is the mitochondria of everyday existence. I love houses and homes. I am fascinated by the designs, history and all that goes on inside.
Houses come together to create vast suburbs. Row after row of dreams, happiness and sorrow, scar the earth to become the new, modern landscape.
The way we engage with the landscape has change over generations. We are an urbanised community, with an unfamiliar relationship with the rural landscape.
The romantic notion of the Australian landscape still exists. It has however been hijacked by sentimentality and Nostalgia. The true modern Australian Landscape is made up of identical clad suburban streets and small suburbs with small, but important suburban stories. It is in this mediocrity that Australia finds its greatness, and a large part of its identity.
Cheers, Doyle
ADRIAN DOYLE: CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Melbourne, Australia
2001-2 Master of Fine Art, by Research.
Victorian College of the Arts
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts – (Honours)
Victorian College of the Arts.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 ‘Suburbania’ Edwina Collette Gallery, Brisbane
2007 'I still call Australia home' Gadfly Gallery Perth
2006 'Suburban Jihad' Gadfly Gallery Perth
2005 'Living in Paradise' Rex Livington fine art. Sydney
2004 ‘When I Grow up’ Bus Gallery, Melbourne
2004 ‘Hide and Seek’ Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne
2004 ‘Suburban Beasts’ Gadfly Gallery, Perth
2003 ‘SHRINE’ National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2003 ‘The Playing Fields’ Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2002 ‘Suburban Myth’ West Space Inc, Melbourne
2002 ‘SHRINE performance’ Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne
2002 ‘Third Avenue’ Red Gallery Inaugural Show, Melbourne
2001 ‘Iconography of Nostalgia’ Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne
2001 ‘The Open Gate and the Water Tower’ Linden Gallery, St Kilda
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 ‘Bullet Proof’ Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2009 ‘Painting’ Melbourne Propaganda Window.
2008 ‘Home at Last’ National Gallery of Australia
2008 ‘Resist, Collaborate and Destroy’ Michael Koro Galleries, Melbourne
2008 ‘Urban Monkeys’ Harrison Gallery, Sydney
2008 ‘Splenda’ Michael Koro Galleries, Melbourne
2005 ‘opening Show Exhibition’ Rex Livingston Fine arts, Sydney
2004 ‘Cromwell’s touring Exhibition’ Sydney, Melb. Washington, New York
2004 ’67 percent’ Dublin, Melbourne, Budapest.
2004 ‘Permit Zone’ Citylights, Melbourne
2003 ‘Robert Jacks Drawing Prize’ Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
2003 Masters Graduate show, VCA. Gallery
2002 ‘Frank’ Red Gallery, Melbourne
2002 ‘Clear Seeing’ Span Gallery, Melbourne
2002 ‘Home and Contents’ with Neil Malone, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2001 Seni Art Award McClelland Gallery, Melbourne
2000 ‘Famed’ VCA. Gallery Melbourne
1999 ‘Search’ Monash University Gallery, MUMA. Melbourne
1999 ‘Brett Whitely Traveling Art Scholarship Exhibition’ Brett Whitely Studios.
1998 ‘Silent Fall’ Australian emerging artists exhibition’ Linden Gallery, St Kilda
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2004 Match Making project Eastlink, Biz Art & Shangart Galleries Shanghai
2004 Australia-China Council Residency, Shanghai, China (April-July)
2003 National College of the Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
2000 St Kilda Park Primary School artist in residence.
SELECTED AWARDS/EXPERIENCE/COLLECTIONS
2005 National Gallery of Australia (collection)
2004 New Work funding, Australia Council for the arts.
2004 Martin Bequest Traveling art scholarship
2002-4 Founder Blender Studios – Michael Koro Galleries, Franklin Street, Melbourne
2002 Pratt family Scholarship
2000 ARTBANK of Australia
Many publications, lectures and collections, both National and international.
Adrian Doyle was in Asia from 2004 until 2007.
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The Purves Box |
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Landscape Painting 120 x 120 cm |
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There's no swimming pool
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