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Biography
Greg Ades
After a journey into the gibber littered plains north of Woomera in 2002 my work has explored narratives contained within the interaction of objects in the Australian landscape resulting in further journeys into remote parts of the country.
In the Tarkine, a young sassafras seedling grows beside a fern for protection from passing animals. As it grows the roots of the sassafras attach to the fern eventually taking hold and engulfing its protector. As the tree matures its roots take hold in the ground and it no longer needs the fern for support.
Born: 1958 Melbourne
Master of Fine Art, 2010, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University
Solo Exhibitions:
2013 Places, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne
2011 Daintree, Aranda Contemporary, Melbourne
2007 Now Then, Artereal, Sydney
2005 Land, Helengory Gallerie, Melbourne
2003 Hope, Helengory Gallerie, Melbourne
2001 Dwelling, Helengory Gallerie, Melbourne
2000 Less, Helengory Gallerie, Melbourne
1998 Doubt, Helengory Gallerie, Melbourne
1997 Here, Stripp, Melbourne
1994 Gallery Rhumberellas, Melbourne
1991 Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1989 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
1983 Art Projects, Melbourne
Art Projects, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2004 Sticks and Stones, curated by Helen Weeding, Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, Launceston
Drawing the Line, curated by Ashley Crawford, Crossley and Scott, Melbourne
1995 The Derwent Collection, Tasmania Museum & Art Gallery
Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition
1983 Pirates and Mutineers, curated by Paul Taylor, Roslyn Oxley 9, Sydney
1982 Painting Painting, curated by John Nixon, Art Projects, Melbourne
Bibliography:
Ashley Crawford, ‘Greg Ades in the Woomera: The Urbane Meets the Outback’, Art and Australia, vol. 40, No. 3, March 2003, pp. 396 – 397.
Richard Holt, (review), World Art, no. 14, August 1997, pg. 82.
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Works
Sassafras and Fern 1, 2020, Oil on linen, 122 x 92 cm
Sassafras and Fern 2, 2021. Oil on linen. 122 x 92 cm.
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NotFair Art Foundation
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