Mark Titmarsh

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Mark Titmarsh (born 1955) is a contemporary Australian painter. [1] His work involves permutations of painting, sculpture, installation, screen media, performance and writing [ citation needed ] . In 2017, he published a book called Expanded Painting. [2] [ why? ]

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Work

During the early 1980s Titmarsh was a key figure[ according to whom? ] in the underground Super 8 film scene [ citation needed ]. He produced a number of film projects in Super 8 [ citation needed ], and in 1982, with Ross Gibson, Lindy Lee, Deirdre Beck and Janet Burchill, formed the Super 8 Collective, who together staged the 3rd Sydney Super 8 Film Festival at the Chauvel Cinema, Paddington, Sydney [3]

Following the 1983 festival, The Sydney Super 8 Film Group, with Titmarsh the sole continuing member from the previous year, was formed and continued to organise and stage festivals[ which? ], publish film readers[ which? ] and tour programs of film[ which? ] throughout the 1980s. [3] [ specify ]

During this period Titmarsh was a prolific film artist[ according to whom? ]. [4] His work as a painter was included in Australian Perspecta 1989 [5] [6] and his film work[ example needed ] was shown in Australian Perspecta 1986. [7]

In the 1990s he co-founded the Sydney-based artist's run initiative Art Hotline [8] exhibiting weekly one day exhibitions of ephemeral works in non-gallery everyday sites[ example needed ]. He is the editor of an eponymously titled book [9] documenting the 3-year life of the project.

His current practice gathered under the term ‘expanded painting’, [10] involves deconstructing traditional conventions of painting based on canvas, brush, and stretcher and replacing them with other materials including contemporary devices and post-industrial services[ example needed ].

Exhibitions

Titmarsh's exhibition history comprises Australian and international exhibitions[ citation needed ]. It includes the Pompidou Centre, Paris, France [11] [ verification needed ] and the Ionion Centre for Art and Culture, Greece. [12] He has held exhibitions at commercial galleries including Roslyn Oxley, Sydney, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia and Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne[ citation needed ].

A monograph about his work, titled, The Thing, [13] was written by Cameron Tonkinwise, and published by Artspace. Sydney, in 2006.

Collections

Titmarsh's works are held in museums and private and corporate collections in Australia, Europe and the United States [ citation needed ]. These include:

Recognition

Titmarsh was awarded the Grace Cossington Art Award in 2016 [16] and The Lake Macquarie Regional Art Prize in 1989. [17]

Bibliography

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