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FAKEOLOGY : The work of Stuart Elliott 1964-2004

FAKEOLOGY : The work of Stuart Elliott 1964-2004

Bromfield, David
ISBN: 0975194704 Categories: ,

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AUSTRALIAN ART West Australiana  –

Stuart Elliott has contributed significantly to the visual arts in Western Australia for four decades, as a painter, sculptor, lecturer, curator and writer. In 2010, he was honoured with an Artsource Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2013 was selected as the third commissioned artist for The Syndicate, and in 2023 he is celebrated in a major survey show at Mundaring Arts Centre.Stuart is an active exhibitor and educator, both locally and internationally, and works on various public, private, and corporate commissions. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture) gained in 1980, and his sculptures and paintings are held in prestigious collections around the world.‘The iconographic elements of Stuart Elliott’s work are applied across much of his oeuvre, particularly in the format of works and custom-built frames and special tables for the display of his work.

His treatment of the figure is a stand-out feature in that they are almost exclusively clad from head to toe in some form of PPE (personal protective equipment) – like icons for a place where humanity is constantly at risk from its own endeavours.

The people and desolate landscapes in his works anticipate the impending industrial wasteland that much better represent our Western Australian civilisation than the romantic remains of rural Australia celebrated in the mythology underpinning much Australian art.’
Dr Duncan McKay, 2022 (abridged)

The works collectively attest to the artist’s oeuvre and unique making strategy dubbed ‘fakeology’, which applies to making museological hybrids; a blend of historical references and personal psychohistory coupled with an imaginative investigation of Western Australian material culture.

pp. 184 illusts First Edition #240126 SCARCE

(Small closed tear to top of spine cover.)

Additional Information

AuthorBromfield, David
Number of pages184
PublisherBrown Art Consultants, East Perth
Year Published2004
Binding Type

Softcover
Book Condition

Very Good +

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