Tony Lloyd (Artist)
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Tony Lloyd is an Australia
n contemporary artist. Tony was born in Melbourne
Victoria
. Lloyd's paintings are influenced by cinema
, in particular Film Noir
and Science Fiction
, and the Romantic
Sublime (philosophy)
. His largely monochromatic paintings are realist in style. Lloyd currently resides in Melbourne
, Victoria.
Museum of Art, "Oneindige landschappen" at Slot Zeist
The Netherlands in 2004 "Heat: Art and Climate Change" at RMIT Gallery
, Melbourne 2008. In 2009 Gippsland Art Gallery
, Sale
staged 'Lost Highways' a survey of the artist's work from 1998-2008. His work is in the public collections of the State Library of Victoria
and Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
.
Lloyd's paintings depict a wide range of subject matter from mountain landscapes to Film Noir
vistas of highways at night. History and Science Fiction
are also recurring themes. In the December 2009 edition of Australian Art Collector magazine, the art 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." Curator Simon Gregg states that, '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'.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n contemporary artist. Tony was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. Lloyd's paintings are influenced by cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, in particular Film Noir
Film noir
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...
and Science Fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, and the Romantic
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
Sublime (philosophy)
Sublime (philosophy)
In aesthetics, the sublime is the quality of greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual, metaphysical, aesthetic, spiritual or artistic...
. His largely monochromatic paintings are realist in style. Lloyd currently resides in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria.
Biography
Tony Lloyd's work was exhibited in "Depth of Field" 2003 at Shepparton Art Gallery Monash UniversityMonash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
Museum of Art, "Oneindige landschappen" at Slot Zeist
Zeist
Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht.-Population centres :*Austerlitz*Bosch en Duin*Den Dolder*Huis ter Heide*Zeist- The town of Zeist :...
The Netherlands in 2004 "Heat: Art and Climate Change" at RMIT Gallery
RMIT Gallery
Storey Hall is home to RMIT Gallery, a public art gallery, and is located at 342–344 Swanston Street in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the RMIT City campus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ....
, Melbourne 2008. In 2009 Gippsland Art Gallery
Gippsland Art Gallery
The Gippsland Art Gallery is a Victorian Regional Public Gallery based in Sale, Victoria, 220 kilometres east of Melbourne.The Gallery is operated by the Shire of Wellington, and is situated within the Wellington Shire Offices at the Port of Sale Civic Centre, 70 Foster Street, Sale...
, Sale
Sale, Victoria
Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...
staged 'Lost Highways' a survey of the artist's work from 1998-2008. His work is in the public collections of the State Library of Victoria
State Library of Victoria
The State Library of Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in Melbourne. It is on the block bounded by Swanston, La Trobe, Russell, and Little Lonsdale streets, in the northern centre of the central business district...
and Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
Sale, Victoria
Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...
.
Lloyd's paintings depict a wide range of subject matter from mountain landscapes to Film Noir
Film noir
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...
vistas of highways at night. History and Science Fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
are also recurring themes. In the December 2009 edition of Australian Art Collector magazine, the art 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." Curator Simon Gregg states that, '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'.
External links
- artist's page
- National Library of Australia, Lost Highways Catalogue
- National Library of Australia, World Without End Catalogue
- Interview with the Artist
- Artinfo Artist auction history
- http://www.artinfo.com.au/articles/read/there-are-more-thingsExhibition review by Sam LeachSam LeachSam Leach is an emerging Australian contemporary artist. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. Leach worked for many years in the Australian Tax Office after completion of a degree in Economics. He also completed a Diploma of Art, Bachelor of Fine Art degree and a Master of Fine Art degree at...
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