Peter Atkins

Paintings 2002-2005
7 July to 3 August 2005

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As the title of the exhibition suggests, this is a show of (mostly larger) paintings selected from years 2000 to 2005, including new paintings never before exhibited.  The artist will deliver a gallery floor talk about the exhibition and answer questions.
 
Melbourne based artist Peter Atkins (b.1963-) studied at the National Art School, Sydney, and was awarded a scholarship between 1985-87 which allowed him to travel extensively through Asia, the Middle East and Europe.  Since this time, he has continued to travel widely, compiling 'visual diaries' that provide the source material for many of his painted works.  These diaries consist of ordered displays of his collections of various found objects and images, usually mundane and discarded materials, such as bread tags, button, shards of crockery, etc.   
 
By its nature, the collection consists of repetition of form and through Atkins arrangement or imposed structure in his diaries, it develops into pattern and decoration guided by a strong abstract aesthetic.  Be it his visual diaries or his final painted works, his handling of the discarded matter of daily existence sees it transcend its ordinariness into stimulating and highly collectable works of art.
 
Peter Atkins is an important representative of Australian art in the international arena. He was sole Australian representative and gold medal recipient at the VIII Triennale-India in 1994; he has exhibited in Australia, France, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Italy, and Spain; he was awarded an Australia Council Studio residency in Barcelona August through November 1998; in 1999 his work was featured in Five Continents and Once City, in Mexico City Gallery, curated by Gao Minglu, as well as at ARCO in Madrid.
 
Peter Atkins is represented major public and corporate collections throughout Australia.

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