Tony Lloyd (artist)

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Tony Lloyd
Born
Anthony Lloyd

1970 (age 53–54)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationContemporary artist
Known forPainter

Anthony Lloyd (born 1970) is an Australian contemporary artist.

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Early life and education

Lloyd was born in 1970 in Melbourne. [1]

He acquired a master's degree in fine arts at RMIT University in 2000. [2]

Art practice

Lloyd's paintings are influenced by cinema, [3] in particular film noir and science fiction, [4] and the Romantic conception of the sublime. [5] Lloyd's largely monochromatic paintings are realist in style.

His work depicts a wide range of subject matter from mountain landscapes [6] to film noir vistas of highways at night. [7] History and science fiction are recurring themes. [4] In the December 2009 edition of Australian Art Collector , critic Ashley Crawford wrote, "Lloyd’s work clearly encapsulates a strange crossover between popular and high culture – there are times when his work finds the meeting point between Von Guerard and Von Daniken." [8]

Curator Simon Gregg stated, "Often the works will speak of the future without implicitly describing anything that is futuristic. While at the same time the suggest a distant past, tinged with the faint melancholic wisp of nostalgia. Which heralds one of Lloyd's great contradictions and enduring points of interest: his works are insistently of the here and now – placing us squarely in the present moment of experience- but speak of time immemorial; of all time". [9]

Awards

Lloyd is the winner of the 2012 John Leslie Art Prize, a prestigious award for landscape painting for his painting, Expanded Sphere. [10] [11]

He has been a finalist for other awards, such as the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize and the Arthur Guy Prize at the Bendigo Art Gallery. [2]

Exhibitions

Lloyd's art has been showcased internationally in places such as Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Melbourne and London. [2] Exhibitions include:

Collections

Lloyd's work is in the public collections of the State Library of Victoria [16] and Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale. [17]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tegart, L: Depth of Field page 26 Exhibition catalogue Shepparton Art Gallery 2003. ISBN   0 9577065 7 X
  2. 1 2 3 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ Leach, S: Mountains of Madness, page 207. Australian Art Collector Issue 50 December 2009.
  4. 1 2 Crawford, A: Mountains of Madness, page 204. Australian Art Collector Issue 50 December 2009.
  5. ↑ Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 3. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. ISBN   978-0-9806306-4-0
  6. ↑ Williams, L: Heat: Art and Climate Change page 12 Exhibition catalogue RMIT Gallery 2008. ISBN   97809803679 4 2
  7. ↑ Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 4. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. ISBN   978-0-9806306-4-0
  8. ↑ Crawford, A: Mountains of Madness, page 206. Australian Art Collector , Issue 50 (December 2009).
  9. ↑ Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways, page 21. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. ISBN   978-0-9806306-4-0
  10. ↑ "Worthy winner". Gippsland Times . Archived from the original on 30 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Artist extends his own 'sphere of influence'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation .
  12. ↑ Holtrop, F Het Filmische Landschap, Oneindige Landschappen Exhibition Catalogue 2004
  13. ↑ Williams, L: Heat: Art and Climate Change Exhibition catalogue RMIT Gallery 2008. ISBN   97809803679 4 2
  14. ↑ Gregg, S: Tony Lloyd. Lost Highways. Exhibition catalogue Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale 2009. ISBN   978-0-9806306-4-0
  15. ↑ Nash, E: Tony Lloyd. High Plains Drift. Exhibition catalogue Benalla Art Gallery 2023. https://benallaartgallery.com.au/tony-lloyd-high-plains-drift/
  16. ↑ State Library of Victoria Online Catalogue https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/1sev8ar/alma9919769973607636
  17. ↑ Gippsland Art Gallery Online Catalogue https://www.gippslandartgallery.com/collections/expanded-sphere-2012-033/
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