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Painter injects new life into old statues
Historical statues occupy most towns and cities across the world, a footprint of a time now passed. Artist Matthew Quick injects new life into old statues, dressing them with a contemporary guise and bringing their symbolism back to life. We spoke to Matthew about his paintings and the inspiration behind their creation.
Hello, tell me a little bit about yourself and what led you to your current practice.
I painted as a teenager and studied design and illustration. But when you are curious about everything, it’s easy to get distracted. And I was distracted for a long time. Wrote a couple of novels in my 20’s. Had my own design and advertising agency for a few years. And then a cancer epiphany in my 30’s prompted a return to painting. There’s nothing to focus the mind like someone telling you that you are going to die.
Now living in Melbourne, Australia, I’ve resided in the UK, Portugal & Malaysia and once camped for several months underneath a grand piano. I’ve spent nights under stars in India, under ground in Bolivia, under surveillance in Burma and under nourished in London. My scariest moments were having machine-gun shoved in my face during Nepalese anti-monarchy riots and
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The work The Emperor's New Clothes has been selected as finalist in the The Nillumbik Art Prize. On display in the Barn Gallery in the spectacular and historic Montsalvat artist's colony, the prize celebrates artists and works from the Nillumbik region and recognises contemporary works of excellence.
Exhibition opening: Thursday 4 June, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
And the show runs 4 June – 2 August 2015
To be opened by the REAL RAKE ( the man on whom the TV character Rake is based) Charles Waterstreet, Australian author, barrister and filmmaker. Opening Thursday 27th February 6-8pm. Exhibition showing until 14 March 2014
Art Equity, Level 1, 66 King Street, Sydney, Tel | +61 2 9262 6660 www.artequity.com.au