Exhibition Dates: 28 May – 27 June 0015

This is my fourth solo exhibition at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Sydney. It is entitled Metafisica Australe and presents a new body of work which attempts to find common ground between contemporary Western Desert painting and the metaphysical paintings of the 20th Century Italian master, Giorgio de Chirico. It continues the premise of the exhibition Dreaming: Aboriginal Australia art meets de Chirico curated by Ian McLean and Erica Izett at the Carlo Bilotti Museum in Rome last year, in which 7 of my works (from 1986 to 2014) formed a kind of bridge between the 20 works Giorgio de Chirico, which are on permanent display in the museum and the exhibition of Western Desert paintings from the Sordello Missana Collection from Antibes, France. My exhibition in Sydney also includes several landscapes and two self-portraits.

Imants Tillers has exhibited widely since the late 1960s, and has represented Australia at important international exhibitions, such as the Sao Paulo Bienal in 1975, Documenta 7 in 1982, and the 42nd Venice Biennale in 1986. Major solo surveys of Tillers’ work include Imants Tillers: works 1978 – 1988 at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (1988); Imants Tillers: 19301, at the National Art Gallery, Wellington (1989); Diaspora, National Art Museum, Riga, Latvia (1993); Diaspora in Context at the Pori Art Museum, Pori (1995); Towards Infinity: Works by Imants Tillers, Museum of Contemporary Art (MARCO) in Monterrey, Mexico (1999); Imants Tillers: one world many visions, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (2006); The Long Poem, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth (2009) and Dreamings: Aboriginal Australia art meets de Chirico, Carlo Bilotti Museum, Rome (2014).

Tillers has been the recipient of numerous awards and commissions, such as The Gold Award, Rockhampton Art Gallery (2014), the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales (2013 and 2012), the Osaka Triennale Prize (Gold in 1993, Bronze in 1996, and Silver in 2001), and the inaugural Beijing International Art Biennale Prize for Excellence (2003). Major commissions include Avenue of Remembrance, a tapestry commissioned by The Australian War Memorial to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign (2014), the Federation Pavilion, Centennial Park (1985 – 87); the Founding Donors Painting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (1991), and two key sculptures for Sydney Olympic Park (2002). Tillers was a trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney from 2001 – 2009. In 2005 he was awarded a Doctor of Letters honoris causa for ‘his long and distinguished contribution to the field of arts’, by the University of New South Wales. Metafisica Australe is Imants Tillers’ fourth solo exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.

 

EXHIBITION OPENING: 28 May, 6 - 8pm

EXHIBITION DATES: 28 May – 27 June, 2015

GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday - Friday 10am - 6pm, Saturday 11am - 6pm

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Imants Tillers Blue Tongue Ancestor, 2014; acrylic, gouache on 24 canvas boards nos. 95285 - 95308; 150.5 x 142.5 cm; enquire
Blue Tongue Ancestor, 2014
acrylic, gouache on 24 canvas boards nos. 95285 - 95308
150.5 x 142.5 cm
Imants Tillers On the Mountain, 2013; acrylic, gouache on 108 canvas boards, nos. 89998-90105; 226 x 424.5 cm; enquire
On the Mountain, 2013
acrylic, gouache on 108 canvas boards, nos. 89998-90105
226 x 424.5 cm
Imants Tillers The Emergency of Being II, 2014; acrylic, gouache on 64 canvas boards, nos. 94818 - 94981; 242 x 242.5 cm; enquire
The Emergency of Being II, 2014
acrylic, gouache on 64 canvas boards, nos. 94818 - 94981
242 x 242.5 cm
Imants Tillers The emergency of being I, 2013; acrylic, gouache on 25 canvas boards, nos. 92655 - 92679; 151 x 151.5 cm; enquire
The emergency of being I, 2013
acrylic, gouache on 25 canvas boards, nos. 92655 - 92679
151 x 151.5 cm
Imants Tillers Begin Again, 2015; acrylic, gouache on 64 canvas boards, nos. 96111-96174; 242 x 242.5 cm; enquire
Begin Again, 2015
acrylic, gouache on 64 canvas boards, nos. 96111-96174
242 x 242.5 cm
Imants Tillers Breakfast Epiphany, 2014; (with 9 panels by Michael Nelson Jagamara)
acrylic, gouache on 54 canvas boards, nos. 91781 - 91834; 227 x 212.5 cm; enquire
Breakfast Epiphany, 2014
(with 9 panels by Michael Nelson Jagamara) acrylic, gouache on 54 canvas boards, nos. 91781 - 91834
227 x 212.5 cm
Imants Tillers Return of the Pintupi, 2015; acrylic, gouache on 54 canvas boards, nos. 95117-95170; 227 x 212.5 cm; enquire
Return of the Pintupi, 2015
acrylic, gouache on 54 canvas boards, nos. 95117-95170
227 x 212.5 cm
Imants Tillers In Normal Times, 2015; acrylic, gouache on 24 canvas boards, nos. 95559-95582; 150.5 x 142.5 cm; enquire
In Normal Times, 2015
acrylic, gouache on 24 canvas boards, nos. 95559-95582
150.5 x 142.5 cm
Imants Tillers Metafisica Australe, 2015; acrylic, gouache on 24 canvas boards, nos. 95535-95558; 151 x 141.5 cm; enquire
Metafisica Australe, 2015
acrylic, gouache on 24 canvas boards, nos. 95535-95558
151 x 141.5 cm
Imants Tillers Nature Speaks: FI, 2015; acrylic, gouache on 16 canvas boards, nos. 96175 - 96190; 100.5 x 141 cm; enquire
Nature Speaks: FI, 2015
acrylic, gouache on 16 canvas boards, nos. 96175 - 96190
100.5 x 141 cm
Imants Tillers Spiritual Instrument, 2015; acrylic, gouache on 24 canvas boards, nos. 95511 - 95534; 150.5 x 140.5 cm; enquire
Spiritual Instrument, 2015
acrylic, gouache on 24 canvas boards, nos. 95511 - 95534
150.5 x 140.5 cm
Imants Tillers By Homeopathic Method (I), 2015; acrylic, gouache on 18 canvas boards, nos. 95385-95402; 76 x 53 cm; enquire
By Homeopathic Method (I), 2015
acrylic, gouache on 18 canvas boards, nos. 95385-95402
76 x 53 cm
Imants Tillers By Homeopathic Method (II), 2015; acrylic, gouache on 18 canvas boards, nos. 95067-95084; 76 x 53 cm; enquire
By Homeopathic Method (II), 2015
acrylic, gouache on 18 canvas boards, nos. 95067-95084
76 x 53 cm
Imants Tillers Nature Speaks: FJ, 2015; from the series Sung into Being; acrylic, gouache on 16 canvas boards, no. 96191-96206; 100 x 141 cm; enquire
Nature Speaks: FJ, 2015
from the series Sung into Being
acrylic, gouache on 16 canvas boards, no. 96191-96206
100 x 141 cm
Imants Tillers Nature Speaks: FG, 2015; acrylic, gouache on 16 canvas boards, nos. 95341 - 95356; 100.5 x 141 cm; enquire
Nature Speaks: FG, 2015
acrylic, gouache on 16 canvas boards, nos. 95341 - 95356
100.5 x 141 cm
Imants Tillers Nature Speaks: FH, 2015; acrylic, gouache on 16 canvas boards, nos. 95357 - 95372; 100.5 x 141 cm; enquire
Nature Speaks: FH, 2015
acrylic, gouache on 16 canvas boards, nos. 95357 - 95372
100.5 x 141 cm
Imants Tillers Repeatable Form (1), 2015; 169 blank canvas boards and painted bronze object, nos. 95587-95756; 86.5 x 37 x 25.5 cm; enquire
Repeatable Form (1), 2015
169 blank canvas boards and painted bronze object, nos. 95587-95756
86.5 x 37 x 25.5 cm
Imants Tillers Repeatable Form (2), 2015; 169 blank canvas boards and painted bronze object, nos. 96343-96512; 86.5 x 37 x 25.5 cm; enquire
Repeatable Form (2), 2015
169 blank canvas boards and painted bronze object, nos. 96343-96512
86.5 x 37 x 25.5 cm