The Samstag Alumni
The 2005 Anne & Gordon Samstag
International Visual Arts Scholarships
Mikala Dwyer | Michael Graeve | Michael Kutschbach | Viveka Marksjo | Edward Wright | Jemima Wyman |
The great shadow of Modernism casts itself across all these works, as it casts itself over everything else. It is quite inescapable. Here, the phenomenon of Modernism is both revered - as is evident in the artists' use of materials, tools and techniques that carry an aura of sleek modernity - and decried......Modernism is (or was) a hydra-headed monster and these artists, like most of those who set out to escape it, end up by paying it homage. It is, after all, the only reference point we have, for better or for worse, and we construct Modernism in a multitude of ways, each according to our own needs.
Peter Timms
from his Samstag catalogue essay;
Art in an Age of Anxiety
| Michael Graeve Born 1971, Melbourne, Victoria |
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| 2005 | Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA |
| 2004 | Master of Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne |
| 2000 | Bachelor of Arts (Media Arts), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne |
| 1996 | Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Honours), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne |
0,16,33,45,78 2004
installation and sound performances (studio view)
variable dimensions
© the artist
ICNIIN 2003
installation of loudspeakers, amplifiers, microphones and air conditioning duct: VCA Gallery, Melbourne
variable dimensions
© the artist
p&s 2003
oil on cotton
4 panels each 31cm x 152 cm
5 panels each 31cm x 122 cm
© the artist