Matthew Quick (artist)

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Matthew Quick
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Website matthewquick.com.au

Matthew Quick (born 1967 in Adelaide) is an Australian artist. He was a finalist for the Doug Moran Prize in 2013 and the Archibald, Wynn & Sulman Prizes, the latter administered by the Art Gallery of NSW, in 2012 and 2014. [1] [2]

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Quick's works usually consist of thematically and stylistically linked series. The series Introduced Species from 2011 inspired composer Katy Abbott's symphonic piece of the same name, and was performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 2014, [3] and he has collaborated with her on three of her CD covers. His painting Remedial Measures was purchased by Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery in New South Wales for its permanent collection after winning the Sponsor's Prize in 2013 Eutick Memorial Still Life Awards. [4]

He has painted portraits of several prominent Australians, including actresses Sigrid Thornton and Cassandra Magrath, comedians Wil Anderson and Hamish Blake, [5] and convicted lawyer Andrew Fraser. [6]

Based in Melbourne, he has had 14 solo exhibitions. His work has been included in more than 70 group shows.

He is represented by Nanda/Hobbs Contemporary in Sydney, Hill Smith Gallery in Adelaide [7] Metro Gallery in Melbourne [8] and others in London and Singapore. His work is in the collections of Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Aitken Hill Estate, and private collections throughout the world.

Work

Pure series, 2008–2010 and 2012

Picturing a series of inanimate objects against cloud-filled skyscapes, the 46 paintings employ an intensive process of applying layers of glazes to achieve their colours. The title of each painting refers to human traits and ideals: Tenacity, Humility, Freedom, and Hope being examples. And while bearing a resemblance to the work of René Magritte, it differs from Surrealism in that unexpected objects are not randomly but deliberately linked to tell specific stories and allow the viewer multiple interpretations. [9]

Monumental Nobodies series, 2012–16

Inspired by the rise and fall of various historical world empires, and the subsequent statuary left behind, this series of more than 40 oil paintings on Italian linen depict actual monuments from around the world with Quick's added twist. [10] History Is Written By the Victors is a 120-by-100 centimetre painting of Kyiv's Mother of the Motherland, a 335-foot statue made during the Soviet era which the artist notes "was just ten years old before being rendered irrelevant." [11] Quick outfits her with a plethora of satellite dishes. To the Victor Go the Spoils, is a 100-by-180 centimetre painting of the Soviet war memorial in Berlin's Tiergarten, a former pocket of East Berlin, surrounded by dumpster bins. [10] Quick visited the monument three months after the fall of the Berlin Wall [12] yet the round-the-clock security continued, for a time before being replaced by weeds. As Hungarian art and culture magazine MashKulture wrote, "The arising ironic undertone provides the perfect foundation for a revisionist take on the notions of beauty, pride, and nationalism." [10] A monograph book "Based On a True Story", published in 2015, covers 10 years of Quick's work. [13]

Prior careers

After completing a Bachelor of Design at the University of South Australia, Quick worked in Melbourne, Sydney, London and Kuala Lumpur. Early clients include World Expo 88, [14] Parliament House, Canberra, and Rio Tinto Group. He illustrated children's books [15] and wrote novels: His first was short-listed for the Vogel Literature Award in 1991.

He began collaborating with the publisher Carlos Rashid Hitam through a job with an international advertising agency. Following Carlos's death in the Highland Towers collapse, Quick was invited by Musa Hitam to run his son's Malaysia-based publishing business. Quick later founded the advertising agency, Q&A. [16] After overcoming cancer at the age of 36, Quick turned to painting.

Works as illustrator

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References

  1. ↑ "Sir John Sulman Prize 2012: Matthew Quick". Art Gallery of NSW.
  2. ↑ "Sir John Sulman Prize 2014". Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Australian Composition Post 1910: Katy Abbott Introduced Species". Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Eutick Memorial Still Life Award – EMSLA". coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ready for my close up". Daily Telegraph (Australia). 17 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Fraser puts himself in the artistic frame". TheAge.com.au. 5 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Matthew Quick: Accidental Empires". Art Collector.
  8. ↑ "Metro Gallery | Artists | Committed to showing important art by prominent established and contemporary artists". www.metrogallery.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009.
  9. ↑ Crott, Emma, "Matthew Quick: Pure Freedom" (press release), Art Equity, July 2012
  10. 1 2 3 "Matthew Quick, "Accidental Empires"". MashKulture.net. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "History Is Written by the Victors". Matthew Quick's website. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "To the Victor Go the Spoils". Matthew Quick's website. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Financial, Review. "Melbourne artist Matthew Quick brings his "statues" to Sydney" . Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Emery Vincent Design. Australia: The Images Publishing Group. 1999. pp. 42, 43. ISBN   1864700041.
  15. 1 2 Which way now? / J. Croser; M. Quick (illustrator). Magic bean. National Library of Australia. 1987. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  16. ↑ "Artabase" . Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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