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Artist Statement:
Annemarie Murland: Artist
Statement: A Long Road Home an
exhibition of works of art for
the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy, Fine Art.
Embedded within the structure
and surface of these works of
art are the remnants of past
and present landscapes and the
after memory of lives long
gone. Characterised by paint
upon surface, I hear the
sounds of time past in this
illusory space where a deep
connectedness to my home
space, Glasgow continues to
flourish. In silent reverie I
still smell the rain as it
mingles with the fragments of
detritus that lie casually
upon and in between the tar
macadam that borders my
childhood playground, Glasgow
Green. It is in temporal
space where memory and reality
embrace, attaching like
electricity to the surface of
the picture plane that once
again, I am home. [A Long
Road Home, Annemarie Murland
2009]
A personal experience of
migration provides the content
for this research and
exhibition titled A Long Road
Home. Narratives of identity,
displacement and loss, common
to the migrant experience are
translated within an abstract
visual context to describe a
felt experience. As concept
and inspiration for both the
works on paper and the
paintings, memory and ...
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Artist Reviews:
“Knitting was a form of
writing for Annemarie
Murlands’s mother, Agnes. She
wrote the family history in
striped jumpers and plaid
blankets and Murland remembers
clearly the year her mother
taught her to knit – the new
skill felt just like learning
another language. These days
abstraction is the language...
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Collections:
The University of Newcastle
Collection
A Long Road Home, oil
on canvas, 140x110x15cm
The University of Newcastle
Collection
Big Red, oil on canvas,
200x200cm, 2008
Hunter Valley Private
Hospital, Newcastle
Three Colours, oil on canvas,
140x120cm, 2005
Maitland Regional Art Gallery,
Maitland
Beyond Blue, oil on canvas,
180x90cm, 2003
Various ...
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Annemarie Murland:
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Solo Exhibitions
2009 A Long Road Home, the University of Newcastle Gallery, Newcastle
2008 Lost in Translation, John Miller Galleries, Newcastle,
2006 All That You Leave Behind, John Miller Galleries, Newcastle
2005 Going Home, Watt Space Student Gallery, Newcastle
Three Colours, John Miller Galleries, Newcastle
2004 Chapters of the Lost and Found, Watt Space Student Gallery,
Selected Group Shows
2009 Arousing Newcastle, Art Systems Gallery, Wickham
2008 Xmas Exhibition, Cross Bay Gallery, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney
2008 Mate 08, Newcastle Community Arts Centre, Newcastle
2008 Pretty Little Things, Back to Back Gallery, Bull St, Newcastle
2008 Big and Small, SOFA Gallery, the University of Newcastle
2008 Landscape, SOFA Gallery, the University of Newcastle
2008 The Wailing Wall, Watt Space Student Gallery, Newcastle
2008 Mates, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle
2007 Desideratum, Watt Space Student Gallery, Newcastle
2007 Green, the John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle
2007 Ten Ant Art Exhibition, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle
2007 WOW: Women on Women, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle
2006 Pandora’s Box, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle
2006 Hatched 06, Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
2006 18 Takes, Watt Space Student Gallery, Newcastle
2005 The Art of the Three Amigos & friends, Wollombi Cultural Centre,
Newcastle
2005 Interleaf, Eden Gardens, North Ryde, Sydney,
2005 Art Exhibition, Bay Constructions, Newcastle
2004 Summer, John Miller Galleries, Newcastle
2004 Yellow & Blue, Watt Space Student Gallery, Newcastle
2004 Empowering Body & Mind, Watt Space Student Gallery, Newcastle
Centre
2003 Eclectic, Tighes Hill Gallery, Newcastle
2003 Challenging Boundaries, The Conservatorium of Music, Newcastle
2003 Alternate Realities, Watt Space Student Gallery, Newcastle
2003 Surface Tension, Watt Space Student Gallery, Newcastle
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