Aaron Butt Liberté
4 – 28 April
Liberté “I invent… I attempt…I perform.” Philippe Petit “I invent nothing, I rediscover.” Auguste Rodin Liberté explores both real and imagined connections and disconnections between French highwire artist Philippe Petit and sculptor Auguste Rodin. Across painting, drawing, photography and sculpture, the works draw parallels between the two creatives, while simultaneously exploring their use of framing the body and strategically creating specific viewpoints to experience their work. Liberté presents seemingly disparate fragments which work to create new and non-linear narratives based on shape, colour, texture and reoccurring motifs. Aaron Butt, 2018
Apophenia, 2017, acrylic on MDF, 23 x 31cm, $590
Black Square, 2017, oil on MDF, 16 x 19 cm, $290
Blow, 2017, oil on canvas, 51 x 76 cm, $2,090
Eiffel View I, 2017, digital image, 16 x 12 cm, $290 (framed), edition of 3
Eiffel View II, 2017, digital image, 16 x 12 cm, $290 (framed), edition of 3
Eiffel View III, 2017, digital image, 16 x 12 cm, $290 (framed), edition of 3
Ellsworth Kelly, 2016, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $490
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(1), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(2), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(3), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(4), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(5), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(6), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(7), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(8), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(9), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(10), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(11), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Gargoyles (Notre Dame)(12), 2017, oil on canvas, 10 x 10 cm, $390
Interior with Three Shades, 2018, oil on canvas board, 18 x 13 cm, $390
Klein (Leap), 2017, acrylic on book page, 22 x 13 cm, $390 (framed)
Klein (Leap), 2017, digital image, 22 x 13 cm, $390 (framed)
LibertĂŠ, 2017, oil and acrylic on canvas board, 30 x 40 cm, $790
Life on the Wire, 2018, oil and acrylic on shaped canvas, 30 x 41cm, $590
Memorial (1993), 2016, oil on hessian, 25 x 30 cm, $490
Notre Dame (with Highwire), 2017, graphite on postcard, 10 x 15 cm, $290 (framed)
Notre Dame Interior I, 2017, oil on masonite, 49 x 34 cm (irregular), $690
Notre Dame Interior II, 2017, oil on canvas, 30 x 26 cm, $490
Notre Dame Interior III, 2017, oil on canvas board, 26 x 36 cm, $490
Notre Dame Windows, 2018, oil on MDF, 11 x 37 cm, $390
One of Three Shades (Head Study) I, 2018, oil on canvas board, 13 x 18 cm, $390
One of Three Shades (Head Study) II, 2018, oil on canvas board, 13 x 18 cm, $390
Owl Adie (Blessing in Disguise), 2017, oil on found masonite, 32 x 27 cm (irregular), $290.
Peace Monument, 2017, acrylic on MDF, 30 x 40 x 24 cm, $790
Petit (Notre Dame), 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm, $1,590
Petit (with Clouds), 2018, oil on canvas board, 46 x 36 cm, $790
Petit balancing award, 2017, oil on canvas, 13 x 18 cm, $490
Petit Highwire II, 2016, oil on hessian, 30 x 30 cm, $590
Petit Highwire III, 2016, oil on hessian, 30 x 30 cm, $590
Petit Highwire, 2017, oil and graphite on canvas, 61 x 31 cm, $590
Petit Plaque, 2017, acrylic on board, 30 x 30 cm, $590
Petit Study, 2018, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 cm, $490
Petit with Cable, 2018, oil on hessian with custom painted artists frame, 34 x 29 cm, $590
Petit with Police Hat, 2017, oil on board, 30 x 41 cm, $690
Rodin (Destroyed), 2017, contĂŠ on brown card, 19 x 23 cm, $490 (framed)
Rodin (Destroyed), 2017, oil on hessian, 25 x 22 cm, $290
Rodin (Destroyed), 2017, oil on masonite, 13 x 18 cm, $390
Rodin Postcard (with wire), 2018, oil on postcard, 10 x 15 cm, $290 (framed)
Rodin Three Shades Study, 2018, oil, acrylic and liquid nails on pine, 13 x 39 cm, $290
Rose Window (Notre Dame), 2018, oil on board, 30 x 30 cm, $690
Sainte-Chapelle, 2017, acrylic on MDF, 35 x 9 x 17 cm, $490
Soldiers (Arc de Triomphe), 2018, digital image, 20 x 30 cm, $390 (framed), edition of 3
Study for a Figure (for Fischl), 2018, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 30 cm, $490
Study for One of Three Shades II, 2017, contĂŠ on beige paper, 19 x 23 cm, $490 (framed)
Study for One of Three Shades, 2017, oil on masonite, 32 x 42 cm, $590
Study for Petit (Notre Dame), 2017, oil on canvas board, 30 x 40 cm, $690
Study for Petit with Cables, 2018, contĂŠ on grey paper, 17 x 12 cm, $390 (framed)
Study for Three Shades, 2017, oil on canvas in painted box frame, 33 x 33 cm, $590
Three Shades (Musée d'Orsay), 2018, conté on blue-grey paper, 10 x 15 cm, $290 (framed)
Three Shades on Umber, 2017, oil on canvas, 45 x 45 cm, $990
Three Shades, 2017, contĂŠ on brown card, 19 x 23 cm, $490
WTC Windows, 2018, oil on MDF, 11 x 37 cm, $390
Aaron Butt Curriculum Vitae
Education 2017 - Master of Fine Art (Research), QUT 2014 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) First Class, QUT 2013 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) with Distinction, QUT Solo Exhibitions 2018 - Liberté (Jan Manton Art Gallery) 2017 - Missed Encounter II (Frank Moran Gallery) River Derwent, (Facing MONA) (Hub Gallery, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery) River Derwent, MONA (Jan Manton Art Gallery) Missed Encounter III (Maverick Hair and Art Space) 2016 - Pursuit of the Real (Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery, Window Gallery) 2015 - Kate as Queen Nefertiti (Jan Manton Art Gallery) Missed Encounter (Bus Projects) 2015 - Rapture (Hub Gallery, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery) Group Exhibitions 2017 - Sunshine Coast Art Prize (Caloundra Regional Gallery) 6th Artists’ Books + Multiples Fair (Griffith University) Moreton Bay Region Art Awards (Strathpine Community Centre) Lethbridge 10 000 (Lethbridge Gallery) In Residence ARI Instagram Takeover (Online) 2016 - The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize (QUT Art Museum) Gather Awards (St. Ita's Primary School) Clayton Utz Art Award (Clayton Utz) Cream of the Crop (Queensland Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition) Tender Turf (Post Datum Collective) Noosa Art Awards (Noosa Regional Gallery) Moreton Bay Region Art Awards (Strathpine Community Centre) 2015 - Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Semi-Finals (Moran Art Prizes) Peace and Quiet (State Library of Queensland) Moreton Bay Region Art Awards (Strathpine Community Centre) Queensland Regional Art Awards Finals (Flying Arts Alliance) Lethbridge 10 000 (Lethbridge Gallery) Sunshine Coast New Media Art Prize (Caloundra Regional Gallery)
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2014 - Excerpts (The Block Gallery, QUT) 2014 - Everything All At Once (H Block, QUT) 2014 - Translink Extended loan (Translink Centre) Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Semi-Finals (Moran Art Prizes) Connections Between (H Block, QUT) Tools of the Trade (Jugglers Art Space) 2014 - Queensland Regional Art Awards Finals (Flying Arts Alliance) Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing (Jugglers Art Space) Lethbridge 10 000 (Lethbridge Gallery) Storage Space (The Hold Artspace) Moreton Bay Region Art Awards (Strathpine Community Centre) SHAPE of Things to Come: (DIS)CONNECT (The Block Gallery, QUT) New World City (The Hold Artspace) 2013 - Homesick (Metro Arts, Warehouse Space) Thirteen (H Block, QUT) 2012 - Chimera (The Block Gallery, QUT) Rattus Rattus (Jugglers Art Space) Bari Festival Opening (H Block, QUT) 2011 - Inspiral (Metro Arts, Warehouse Space) Awards 2017 - Dorothy Birt Memorial Prize 2016 - Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) 2015 - Moreton Bay Region Art Awards, Merit Award 2015 - Brian Tucker Young Artist Development Award 2015 - Maroochydore Music and Visual Art Festival New Media Public Art Mentorship 2014 - The Hild Chenhall Memorial Scholarship QUT Professional Practice Award NAVA Ignition Prize University Medal
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Writing 2018 - Work in the art of Gosia Wlodarczak, Dylan Jones and Chris Bennie (BNE Art Writer's program) 2017 - Breaking boundaries with Artwork in a Box: Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan (QUT No Walls Blog) Less Than: Art and Reductionism Exhibition Review (QUT Art Museum for BNE Art Writer's program) Sit. Pose. Snap (Museum of Brisbane for BNE Art Writer's program) In Residence ARI Interview, August Instagram Takeover (In Residence ARI) River Derwent, MONA Catalogue Statement (Jan Manton Art Gallery) 2016 - Judith Kentish and Hew Chee Fong Reflection (Caboolture Regional Art Gallery for BNE Art) Ian Fairweather: A Pursuit of the Real (Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery, Window Gallery) 2015 - Discovery (Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 30) Kate as Queen Nefertiti Catalogue Essay (Jan Manton Art Gallery) Conferences 2016 - WiP Conference: On the Edge (University of Queensland) ACUADS: Adaptation (Queensland University of Technology) Collections Princess Alexandra Hospital Private Collections in Brisbane and Sunshine Coast
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