Mark Titmarsh (born 1955) is a contemporary Australian painter.[1] His work involves permutations of painting, sculpture, installation, screen media, performance and writing [citation needed] . In 2017, he published a book called Expanded Painting.[2] [why?]
Work
editDuring the early 1980s Titmarsh was a key figure[according to whom?] in the underground Super 8 film scene [citation needed]. He produced a number of film projects in Super 8 [citation needed], and in 1982, with Ross Gibson, Lindy Lee, Deirdre Beck and Janet Burchill, formed the Super 8 Collective, who together staged the 3rd Sydney Super 8 Film Festival at the Chauvel Cinema, Paddington, Sydney [3]
Following the 1983 festival, The Sydney Super 8 Film Group, with Titmarsh the sole continuing member from the previous year, was formed and continued to organise and stage festivals[which?], publish film readers[which?] and tour programs of film[which?] throughout the 1980s.[3] [specify]
During this period Titmarsh was a prolific film artist[according to whom?].[4] His work as a painter was included in Australian Perspecta 1989[5][6] and his film work[example needed] was shown in Australian Perspecta 1986.[7]
In the 1990s he co-founded the Sydney-based artist's run initiative Art Hotline[8] exhibiting weekly one day exhibitions of ephemeral works in non-gallery everyday sites[example needed]. He is the editor of an eponymously titled book[9] documenting the 3-year life of the project.
His current practice gathered under the term ‘expanded painting’,[10] involves deconstructing traditional conventions of painting based on canvas, brush, and stretcher and replacing them with other materials including contemporary devices and post-industrial services[example needed].
Exhibitions
editTitmarsh's exhibition history comprises Australian and international exhibitions[citation needed]. It includes the Pompidou Centre, Paris, France[11][verification needed] and the Ionion Centre for Art and Culture, Greece.[12] He has held exhibitions at commercial galleries including Roslyn Oxley, Sydney, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia and Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne[citation needed].
A monograph about his work, titled, The Thing,[13] was written by Cameron Tonkinwise, and published by Artspace. Sydney, in 2006.
Collections
editTitmarsh's works are held in museums and private and corporate collections in Australia, Europe and the United States [citation needed]. These include:
- The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia[14][verification needed]
- The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia[15]
- The National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra, Australia [citation needed]
Recognition
editTitmarsh was awarded the Grace Cossington Art Award in 2016[16] and The Lake Macquarie Regional Art Prize in 1989.[17]
Bibliography
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- Cameron Tonkinwise, “A Sense of Things not Being There: Writing about Mark Titmarsh’s “The Thing” in relation to the Thinking of Martin Heidegger”, The Thing, Artist Monograph, Artspace. Sydney, 2006 [citation needed]
- Ashley Crawford, Directory of Australian Art, Craftsman House, Fishermans Bend, 2006, ISBN 0975196537
- Andrew Frost, “Intelligent Dolphins: From Metaphysical TV to Remix Culture”, SynCity Catalgoue, dLux Media Arts, Sydney, 2006
- Barrett Hodsdon, Straight Roads and Crossed Lines, The Quest for Film Culture in Australia, Bernt Porridge, Perth, 2001 [citation needed]
- Adrian Martin, “Film and Video of the 1980s” in What is Appropriation? Rex Butler (ed.), IMA, Brisbane, 1996, ISBN 1875792120
- Allan McCulloch, The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 1994 [citation needed]
- Max Germaine, "Mark Titmarsh", Dictionary of Australian Galleries and Artists, Volume 2, 1991 [citation needed]
- Michael Hutak, "Yes and No - An Interview with Mark Titmarsh", Tension, October 1989
- Adrian Martin, “Indefinite Objects” in Albert Moran and Tom O’Regan (eds.), The Australian Screen, Penguin, Sydney, 1989 [citation needed]
- Edward Colless, “Virtually There: Super 8”, Australian Perspecta 1985 Catalogue, Art Gallery of NSW, October 1985 [citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Search results for the term: Titmarsh, Mark | The Scheding Index of Australian Art and Artists | Art Research". artresearch.com.au.
- ^ "Expanded Painting". Bloomsbury Publishing.
- ^ a b "RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 77 - d/Lux & the super history of super 8 in sydney". www.realtimearts.net. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Mark Titmarsh | Scanlines". scanlines.net. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Trove". Trove. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ https://daaouat.library.unsw.edu.au/bio/event/australian-perspecta-1989/
- ^ Wales, Art Gallery of New South (5 March 1981). "Australian perspecta : a biennial survey of contemporary Australian art". Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales – via Trove.
- ^ "Art Hotline :: Biography at :: At Design and Art Australia Online".
- ^ Titmarsh, Mark (5 March 1996). "Art hotline : 1992-1995". Sydney : Art Hotline – via Trove.
- ^ "Expanded Painting". Art Guide Australia.
- ^ http://www.festivalpocketfilms.fr/spip.php?article590 [dead link]
- ^ "SEA(S) Arts – PRIZES | SEA(S)".
- ^ The Thing : fluorescent string, tinted resin and video. Artspace Visual Arts Centre. 5 March 2006. ISBN 9781920781262.
- ^ "NGA collection search results". artsearch.nga.gov.au.
- ^ "Works by Mark Titmarsh :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
- ^ "GCS Gallery". Archived from the original on 15 February 2017.
- ^ "20 Century".