George Gittoes: 30 Years—Long Journey

25 October — 9 November 2007

High profile, award winning Australian artist, George Gittoes has been making the headlines for over thirty years. He was a founding artist of "The Yellow House", Sydney, a pioneer in the fields of holography, art and technology, photography as art, performance art, environmental theatre and has been internationally recognised for his art and film. His paintings and multi media installations have been exhibited in the USA, Germany, Russia, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Middle East, South Africa, and Australia.

In the course of his forty years of global wanderings, Gittoes has chronicled his unique artistic visions in diaries, film, photography, drawing, painting, and etchings. In his mature works, George Gittoes looks at the world and contemplates the forces of unity and division. 

This exhibition features previously unshown major oil works, from the artist’s studio, and a selection of smaller oils, and drawings where key Gittoes icons are explored  – the Night Vision character, artist self-portraits, the 'three cups of life' theme, and the few remaining works from  his 1998 China residency.

The Yellow House period oils (1970-71) are on themes of inner and outer contemplations/influences at that time on the twenty-year-old artisthis hero, Vincent Van Gogh—troubled by inner strife, enlightened by intense visual sensitivity, dedicating a life to art—and the Vietnam War: which troubled the artist’s generation deeply, and made them question war.

Most of the works Gittoes produced during his residency at 'The Beijing Art Academy' in 1998 were acquired at that time by international collectors. 

This is a timely exhibition of Gittoes’ paintings, which allow collectors to see the roots and meaning of the artist’s vision. It makes sense of his many journeys around the globe in search of subjects and  images, and his unique ability to understand metaphor, image, popular culture, and currents of change, to create significant works about our times.

Gabrielle Dalton
2007

 

\ Exhibition featured works

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Afghan Warrior

2002 \ Oil on canvas \ 75.5x60.5cm

SOLD

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Angel of Baghdad

1991 \ Ink on paper \ 73x56.5cm

SOLD

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Blind Fortune (China)

1998 \ Oil on canvas \ 133x100cm

SOLD

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Crossroads

2005 \ Oil on canvas \ 198x310cm

POA Sold

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Disney World Afghanistan

2002 \ Oil on canvas \ 213x292cm

POA Sold

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Hand of God

2004 \ Pencil & coloured pencil on paper \ 73.5x58.2cm

SOLD

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Melting Pot

2005 \ Ink on Stafford Bristol paper \ 58.5x73.5cm

SOLD

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Melting Pot

2007 \ Oil on canvas \ 134x177cm

SOLD

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Night Vision

1993 \ Oil on canvas \ 101x86cm

SOLD

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Nourishment (Yellow House period)

1970 \ Oil on canvas \ 59.5x70cm

Statistics

2007 \ Ink on paper \ 70.5x72.5cm

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Statistics

1972 \ Oil on canvas \ 46x61.5cm

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The Haircut - Self Portrait (China)

1998 \ Oil on canvas \ 122x152cm

SOLD

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The System

1971 \ Ink on paper \ 60x46cm

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The Time

2007 \ Oil on canvas \ 120x150cm

SOLD

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The Yellow Bath (Study - Yellow House period)

1971 \ Watercolour on paper \ 20x22.5cm

SOLD

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Vietnam (Yellow House period)

1971-72 \ Oil on canvas \ 101.5x71.5cm

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Vincent with Sunflowers

2004 \ Oil on canvas \ 90.5x59.5cm

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War Study 1

2007 \ Oil on canvas \ 35x45cm

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War Study 2

2007 \ Oil on canvas \ 35x45cm

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War Study 3

2007 \ Oil on canvas \ 35x45cm

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When it's over

1971 \ Oil on canvas \ 61x92.5cm

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Yellow Bath

1971 \ Oil on canvas \ 108x105cm

SOLD

\ Other exhibitions

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21 March — 6 April 2024

PEOPLE,

Group Exhibition

29 February — 16 March 2024

Jonathan Dalton

MELBOURNE ART FAIR

22 February — 25 February 2024

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