Tony Clark: Artist Talk

Join artist Tony Clark to hear about Unsculpted – a multifaceted overview of his practice, on view at Buxton Contemporary.

The talk will be accompanied by a slideshow offering insight into the artist’s references and influences from histories of art, architecture and the decorative arts. Follow the development of Clark’s distinct visual language and the trajectory his practice has taken over four decades.

Purchase your copy of the exhibition catalogue from Buxton Contemporary bookshop, with the artist signing copies after the talk.

This is a free event, all are welcome.

About Tony Clark:

Tony Clark was born in 1954 in Canberra and grew up in London and Rome. He emerged as an artist in Melbourne in the early 1980s, where he was a pivotal figure in the experimental art and post-punk music scenes, and became known for his distinctive approach to painting. In a career spanning over five decades, Tony Clark has exhibited extensively, nationally and internationally. His first exhibition was with Art Projects Melbourne in 1982. In 1992, he represented Australia in Documenta IX, the prestigious contemporary art exhibition held every five years in Kassel, Germany. In 1998, a major retrospective of his work, Tony Clark: Public and Private Paintings 1982–1998, was held at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne. In 1994 Clark won the $30,000 John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize. He has recently produced a series of large scale, site-specific paintings in conjunction with performances by Shelley Lasica in Sicily, Germany and Australia. His work is included in numerous public collections in Australia, including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; QAGOMA, Brisbane and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.   

(Image: Tony Clark, Jasperware (Landscape) 1993, acrylic on canvas. The University of Melbourne Art Collection. The Michael Buxton Collection)