ARTIST STATEMENT
“Of course it is a very
peculiar occupation, this continual disassembly & reinvention of the
fabric of our experience. Searching for a narrative line, to make a sort
of sense of the maddeningly, complex world around us. Whether we laugh,
cry or merely flip the finger & head for the hills.
I aim for an art of passion, exorcism & sometimes just plain mischief. I enjoy & respect craft and an understanding of technique in painting & drawing, believing that a certain level of virtuosity & skill can only intensify an experience.
Perhaps it's all just a novel or movie in waiting, some allegorical slipstream to give Dante a run for his money.”
-John Burge 2010
THE FANTOCINNIS SMILE
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2010 'Bluebeard's Castle', Kingston Arts Centre, Melbourne
2008 Victorian Artist Society Galleries, East Melbourne
1980 Stedelijk Museum, Alkmaar, Holland
1978 Galerie Galijoen, Den Bosch, Holland
1976 Galeria Magic, Andorra La Vella, Andorra
1976 Ateneo Barcelones, Barcelona, Spain
1972 Warehouse Galleries, Richmond, Victoria
1970 Munster Arms Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Pollock Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2007 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Victoria
2007 Gallery 69, Fitzroy, Victoria
1979 Galerie Mathilde, Amsterdam, Holland with Dali, Vasarely, Magritte,
Fontana
1977 Kunstverein Munchen, Munich, Germany
COLLABORATIONS
1981- 2006 Book illustration and cover art for Hyland House; Penguin Australia;
Longman; Cheshire; Edward Arnold Australia; Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
Australia; Jacaranda Wiley; Macmillan Co. of Australia; Lothian Books;
John Wiley & Sons; Reed Books
1978 Lithographic editions with Benito Marcos,Sostres SL. Barcelona
1979 Book illustration with Ricardo Recio,Editorial Grijalbo, Barcelona
GAUGIN IN DESPAIR (detail)
THE CRUEL SISTERS
BABY IN BABYLONE
ELIZABETH WITH HENNA IN
HER HAIR
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