Opens on Jul 29 until Aug 13, 2023
Downstairs | 13
Peter Burgess
The Marlboroman, 2023
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Conway pen and indian ink H 76cms x W 56cm
“The Marlboro Man”, represents drawing as a retrospective form of self analysis (a look back in anger, if you like). The image of The Marlboro Man, put through the grisaille of a hand drawn dot structure, is combined with the texts of the Television programs of my youth in an attempt to reconstruct part of the cultural context of my upbringing.
Can I now give up smoking?....No.
Do I now have insight into the nature of addiction?.....Maybe.
Do I now have an understanding of the image?....Yes.
Can I now give up smoking?....No.
Do I now have insight into the nature of addiction?.....Maybe.
Do I now have an understanding of the image?....Yes.
Born in Sydney, Peter Burgess studied Architecture at NSWIT before studying Art at Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education. He received his Master of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute, New York. Burgess has had numerous solo shows and has exhibited extensively in group exhibitions across Australia, North America and Europe, including: Documenta 8 (Kassel, 1987) and The Decade Show (New Museum, NY, 1990), Australian Perspecta (AGNSW,1983), Prints and Australia – Presettlement to the Present (Australian National Gallery,1989) and Streetwise – contemporary print culture (ANG Contemporary, Australian National Gallery, 2015).
He has been the recipient of numerous Grants, Fellowships and Awards.
Burgess lived and worked (Adjunct, Art Department, New York University,1985-94) in New York for more than twenty years and relocated to Sydney in 2000.
He was Head of the Printmaking Department at the National Art School (Sydney) from 2015-2021.
He has been the recipient of numerous Grants, Fellowships and Awards.
Burgess lived and worked (Adjunct, Art Department, New York University,1985-94) in New York for more than twenty years and relocated to Sydney in 2000.
He was Head of the Printmaking Department at the National Art School (Sydney) from 2015-2021.
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