Marian Drew
Marian Drew
Crow with Salt
photomedia
72X90cm image 90X111cm paper
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Artist statement
On Location
Robin Gibson Gallery
13 September – 8 October, 2008
On Location is an exhibition that explores the connectedness of identity to environment through three traditional genres: body, landscape and still life. This exhibition presents three facets of my practice where the self and the other is found, mirrored and performed through conceptual and physical frameworks of location. The still life location presents a sense of self as reflected in ideas of an artificial domestic bliss. The landscape is a site in which one may perform and orientate and the dematerialized body challenges the possibility of ever discovering a firm location.
Landscapes:
These photographs graph the human light trajectories in the landscape over time. Drawing and photography meet plein air, a sketch of the hand with camera obscura, working to explore landscape as an exchange between projected ideas and the document. Using two identical medium format film cameras I photograph a landscape by moving the cameras on an axis following the horizon of the landscape. This very slow motion pan, films the action or event over several still frames and allows enough time to abandon the camera, enter the landscape and immerse myself, literally, during exposure. When one is in the landscape acting in this way one cannot see the landscape as a panorama in the distance. The image is then formed as part of an exchange that occurs within the landscape and within the camera.
Body
These works explore the body as a dynamic form. The figures rotate for about ten seconds in a sunlit room that is draped with black cloth. Their form is dissolved over the long exposure time. The black cloth references early quasi-scientific efforts to dislocate subject from environment to enhance objective study. Works by scientist photographers such as Etienne Marey and Edward Muybridge, or sociologist photographer Richard Avedon utilized the backdrop to severe the representation of the body from the landscape. Here the relativity of dynamism is being measured, rocks or flesh, dissolve according to their movement and time scale.
Still Life
By imitating the historic painted forms of the Still Life genre I aim to lull the viewer into a familiar story, but paint is replaced with photographic verisimilitude and familiar animals with Australian species. The cycles of domestic bliss and bodily provision raise questions about life and death. Through sacrificial ritual, we acknowledge and develop gratitude for our own existence and for our connectedness. Here the self is found in the form of the other, and our conceptual frameworks are laid out for all to see. The sense of who we are, as explored in this work is defined through shared culture.
Marian Drew
Exhibitions
- 2009
- Small is the New Big
Biography
- 1960
- Born in Bundaberg Qld Australia. Lives & works in Brisbane Qld Australia
- 1976
- Matriculated Bundaberg High School, awarded Junior and Senior Art Prizes
- 1980-84
- Awarded Bachelor of Visual Art, with Letter of Merit, Photomedia, (four year degree) Canberra School of Art
- 1984-85
- Post graduate study, Kassel University, (HBK) Germany, DAAD Scholarship, German Government Academic Exchange
- Travelled and studied art major collections of England and Europe with the assistance of the Dyason Bequest administered the Art Gallery of New South Wales
- 1988
- Diploma of Teaching,(TAFE) Mt Gravatt CAE
- 1989
- VACB Studio, Greene St, NewYork
- Travel and study art in Egypt, Spain and Portugal
- 1993
- First Asia Pacific Triennale, Queensland Art Gallery
- 1996
- Los Angeles studio and travel Southern California
- 2002-01
- Deputy Director, Gold Coast / Logan Campuses, Qld College of Art, Griffith University
- 2005
- Visiting Fellow – May June- Tasmanian University, Hobart
- 1986-06
- Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Qld College of Art, Photography, Griffith University
- from 2006
- Convenor of Photography Programmes QCA
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Solo Exhibitions
- 2009
- ‘Every Living Thing’, Hous Projects, Soho, New York
- 2008
- Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- Still Life, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
- 2006
- Still Life & Landscape, Robin Gibson Gallery
- 2005
- Dianne Tanzer Gallery – Still Lifes – Melbourne
- Late Fall / Video and sound Installation – Brisbane River Festival, Qld College of Art
- 2004
- Australiana, Robin Gibson Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney
- 2003
- Australiana, colour prints Gallery 482 Brisbane
- 2000
- Marian Drew – Powerhouse Photographs- Inaugural Exhibition Opening of Brisbane Performing Arts Complex.
- 1999
- Gallery 482, Fortitude Valley, This is what I think Colour photographs and video projection installation Woman/Fountain
- 1998
- Gallery 482, Fortitude Valley, Black and White Black and white photographs – unique prints
- 1997
- Bundaberg City Art Gallery. Marian Drew – A Retrospective. Showing selected photographic works from 1984 to 1997
- 1996
- Brisbane City Art Gallery. Persistent Blindness. Colour photographs and video installation. Artist Diaries 1986-1996
- 1994
- Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne. Things Past. Site Specific video installation, incorporating drawings, photographs, three video projectors and found objects
- 1993
- Sommerville House, Artist in Residence Exhibition. Colour photographs
- 1992
- Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney. Large scale colour photographs
- 1990
- Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney. New York Series. Large scale colour photographs
- Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane. New York Series. Large Scale colour photographs
- 1988
- Canberra School of Art, Photospace Gallery. Colour Photographs made in Germany and Brisbane
- 1987
- Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane. Colour Photographs
- 1986
- Gallery Etoile, FNAC (Fonds National D’Art Contemporain), Paris, France. Colour Photographs. Bush Projection Series
- 1985
- Kassel University Gallery, Kassel, Germany. Drinnen-Draussen. Exhibition of Colour Photographs made in Germany and Australia and Installation involving two slide projectors and 4 meter haystake and 5 meter paper figures
- 1983
- Images Gallery, Sydney. Colour Photographs
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2007
- Body Works, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- Chrstmas Show, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- 2006
- Animal as Allegory QUT Art Museum Simone Jones curator
- 2005
- ARC Art and Design Festival- Brisbane City Hall
- Chance Encounters Bejing Art Academy and their Australian mentors, QCA Gallery, Southbank
- 2004
- Sleight Qld Photographic Art, Redland City Gallery travelling Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
- Scribble / Art +Architecture / South Bank River Festival, Simon Laws & Marian Drew, Fountain of river water , garden hoses and pump 36mteres x 6 m x 6 m
- Back to Kassel- part 3- Photographie Kassel Kunstverein, Kassel., Germany. (15 works)
- Camera less – Another View point Qld Centre for Photography, Brisbane
- 2002
- Awake Asleep -Double exposures -Thomas Bachler/Marian Drew Australia Center Berlin
- 2001
- Styx-Projektionen Video Art European Kunst Akadamie Trier Germany
- 2001
- Buried in Cotton Large scale photograms as Palladium prints on cotton paper, Gallery 482, Brisbane.
- 1998/1999
- Spatial Eclipse/ Temporal Anchorings Changing Notions of Time and Space, Selected works by Frank McBride, Marlene Hall and Pat Hoffie, Qld College of Art Gallery
- Signature Works – 25 Years of Australian Photography, Australian Center for Photography, Sydney
- Sculpture by the Sea Olympic Arts Festival, Collaborative site specific installation with Bruce Reynolds, Rex Roubin. Curated by the Noosa Regional Art Gallery.
- Agfa Photographic Award Exhibition, Albury Regional Art Gallery NSW
- 1996
- A Matter of Making, Canberra School of Art Gallery.
- The Power to Move, Queensland Art Gallery.
- 5 Photographers, Gallery 482, Brisbane.
- 1994
- Mad and Bad Women, Queensland Art Gallery , travelling Qld.
- Eidectic Experience, Contemporary Queensland Photography, Travelling Exhibition.
- 1993
- First Asia-Pacific Triennale of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery. Represented Australia.
- 1992
- Twentieth Century Fops, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Installation with Bruce Reynolds. Carpet and Video projection.
- 1992
- Empty Land, curated by Camerawork London and travelling the United Kingdom
- 1990
- Fragmentation and Fabrication, Recent Australian Photography, Art Gallery of South Australia
- The Artist’s Eye, curated by Alun Leach-Jones and Colin Lancely. Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
- 1989
- Private Views – Public Spaces, curated by Queensland Art Gallery.
- 1988
- Seven Queensland Women Artists of Distinction, Queensland College of Art Gallery
- To Climb a Mountain, Noosa Regional Art Gallery
- 1987
- Moments in Queensland Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery
- 1986
- Young Contemporaries, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
- 1985
- Kasseler Kunstler, Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany
- 1983
- New Light, Australian Centre for Contemporary Photography, Sydney
- 1982
- Three Canberra Artists, Australian Craft Council Gallery, Canberra
Awards & Commissions
- 2008
- Devonport Regional Gallery, TIDAL 08, Major Award
- 2006
- Queensland Institute of Arts, Art Built in Commission
- 2005
- Arts Qld Grant to produce a book, exhibition and DVD on 20 years of work.(40,000$)
- Seven Great Walks – Environmental Protection Agency
- National Parks and Wildlife art commission
- Australian Visual Arts and Craft Board new work ($20,000)
- 2004
- River Festival, Southbank, Brisbane – Scribble –
- Water Sculpture collaboration with Building Designer, Simon Laws
- 2003
- Commission for public art – glass wall 18meters Qld Academy of Sport ANZ Sports Stadium
- 2003/04
- Commission for Brisbane Magistrates Court, 5 floors continuous photograph – unique photogram.
- 1998
- Commission from the Brisbane City Council to produce art work for Powerhouse Performing Arts Complex.
- 1995-96
- Australian Visual Arts Board Grant new ($15,000)
- 1993
- Creative Development Grant, Arts Qld ($10,000)
- 1991
- Suncorp Art Prize (Open Category) and Award.
- 1989
- Awarded Australian Visual Arts Board Studio and Stipend Greene Street, New York. 1988 Suncorp Art Award.
- 1988
- Drawing Prize, (Open Section) Caloundra Art Competition.
- 1988
- Art Commission, to produce a series of artworksfor the “Pomona King of the Mountain” foot race.Administered by Noosa Regional Art Gallery.
- 1984: DAAD Scholarship from West German Government for post graduate studies in German University.
- Goethe Institute Scholarship German language course, Freiburg, West Germany. Dyason Bequest, administered by the NSW Art Gallery, To travel and study art in the museums and art Collections of Europe.
- Australian Capital Territory Arts Development Board
- Grant to take exhibition of own work to West Germany.
- 1982
- A.C.T. Arts Development Board Grant for first exhibition.
Collections
- Australian National Gallery
- Brisbane City Council
- Queensland University of Technology
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- Queensland Art Gallery
- Power House Arts Complex
- Museum for Contemporary Art, Brisbane
- Griffith University Collection
- Suncorp Collection
- University of South East Queensland
- Waverly City Council Art Collection, Melbourne
- Fonds National D’Art Contemporain (FNAC), Paris, France
- Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
- Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, Queensland
- Australian Institute of Sport, Melbourne
- Artbank, Sydney
- J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA USA
Workshops & Lectures
- 2006
- QUT Art Museum public floor talk
- 2005
- Tasmanian University Centre for the Arts Lecture and post grad reviews
- 2004
- Qld Art Gallery – Childrens Workshop
- 2000
- North Qld Art Teachers Association (Cairns) 2 day workshop
- 1999
- University of Queensland/art history – Lecture on International contemporary photography
- Australian National University, Artists Talk, Canberra Institute of the Arts, Canberra. (May 28th)
- 1998: Beijing Art Academy, China, One week Workshop and lectures to Masters of Photography students, contemporary photographic practice.
- 1997
- Qld Art Teachers, November 23rd, 24th workshop
- Bundaberg City Art Centre, November, 2 day workshop and public lecture
- 1996
- Queensland Art Gallery Floor Talk, ‘The Power to Move’ Exhibition
- 1993
- Ministers Art Awards (1 week workshop), Qld University of Technology
- Guest Assessor, Graduating Students, Bachelor of Visual Arts, Qld University of Technology, Academy of the Arts
- Queensland Art Gallery Floor Talk, First Asia Pacific Triennale
- 1992
- Qld Art Teachers, November (2 days)
- Sommerville House student workshop(2 days)
- Brisbane Institute of Art public workshop (2 days)
- Ministers Art Awards (QUT), Merrivale St (2 days)
Bibliography
- 2006
- Animal as Allegory Simone Jones QUT Art Museum
- 2005
- Melbourne Herald Nov 16th art review
- 2004
- Absolutely Public Crossover: Art and
- Architecture ed by steffen lehman , scribble – marian drew, simon laws p86 -87
- images publishing
- Sydney Morning Herald, 19th May
- 2002
- Awake/ Asleep Australia Center Berlin, Exhibition Catalogue
- 2001
- Styx Proketionen Exhibition Catalogue
- 2000
- Courier Mail, Weekend 12 Arts, Sue Smith, Sat, May, 20, 2000
- 1999
- Spatial Eclipse/ Temporal Anchorings Catalogue Essay by Pat Hoffie Changing Notions of Time and Space. Qld College of Art Gallery
- Signature Works – 25 years of Australian Photography Exhibition Catalogue Australian Center for Photography, Sydney. Writer, Anne Kirker.
- Chinese Photographers (Magazine published in China),Marian Drew New York Series – Issue 1 – P’s 36-37 1/99
- 1998
- Alice Bailey – Profile Marian Drew Monument Architecture/DesignP 16-17. Magazine Issue 26
- 1997
- Marian Drew – A Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue Dr Caroline Jordan.
- Courier Mail, 23 August, Sue Smith
- News Mail, Colour Weekend Liftout, 30 August
- 1996
- Persistent Blindness Exhibition Catalogue, Anne Kirker,Brisbane City Gallery
- The Power to Move Exhibition Catalogue, AnneKirker, Queensland Art Gallery
- A Matter of Making Exhibition Catalogue, Australian National University
- QUT Art Collection annual publication.
- 1994
- Things Past Exhibition Catalogue, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Claire Williamson, Melbourne
- Eidetic Experiences – Contemporary Qld Photography Exhibition Catalogue, Stephanie Lindquist, Noosa Regional Art Gallery
- Agenda No. 39/40 November, Jenny Zimmer on Marian Drew
- 1993
- Asia-Pacific Triennale of Contemporary Art Catalogue, Qld Art Gallery ,Claire Williamson
- Courier Mail, March 31, Arts Review, Richard Waller
- 1992
- Southern Crossings / Empty Land in the Australian Image Camerawork, London. August 1992 Exhibition catalogue. ISBN 1 87 1103 05 3.
- Eyeline Autumn, No. 18. Marian Drew interviewed by Alexandria McClintoc and cover image.
- Art and Australia – Public Gallery p/100.
- 1991
- Qld Education Dept – Three Artists. Interview and demonstration of work process. 45 mins video.
- Fragmentation and Fabrication – Recent Australian Photography. Exhibition Catalogue. Julie Robinson. Art Gallery of South Australia.
- Interior Architecture, Issue 28, Pp 134-37.
- Marian Drew written by Anna Johnson
- Fertile Ground, Griffith University Collection Exhibition.
- Sunday Sun, August 11, Carol Haffke.
- Courier Mail, August 13, Michael Richards.1990
- Sydney Morning Herald, October 12, Lynnette Fern.
- Marian Drew – New York Series, Exhibition Catalogue,
- Essay by Claire Williamson and interview by Jay YoungerQCA
- Sunday Arts Review, ABC Television, June 2, Interview and review of work.
- Art and Australia, Spring Issue, Public Gallery, p. 55.
- Eyeline, Exhibition review, Brett Goodman, Issue 13, p. 48.
- 1989
- Qld Art Gallery, Floor Talk and paper by Claire Williamson.
- Marian Drew and Cindy Sherman (Comparisons).
- 1987
- Moments in Qld Contemporary Art, Exhibition Catalogue. Sue Smith, Qld Art Gallery.
- Courier Mail, August 16, November 12, Bruce Muirhead.
- Courier Mail, July 3, November 9, Phyllis Woolcock.
- Courier Mail, August 5, George Petlin.
- Eyeline, Image and Text, Bruce Muirhead, Issue 3.
- 1986
- Interviews with Nine Queensland Artists Booklet, G. Coulter-Smith, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
- Photofile, Summer Edition, “Occlusion”, G. Coulter-Smith.
- 1985
- FNAC (Fonds National D’Art Contemporain) Press Release, Carol Naggar “Photographices en Coloeur”, FNAC, Paris.
- Marian Drew – Europa Auf Dem Stier. Kassel Gesamthochschule Publik. July 17.
- 1983
- Sydney Morning Herald, Max Dupain, December 20.
Published Writing by Marian Drew
- 2000
- Exhibition ‘Keep Passing The Open Windows’ Photographs by Angela Blakley catalogue essay
- 1994
- Agenda No. 36 May, Marian Drew ‘The (Ir)relevance of Photojournalism’ Melbourne University
- 1992
- Nascent Foreword in exhibition catalogue Graduating students Photography Qld College of Art, Griffith University.
