Diena Georgetti

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Diena Georgetti (born 1966) [1] is an Australian contemporary artist born in Alice Springs, Australia and currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Her works have been displayed in galleries across Australia, including the National Gallery of Victoria, [2] the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane and the Art Gallery of South Australia. [3] She was selected for inclusion in the National Gallery of Australia's Know My Name exhibition 2021-22. [4]

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In 2021, her 2020 painting Ampersand was awarded the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize. [5]

Career

Georgetti held her first individual and group exhibitions in Brisbane in 1986. [3]

In 1989, she received critical attention for her early series of blackboard paintings after they were exhibited in the Institute of Modern Art, and later at the Biennale of Sydney in 1992. [6] The blackboards featured words or phrases scrawled across the blackboards, sometimes elegantly and sometimes chaotically and awkwardly, and were exhibited together in clusters of works. [6] The words Georgetti used were German and Latinate, and often resembled English words that were suggestive in nature. [6]

In 2008, Georgetti was the focus of major survey exhibition, The Humanity of Abstract Painting. [3] The exhibition displayed a diverse range of Georgetti's works from 1988 to 2008, [3] taken from various public and private collections from throughout Australia and New Zealand. [3]

Style

Georgetti's style has been described as part idealist and part surrealist [7] and represents a diverse array of artistic styles. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Miller, Nick (2021-06-01). "The reclusive Melbourne artist who's mashing up a storm". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  2. ↑ "Diena Georgetti". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Art, Monash University Museum of (2022-02-09). "Diena Georgetti: The Humanity of Abstract Painting 1988 - 2008". Monash University Museum of Art. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  4. ↑ "Diena Georgetti". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  5. ↑ "Georgetti's work wins Geelong contemporary art prize". Geelong Times. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  6. 1 2 3 Brisbane, Institute of Modern Art. "Diena Georgetti". Institute of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  7. ↑ "StackPath". learning.qagoma.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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