Artist Information:
Amanda Van Gils
Hervey Bay,
Australia
Member Since: Apr 2003
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Artist Statement:
Visit my website
www.amandavangils.com or
follow me on Facebook for
regular interactive updates
http://www.facebook.com/Amandav
anGilsArtist
Statement:
My work aims to engage with
the longstanding tradition of
Australian landscape painting
yet offer a contemporary take
on the genre. Through my work
I aim to explore our ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
New Exhibition
GOING PLACES
2 person exhibition with
(Simon Collins)
Anthea Polson Art
Shop 19-20 Mariners Cove
Seaworld Drive Main Beach QLD
4217
AUSTRALIA
Tel +61 (0)7 55611166 Email
antheapolsonart.com.au
Opening Night SATURDAY 13th
FEBRUARY 2010 6pm - 8pm
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Going Places (2 person
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Artist Galleries:
ANTHEA POLSON ART
Shop 19-20 Mariners Cove
Seaworld Drive Main Beach QLD
4217
(next to Marina Mirage)
Phone: 07 5561 1166
info@antheapolsonart.com.au
http://www.antheapolsonart.com.
au
UNITED GALLERIES - PERTH
281 Newscastle St
Northbridge WA 6003
Tel: 08 9427 5600
http://www.unitedgalleries.com.
au/
To ...
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Artist Reviews:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Giacobello, Michelle,
‘Gathering’ 30th April 2009
http://michellegiacobello.wordp
ress.com/2009/04/30/gathering/
2009 Leak, Steven.‘Amanda van
Gils’, the golden fish blog
12th April, 2009
http://leakstev.blogspot.com/20
09/04/amanda-van-gils-drops-by.
html
2009 Collins, Simon, BOOK -
Amanda van Gils: Views from
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Collections:
Public Collections:
Monash University, Victoria,
AUS
Chisholm Institute, Victoria,
AUS
Private Collections:
Auckland, New Zealand
Sydney, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Queensland, Australia
New York, USA
Berlin, Germany
London, UK...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Amanda Van Gils's Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Amanda Van Gils's Portfolio.
Visit my website www.amandavangils.com or follow me on Facebook for regular interactive updates http://www.facebook.com/AmandavanGilsArtist
Statement:
My work aims to engage with the longstanding tradition of Australian landscape painting yet offer a contemporary take on the genre. Through my work I aim to explore our dynamic psychological relationship to the world around us.
In the past I have explored the idea of people’s place in the environment through various permutations, primarily: the absence of people, people disconnected from the landscape, and moments observing others (most often children) at imaginative play creating their own space. In doing this, I have experimented with juxtaposing elements in unexpected settings to invert traditional notions of perspective and perception.
The landscapes in my works are not grand landscapes, they are small and familiar; these places are part of our everyday lives and they inform our understanding of the world. My paintings share their quietness, yet I draw on the unpredictable and the anomalous to explore how we respond to them.
My current body of work View from a Speeding Train, moves the figure off stage; the viewers are given the view of the landscape yet are drawn to the ... |
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