A. J. TAYLOR Mapleton
Mapleton
Opening: Thursday 2 February 2012 6-8pm Exhibition: 2 - 26 February 2012
MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY 15-21 HAMPDEN STREET PADDINGTON NSW 2021 TEL: 02 9331 7997 FAX: 02 9331 7050 info@martinbrownecontemporary.com www.martinbrownecontemporary.com GALLERY HOURS: TUESDAY - SUNDAY 10:30AM - 6PM
© Martin Browne Contemporary © All images copyright the artist This catalogue is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. COMPILERS: Martin Browne and Electra Foley PHOTOGRAPHY: Jon Linkins COLOUR SEPARATIONS: Spitting Image, Sydney PRINTING: Southern Colour, Sydney Cover Image: Mapleton 2, 2011, oil on board, 183 x 364 cm
LIST OF WORKS Mapleton 4, 2011 oil on board, 183 x 183 cm Mapleton 10, 2011, oil on board, 122 x 214 cm Mapleton 6, 2011, oil on board, 91.5 x 366 cm Mapleton 3, 2011, oil on board, 182 x 273 cm Mapleton 2, 2011, oil on board, 183 x 364 cm Mapleton 11, 2011, oil on board, 91.5 x 169 cm Mapleton 7, 2011, oil on board, 81.5 x 366 cm Mapleton 9, 2011, oil on board, 122 x 244 cm Mapleton 8, 2011, oil on board, 122 x 244 cm Mapleton 5, 2011, oil on board, 183 x 183 cm
Mapleton 2 (detail)
Mapleton is a series of more-or-less life-size paintings of a group of trees in the Mapleton Forest Reserve on the Blackall Range in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The largest paintings are made up of separate panels; landscapes within landscapes that at a distance combine to present an immediately recognisable and naturalistic representation of typical remnant Australian rainforest. Up close, tree trunks disintegrate into columns of abstract shapes, which like those in a camouflage pattern, conspire to confuse the eye: challenging the illusion of volume and defying resolution at the edges. In parts the trees and foliage are implausibly transparent, with gaps revealing a complicated surface of apparently chaotic marks of surprising, saturated colours. Do the pictures present as convincing images despite these paradoxical elements? Or do they work precisely because of the disparities and contradictions that demand to be integrated and resolved in an active process of seeing?
AJT, January 2012
Mapleton 4, 2011 Oil on board 183 x 183 cm
Mapleton 10, 2011 Oil on board 122 x 214 cm
Mapleton 6, 2011 Oil on board 91.5 x 366 cm
Mapleton 3, 2011 Oil on board 182 x 273 cm
Mapleton 2, 2011 Oil on board 183 x 364 cm
Mapleton 11, 2011 Oil on board 91.5 x 169 cm
Mapleton 7, 2011 Oil on board 81.5 x 366 cm
Mapleton 9, 2011 Oil on board 122 x 244 cm
Mapleton 8, 2011 Oil on board 122 x 244 cm
Mapleton 5, 2011 Oil on board 183 x 183 cm
Born: 1969, lives and works on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002
Mapleton, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney Brisbane River, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane A Wider View, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Home Ground, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane From the Front, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Permanent Mauve, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Scratching the Surface, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Paynter Creek, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane Macadamia Trees, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 2011 2011 2010
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Straddie, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane Suite, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney Melbourne Art Fair, Martin Browne Fine Art
AWARDS 2011 2011 2008 2004
Finalist, Finalist, Finalist, Finalist,
Wynne Prize Fleurieu Art Prize Fleurieu Art Prize John Glover Art Prize
COLLECTIONS Artbank BHP Billiton Macquarie Bank Wesley Hospital Art Foundation
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS McLean Edwards Adrienne Doig
1 - 25 March 2012
Tim Maguire
29 March - 22 April 2012
Alexander McKenzie
3 - 27 May 2012
MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY 15-21 HAMPDEN STREET PADDINGTON NSW 2021 TEL: 02 9331 7997 FAX: 02 9331 7050 info@martinbrownecontemporary.com www.martinbrownecontemporary.com GALLERY HOURS: TUESDAY - SUNDAY 10:30AM - 6PM
MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY 15-21 HAMPDEN STREET PADDINGTON NSW 2021 TEL: 02 9331 7997 FAX: 02 9331 7050 info@martinbrownecontemporary.com www.martinbrownecontemporary.com GALLERY HOURS: TUESDAY - SUNDAY 10:30AM - 6PM