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Artist Statement:
You might say I am a
post-postmodernist, my art is
eclectic, I borrow from
contemporary electronic media
and from the past to create
new digital images. The images
I create I call ‘BODYSCAPES’,
that is, landscapes of the
human body and it's social
condition.
These BODYSCAPES are created
in the computer through a
process where photographic
images of the human body,
either photographed by the
artist or sourced and collaged
from the public domain, are
transformed into a simulated
landscape that is richly
varied in form and texture, in
essence a virtual 3D matrix
populated with simulated
organic forms which in part
are influenced by Bill
Brandt’s enigmatic figures in
the landscape and Man Ray’s
experiments with light and
form.
These landscapes of the body,
while synthetic, deliberately
remind the viewer of forms and
textures from the natural
world but at the same time
confound with unexpected
surrealism prompting questions
like, where is the light
coming from? Is it a body part
or a rock form?
So BODYSCAPES are about
landscapes in and of the body,
this concerns both form and
meaning encompassing social
politics as well as politics
of the body. In other words I
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Artist Exhibitions:
Born 1951 in Melbourne, B.App
Sc. RMIT 1973, Dip Art &
Design, Prahran CAE 1980,
(studied sculpture under John
Davis & David Wilson,
photography under Athol Shmith
& film with Paul Cox), Dip Ed.
Charles Darwin Univerity.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS - NEIL
HOWE
1979-80 Performance events by
The Collective at Melba Hall,
Melbourne ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Numerous private collections
in Australia, USA, South
America, Republic of South
Africa and Europe.
National Film & Sound Archive,
Australia.
State Library of Victoria.
University of South Australia
Library.
Queensland State Library.
Library in London, UK
National Library of Australia.
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Commissions:
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