The Samstag Alumni
The 1996 Anne & Gordon Samstag
International Visual Arts Scholarships
John Kelly | John R. Neeson | Nike Savvas | Kathy Temin | Angela Valamanesh
John R. Neeson's apparently orthodox representations are not entirely what they seem. Employing the mimetic strategy of trompe l'oeil, Neeson skilfully demonstrates the inexhaustible capacities of two-dimensional painting, in disciplined works of meditative power, which replicate the very sites in which they are installed.
Ross Wolfe
Director, Samstag Program
from the 1996 Samstag catalogue
Samstag's Class of '96
| JOHN R. NEESON Born 1946, Melbourne, Australia |
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| 1996 | Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship: Post Experience Program, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom |
| 1995 | Master of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia |
Third Location 1994
installation at Trades Hall studio, Melbourne
incorporating the painting Trades Hall Decoy
oil on paper, painting wood and canvas
painting 120 x 214 cm, other dimensions variable
© the artist
Trades Hall Decoy 1994
oil on canvas
120 x 214 cm
© the artist