Andrew Southall
Born 1947, Melbourne. Exhibiting artist since 1976, Australia and United Kingdom.
Published autobiography: But, A Journey into Addiction, 1997, Hudson, Melbourne.
My current work is applied directly from four-litre cans of high gloss acrylic exterior house paint onto 15 ounce cotton duck stretched over a stretcher frame and laid on the floor: Nolan did it with Ripolin on Burnie board. Ever since since seeing the Kelly paintings – in the flesh - I wanted to use house paint but tradition – cheap and nasty - and the advice of my elders – the museums won’t buy it - prohibited it.
The downside to acrylic - to an old painter-in-oils - is the absence of the ever-present smell of turps and oil, the tubes whose lids won’t open, the rags that might ignite, the table as palette and covered with boxes of tubes and old brushes and the scrapings of rejected work. With this new medium there remains however the paint lids, the peelings of dried paint from the rim of tins and roller trays, the stirring sticks and paint spills, all of which are beginning to appear on the surfaces and canvases of this latest work.
The process of painting with its form and colour as well as the dross created by it all are what painting– my painting, for the moment at least, is about.
Andrew Southall, March 2012
Andrew Southall has been selected as a finalist in the 2014 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing in Sydney.
Published autobiography: But, A Journey into Addiction, 1997, Hudson, Melbourne.
My current work is applied directly from four-litre cans of high gloss acrylic exterior house paint onto 15 ounce cotton duck stretched over a stretcher frame and laid on the floor: Nolan did it with Ripolin on Burnie board. Ever since since seeing the Kelly paintings – in the flesh - I wanted to use house paint but tradition – cheap and nasty - and the advice of my elders – the museums won’t buy it - prohibited it.
The downside to acrylic - to an old painter-in-oils - is the absence of the ever-present smell of turps and oil, the tubes whose lids won’t open, the rags that might ignite, the table as palette and covered with boxes of tubes and old brushes and the scrapings of rejected work. With this new medium there remains however the paint lids, the peelings of dried paint from the rim of tins and roller trays, the stirring sticks and paint spills, all of which are beginning to appear on the surfaces and canvases of this latest work.
The process of painting with its form and colour as well as the dross created by it all are what painting– my painting, for the moment at least, is about.
Andrew Southall, March 2012
Andrew Southall has been selected as a finalist in the 2014 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing in Sydney.
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Painting #86, 2011
acrylic on canvas
213 x 458 cm
acrylic on canvas
213 x 458 cm
Painting #85, 2011
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 76 x 101 cm |
Painting #89, 2011
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 168 x 213 cm |
Painting #92 2011
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 150 x 100 cm |
Painting #94 2012
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 198 x 122 cm |
Painting #84
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 137 x 153 cm |
Painting #51
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 168 x 152 cm |
Painting #87 2011
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 122 x 122 cm |
Painting #93
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 122 x 122 cm |
Painting #65
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 91 x 91 cm |
Painting #57
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 183 x 183 cm |
Painting #53
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 183 x 137 cm |
Painting #91, 2011
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 153 x 137 cm |
Painting #88
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 168 x 102cm |
Painting #90, Diptych, 2011
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 152 x 276 cm |
Painting #52
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 168 x 152cm |
Painting #54
acrylic and mixed media on canvas 152 x 198 cm |
mixed media on paper 2010
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mixed media on paper 2012
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Paintings and Works on Paper
Installation views Langford120, 2012 |
Paintings and Works on Paper
Installation views, Langford120, 2012 |
Paintings and Works on Paper
Installation views Langford120, 2012 |
Paintings and Works on Paper
Installation views Langford120, 2012 |
