The origin of the coconut
on the right. I swim with the sharks was on the opposite
wall.
Louise Martin-Chew - The Australian 5/4/2002
Visual art
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Mostyn Bramley-Moore
Brisbane City Gallery
Everyday life and
other abstratctions
"An exhibition of John Pilger's selected photographs (Reporting
the World) in some ways provides a perfect foil for Mostyn Bramley-Moore's
abstracted paintings. Pilger's photographs are so busy, crowded
and ego-ridden that they render Bramley-Moore's quiet, contemplative
view of the world all the more remarkable. These are very good
works, made even better by their context.
Bramley-Moore - painter, career academic and professor and director
of the Queensland College of Art - deserves to be better known for
his consistently subtle, meditative paintings. This exhibition
represents 14 years of work from 1987 and is the first survey of his
art, depite almost 25 years of individual exhibitions in locations
ranging from New York to the UK and, of course, Australia. Given
the subtlety of the work, its lack of big-bangs-for-your-buck sensibility,
this may be unsurprising in a world where noise often gets you ther
first.
At 50, Bramley-Moore is a distinguished younger member among Australia's
spectrum of abstract painters, up there with the likes of Alan Mitelman
and Jon Plapp, and following a more narrative path than that of fellow
abstractionists Victor Majzner and Michal Johnson. If the examples
selected for this show are typical, he has chosen neither the huge
canvas nor a flashy style."
"Tuesdays and Thursdays seems to point to the everyday experience
that Bramley-Moore claims as motivation and inspiration for the work.
However, look in vain for personal detail. These are observations,
enjoyments, of the natural wold, abstracts with recognisable elements
and inspirations. At the same time they look inwards."
"The work is cumulative,
building on what has gone before. In commercial shows, drawn
from a period of about two years, the subtlety of Bramley-Moore's
work may suggest more similarities than differences, a snapshot rather
than a more extended portrait.
This format of exhibition, with its 14-year view, gives a much greater
sense of what the artist is capable of. Bramley-Moore is an
accomplished abstract painter with conceptual depth, no parading grand
statements or a large ego, and his work has a resilience that brings
it back to mind after it has gone out of sight."
MOSTYN BRAMLEY-MOORE
Born 25 February 1952 in Wollongong, NSW
Biography
1972-74 Bachelor of Arts, Sydney University
1975-77 Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, New York
1977-78 Artist-in -Residence, Power Studio, Cite Internationale des
Arts, Paris
1978-79 Taught at Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education, Victoria
1980 Fellowship, University of St Andrew's, Scotland
1982. Smithsonian Fellow, Hirshhorn Museum (Smithsonian Institute) and
Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
1983-84 Lecturer, Ballarat CAE, Victoria
1985 Senior Lecturer in Painting, Northern Rivers CAE, Lismore, New
South Wales
1991-96 Associate Professor in Visual Arts, Southern Cross University,
Lismore
1995 Visiting Professor of Art, University of Hawaii
1997-99 Dean, School of Art, Victorian College of the Arts, University
of Melbourne
1999- Director, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
Solo exhibitions
2003
Red Diaries, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2002
Tuesdays and Thursdays, Brisbane City Gallery
2001
Weather, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Recent Studies and Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2000
Travel Notes, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1999
Amalon, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Cities, Storms, Floods, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1997
The Idea:Ocean, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1996
Being on an Island: Recent Paintings Delaney Gallery, Perth
1995
Paintings and Drawings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Solomon, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Drawings, Delaney Gallery, Perth
1994
Diary, Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
1993
Port of Shadows, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Recent Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1992
Around the Room, Delaney Gallery, Perth
1991
Cycles of Water, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Two Preoccupations, Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
1990
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1989
Water and Night, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
Watters Gallery, Sydney
Night Milburn + Arte Galleries, Brisbane
1988
Paintings & Works on Paper, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1987
Paintings and Drawings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
1986
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
1985
Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1984
Gallery Fifty-Two, Perth
1983
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1982-83
All About Rain, MacRobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling and Crawford
Centre for the Arts, University of St Andrew's, Scotland; Shetland Islands
Museum
1982
Gallery Fifty Two, Perth
All About Rain, New South Wales House, London
1981
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1979
Watters Gallery, Sydney
1977
Pratt Institute, New York
Lotus Gallery, New York
Selected group exhibitions
1972 Woollahra Galleries (annual exhibition CAS) Sydney
1973 Project Show, CAS Gallery, Sydney
1974 Hogarth Galleries (CAS annual exhibition) Sydney
1976 Pratt Institute (graduate student exhibition) New York
1978 Towards a Local Art, Latrobe Vallery Arts Centre, Victoria
1978-79 Artists' Books/Bookworks, Ewing and George Paton Gallery, University
of Melbourne; Experimental
Art Foundation, Adelaide; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; Los Angeles
Institute of Contemporary Art; Franklin Furnace, New York
1979 Hand Coloured Photographs, University of Sydney
Stock Show, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1981 Seoul International Print Biennale, National Museum of Modern Art,
Korea
1982 Barking Dog Invitational, Barking Dog Museum, New York
1983 Animal Imagery in Contemporary Art, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery;
Bendigo Art Gallery; Wollongong City Art Gallery
Drawings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Artists in Residence, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
1984 9th International Exhibition of Drawings, Museum of Modern Art,
Rijeka, Yugoslavia
Survey '84, Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Still Life, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Some Quieter Statements, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Middle Earth, South Australian & Victorian regional galleries
Eight Local Artists, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
1985 The Challenge of the Landscape, Watters Gallery, Sydney
In All Directions, Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Small Works, Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
1986 A First Look: Phillip Morris Arts Grant Purchases 1983-86 Australian
National Gallery, Canberra
Landscape and Beyond, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
37 Artists 37 Works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Works from Stock, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Nustart, Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Visual Spaces, Gallery Fifty Two, Perth
1986-87 The Challenge of the Landscape, New England Regional Art Gallery,
New South Wales
1987 Australia on Paper, Queensland regional galleries
Chicago Art Fair, Gillian Jason Gallery, London
1988 A New Generation, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Degrees of Abstraction, Milburn + Arte, Brisbane
Tamworth Environs, Tamworth City Gallery and New England Regional Art
Museum, Armidale
Invitation Art Purchase Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
First Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Landmarks (Contemporary Perspective in the Local Product), Lismore Regional
Art Gallery
Gold Coast City Invitation Art Prize, Gold Coast Regional Gallery
9x5 Mail, Gold Coast Regional Gallery
A Strange Selection of Sea Pictures, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1989 A Touch of Black, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Heidelberg and Heritage, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
Portrait of a Gallery, Watters Gallery 25th Anniversary Exhibition,
touring 8 regional centres until 1991
Key Works 1968 - 1988, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
David Rankin and Mostyn Bramley-Moore, Marina Meucke Gallery, Cairns
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1990 10 x 10, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
Works from Stock, Watters Gallery, Sydney
By the Sea, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Works from Stock, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building,
Melbourne
Works on Paper: 40 artists - 40 works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Icons, Lismore Regional Gallery
Summer Exhibition No.6, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1991 Objects of Fascination, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Contemporary Gippsland Artists, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers
Paradise
Doors, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
SHE: Portrayals of Woman, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1992 Contemporary Australian Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Landscape, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane
Abstract: The Non-Objective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
Just Looking, Eagle Street Pier Exhibition Space, Brisbane
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1993 Alumni International, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York
Wynne Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Le Cose Italiane (with Ted Snell), Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Artright in the Public Eye, The School of Arts, Brisbane
Summer Exhibition No.8, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1994 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building,
Melbourne
Treasures from the Art Trail, Regional Galleries Association of New
South Wales
Water & References, XX Space, Lismore
30th Anniversary Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1995 A Centre of Culture: artists and Ballarat art schools, 1870 to
1995, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Machined, Southern Cross University Art Museum and regional galleries
Ironside, New England Regional Art Museum benefit exhibition at the
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu
Recent Small Works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1996 The Usual Suspects, Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Faces, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Into Darkness, Southern Cross University Art Museum
Transported, University of Humberside, UK
Artists' Books + Multiples Fair, Brisbane
A Special Exhibition of Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1997 Stories Blown by the Wind, Gallery Kaze, Fukuoka, Japan
Works from Stock, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1998 The Mentors, works by the six deans of the VCA School of Art, The
George Adams Gallery, Melbourne
Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1999 Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
2000 Summer Exhibition, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Fukuoka International Exhibition, Acurosu Fukuoka Gyarari, Kyushu, Japan
Abstract paintings Derived from the Landscape, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Selected Works, Watters Gallery, Sydney
Sixth Contemporary Australian Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2001/02 Archival Oils (part of 16th Summer Exhibition), Watters Gallery,
Sydney
2002 Large Paintings, Watters Gallery, Sydney
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Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria
Queensland Art Gallery
Artbank
Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
Stanthorpe Regional Gallery
Brisbane City Gallery
Allen Allen & Hemsley
Pratt Institute, New York
Baker & McKenzie
State Insurance Office of Western Australia
Waikato Museum of Art & History, Hamilton, New Zealand
State Government Insurance Office of Western Australia
Gold Coast City Gallery
New England Regional Art Museum
University of Southern Queensland
Lismore Regional Art Gallery
Ipswich Regional Art Gallery
Western Mining Corporation
Macquarie Bank
Southern Cross University
NRMA
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