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
| Edward Wright Born 1971, Sydney, New South Wales |
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| 2005 | Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship MFA, Goldsmiths College, London, UK |
| 2003 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) National Art School, Sydney |
| 1999 | Diploma of Fine Art, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney |
| 1993 | Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) (Honours) University of Technology Sydney |
Cold Arse 2004
gouache on paper
25 X 23 cm
© the artist
Invisible 2003
gouache on paper
18 X 18 cm
© the artist
Sweeping Snow 2003
gouache on paper
38 X 38 cm
© the artist