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Variations on a
theme
Exhibition opening at Kazari
Collector
12th September
2 - 5pm
John Bartlett’s professional
career as a Melbourne based artist spans more than 3 decades
producing a considerable amount of work and many exhibitions in
some iconic Melbourne galleries including Pinacotheca, with Ray
Hughes in Sydney and Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces.
His most recent stylistic
venture has been in development for 6 years and signals an
important stage in his artistic oeuvre. Creating textured
encaustics from beeswax and pigments applied to aluminium, he has
performed deep investigations into symbols evolving through and
creating links between the I Qing, Aboriginal body painting and the
Japanese aesthetic principles of wabi sabi.
John Bartlett is included in
the New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art
View CV
The artist's journey - statement about recent
work
Variations on a
theme 11
Raw pigment and virgin beeswax on aluminium
120cm x 155cm
Ceremonial
8
Raw pigment and virgin
beeswax on aluminium
120cm x 85cm
Portal 8
Raw pigment and virgin
beeswax on aluminium
80cm x 120cm
Chen/The
Arousing
Raw pigment and virgin
beeswax on aluminium
120cm x 152cm
Detail
Detail
Previous works and
Exhibitions
June 2007 - Australian artist
John Bartlett had a solo show of his recent works inspired
by the forms of the I Ching, aesthetic concepts of wabi, sabi, suki
and Zen Buddhism, which he practices. 80 year old Bartlett’s career
has spanned more than 3 decades and 18 solo exhibitions, his
creativity has reached a new peak with this exciting new work – a
catalogue/invitation, with an essay by Ashley Crawford, Art
writer for The Age, available on request.
John Bartlett: Thoughts on
Art [more
...]
Ashley Crawford: John
Bartlett[more
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John Bartlett by Tarun
Nagesh [more
...]
Ceremonial 6
Enacustic on Aluminium
120 x 80cm
Portal 3
Encaustic on aluminium
120 x 90
Shroud
Encaustic on aluminium
120 x 90cm
Portal 7
Encaustic on aluminium
120 x 160
Pi / Stand Still
Encaustic on Aluminium
120 x 120
Still mountain
clinging fire 2
Raw pigment and virgin beeswax on aluminium
120cm x 93cm
Selected works [1972 -
2003] Images available on
request
Charles Nodrum
1988 " Form Within Form" Catalogue entry
In Charles
Nodrum's catalogue for the 1988 " Form Within Form", which he
curated, he speaks of Bartlett's work being the central link
in the show; Bartlett has always had a great interest in forms such
as grids, lines and shapes and their structure, no less here in
this new body of work.
KAZARI
collector
Until 30th JUNE 2007
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